It’s Halloween weekend, and October’s finally going full force. If you’re feeling more like staying in, or just want something to keep you in the mood between fantastic Halloween events […]

Director Todd Haynes simply refuses to stop impressing me. After creating the chilly love story of Carol two years ago, he follows that up with the PG-rated, puzzle-box fable Wonderstruck, […]

If the words “Have a potato” send a chill down your spine, then you’ve likely seen the classic 1932 haunted castle treat The Old Dark House, directed by James Whale. […]

In director Jessica Yu’s wonderfully in-depth 2004 documentary In the Realms of the Unreal, the life and uncovered writings and art works of hermit-like artist Henry Darger were put on display […]

For most of the 2000s, documentary filmmaker Brett Morgan has found new and unique ways to tell stories that easily could have been just another biography, simply piecing together of […]

One thing very few people would ever accuse the works of Greek-born filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Lobster) of being is accessible. Not that his films are difficult to understand […]

Somewhere in Suburbicon is an interesting commentary on planned communities, race relations, and the quiet corruption of middle-class morals circa the late 1950s. And perhaps in the original screenplay that […]

Editor’s Note: In addition to Steve’s film review, check out his interview with star Miles Teller, filmmaker Jason Hall and film subject Adam Schumann here. Although the film is sometimes […]

If you’re a film nerd like me, you follow the various film festivals during the first half of the year (Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, Cannes) with one ear to the cinematic […]

The films of director Simon Curtis often skirt the line between reality and the myth of a famous person’s life. Rather than attempt to tell the story of Marilyn Monroe, […]

This week, the film Thank You For Your Service is released in theaters. Starring Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now; War Dogs), it’s written and directed by Jason Hall, who is […]

  [soliloquy id=”19975″]   Saturday Night Live is an institution. For 43 seasons, you’ve been able to tune to NBC at 10:30pm Chicago time and be in that same familiar […]