Steve Harvey just can’t catch a break it seems. First, he made a bit of a fool of himself announcing the wrong winner while hosting Miss Universe a few years back. […]

Elle broke the news earlier this week that the locally based web series, “Brown Girls,” is going prime time. HBO has inked a developmental deal with the show’s creators, director Samantha […]

Music Box Theatre is having a moment. The storied movie palace on the Southport corridor has found a bold new stride where programming and personality are concerned. In April, they hosted […]

I’m noticed that since its premiere a year ago at the Tribeca Film Festival that comedian Demetri Martin’s directing debut, Dean, has been criticized by some as trying to hard […]

After only two seasons, the latest project from Chicago-based filmmakers Lana and Lily Wachowski is over. Netflix announced yesterday they have decided to cancel “Sense8,” the LGBTQ-inclusive sci-fi thriller. “[Sense8] is […]

For a modern-day superhero movie, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is fun, energetic and displays a respect for the creative mind that few films in any genre do. Based […]

Whatever you may think of the art itself, there’s no denying the impact of Julian Schnabel’s collection of oversized paintings have had on the art world throughout recent decades. And […]

We could tell even from her abbreviated appearance in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice that Wonder Woman was going to be a major player in the DC cinematic universe […]

Now in its 24th year, the Chicago Underground Film Festival kicks off tonight at the Logan Theater. The festival describes itself as being wholly dedicated to filmmakers with “defiantly independent visions” […]

Twenty years ago, director Wim Wenders captured and popularized the making of a band. It just so happened that the band was made up of men and women, mostly in […]

A thoroughly researched and fantastically told story about two of the unsung heroes of Hollywood, Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story tracks the careers and love story of Harold […]

Before we even dig into the story or performances of the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film, pointlessly subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales, allow me to make a public […]