Review: Desperate to Scare, Truth or Dare Loses at Its Own Game
You should fully expect to see “from the producers who brought you Get Out” in front of a lot of not-nearly-as-good horror films over the next year or two, beginning […]
Review: Chicago Takes a Beating in Entertaining, Pointless Rampage
It’s been since 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Chicago has taken a epic-sized, big-budgeted walloping the way it does in the video game-inspired Rampage. But something curious happened […]
Review: Jon Hamm as an Ex-Diplomat in Tense, Focused Beirut
I’ll fully admit that for decades, I have been a sucker for thrillers steeped in real-world political intrigue, whether the events at the heart of the story being told are […]
Interview: Imelda Staunton on Never Repeating the Same Role, Harry Potter Fans and Working with Old Friends
Imelda Staunton is one of the single greatest and most versatile actors working today, but you might not realize it unless you’ve been exposed to her work on the big […]
Interview: Richard Loncraine on Aging, Career Longevity and the Dancing in Finding Your Feet
Across several decades of film and television directing, primarily out of the U.K., Richard Loncraine has built up an impressive body of work that covers both comedy, drama, and everything […]
Review: A Quiet Place Embraces Its Genre, and Masters It
John Krasinski (who you most likely know as Jim from The Office) has directed three features films: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in 2009; The Hollars in 2016; and now […]
Review: A Murder Investigation in Neon and Synth Beats in Gemini
It’s become clear over the years that writer-director Aaron Katz has been making films (including Land Ho! and Cold Weather, to name two of his most recent) that he has […]
Review: Gripping 1945 Is a Crisp, Impressive Day of Reckoning
This fascinating work from Hungarian director Ferenc Török (No Man’s Island, East Side Stories) combines story elements including the immediate aftermath of World War II, the beginnings of Russia’s occupation […]
Review: Finding Your Feet Avoids Ageism, Delivers on Heart and Laughs
One of the first things you notice about the latest from director Richard Loncraine (Brimstone & Treacle, The Missionary, 1995’s Richard III, Wimbledon) is that in a film whose entire […]
Review: Overly Sentimental The Miracle Season Lacks Authenticity
When a docudrama ends with a collection of photos and film/video of the real events you’ve just seen dramatized, it’s really easy to wonder why the filmmakers didn’t attempt a […]
34th Chicago Latino Film Festival Offers Two Weeks of Diverse New Films
It’s a strong weekend for film festivals in Chicago, as Doc10 happens on the city’s north side and the 34th Chicago Latino Film Festival kicks off at AMC River East […]
Third Year’s a Charm for DOC10, Chicago’s Only Documentary Film Festival
In just three years, Chicago’s DOC10 film festival has become a destination for the year’s best documentaries as they make their way through the festival circuit. Just one weekend each […]