The temperatures have finally dropped in Chicago, meaning November is as good a time as any to bundle up, brave the elements and camp out in a cinema somewhere. Whether […]

From a movie perspective, Netflix’s list of November releases unfortunately doesn’t have much to offer. (Chappie? The Reader? Really?) If you’re in need of binge-watching material for the upcoming holiday […]

The word I keep coming back to is “loose.” The third Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok (the first from director Taika Waititi, whose previous outings were the glorious What We Do […]

We cover the highlights of Cinepocalypse, Chicago’s newest film festival, here. In this post, a rundown of all the feature films. Note that dates and times are for first screenings only; […]

Chicago film lovers have had their pick of horror conventions, comic cons, and niche film festivals (by nationality, shared movie theme, etc.) over the years, but from November 2-9, the […]

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 […]