North America’s longest-running horror-themed gathering, Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention, celebrates its 24th year August 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago in Rosemont. The schedule includes a celebrity guest line-up […]
Molly Gordon may be best known to Chicagoans as Claire Dunlap, Carmy Berzatto’s on-again, off-again love interest in FX’s smash hit series The Bear. She also co-wrote and co-directed 2023’s […]
When did Pete Davidson become the type of actor you could slot into just about any role? Actually, pretty much from the beginning of his movie career. Unlike another former […]
In this “inspired by real events” work from prolific British director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip films, A Mighty Heart) comes a tight-wire act of a film set in the pivotal […]
In so many superhero films’ attempts to feel grounded and emotional, they forget that their source material is comic books—colorful and inventive but rooted in the human condition. They can […]
Chicago’s art house theaters have long served as vital spaces for independent and international film. From the historic Music Box Theatre to community-focused venues like Facets and the Gene Siskel […]
Making her feature film directorial debut, actor Embeth Davidtz (Old, The Morning Show) delves into her roots in Africa (her parents are South African, though she was born in the […]
As I said in my review of Eddington, filmmaker Ari Aster is an artist who sculpts nightmares—not just the kind that frequently populate horror film (although his first feature, Hereditary, […]
If “Be Careful What You Wish For” were a film genre, the Italian production Finally Dawn might be one of the better entries in it. Written and directed by Saverio […]
Here’s the thing about sequels: people should actually remember the original if you’re going to make a follow-up film almost 30 years later. In 1997, the original I Know What […]
Across four films, writer/director Ari Aster has proved himself to be an artist who sculpts nightmares. Not always the stuff of horror movies (although with his debut feature film, Hereditary, […]
I have seen Luis Ortega’s Kill the Jockey (El Jockey) twice this year and am still in awe at the big swings it takes, how it keeps audiences on their […]