I’ve often wondered why I can read a book featuring terrible parenting and allow the author to make me think that they’re actually loving people making bad decisions, but when […]

The one good thing I’ll say about the child-abduction thriller Kidnap is that the makers at least knew the film was so preposterous that it was wise to only let […]

While one documentary currently in theaters (An Inconvenient Sequel) may make you feel terrible about the direction in which the world is headed (although it certainly has its moments of […]

A surprise hit at Sundance earlier this year, Brigsby Bear comes courtesy of the creators of a recent crop of digital shorts that have been running on “Saturday Night Live,” […]

Lisanne Skyler weaves memoir with pop art in the quirky, whimsical and affectionate documentary short, Brillo Box (3¢ Off). Skyler’s middle-class parents, Martin and Rita, collected pop art in New […]

Deliberately so, I’m guessing, this year’s Sundance Film Festival kicked off with a screening of a new documentary about the continuing impact of global warming and the efforts that have […]

Just to be clear, the title character of this film actually spells and pronounces its name “Popeye,” like the famous, spinach-eating cartoon sailor, but because there’s already a movie called […]

The best way to phrase my reaction to the long-awaited/delayed adaptation of Stephen King’s multi-novel “The Dark Tower” series is to put it into words fans of the books will […]

Rebecca Fons, the former Education Director of Cinema/Chicago, has a pressing question. “What changes when you’re watching a film you know you’ll never be able to see again?” To find […]

In a single film, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Near Dark) has captured the history and the present of both the resilient city of Detroit […]

Gather around, children, and let me tell you a tale of a time before smartphones and social media. Sure, there were home computers, but most people didn’t really know how […]

This is actually a tougher film to review than you might think. Allow me to explain. First and foremost, Atomic Blonde has a handful of tremendous action sequences, including one […]