Chicago Critics Film Festival Opens Friday With 26 Features, 2 Shorts Programs
I’ve been very fortunate in the 18 years I’ve been a film critic to be a part of some truly great events. But never in my time as a critic […]
Money Monster, A Bigger Splash, High-Rise, Last Days in the Desert, Viktoria, Here Come the Videofreex
MONEY MONSTER There’s a brief set of shots near the end of director Jodie Foster’s Money Monster that are chilling. They almost seem like an afterthought, and one might assume […]
Hockney and Francofonia: Art and Artists at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Chicago cinephiles are lucky to have a number of cinemas that show indie and art house films. The Gene Siskel Film Center is one of our favorites and one of […]
Captain America: Civil War, The Family Fang, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Viva, April and the Extraordinary World
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR The only battle that matters during Captain America: Civil War is deciding which character is the most fun to watch. With relative newbies—such as Ant-Man (Paul […]
Keanu, The Meddler, The Club, Fireworks Wednesday, Papa: Hemingway In Cuba
KEANU The idea is so deceptively simple, it’s a wonder no previous film in the YouTube age has used it to this degree until now. People love videos of kittens […]
The Huntsman: Winter’s War, A Hologram for the King, Green Room, Sing Street, Too Late, Elvis & Nixon, The Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché)
The Huntsman: Winter’s War Don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking that this follow-up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman is a prequel that shows us where The Huntsman […]
The Jungle Book, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Criminal, The Dark Horse, The Invitation, The Adderall Diaries, In Harmony, The First Monday in May
THE JUNGLE BOOK See it in 3-D, see it as big as you can, and see it in a theater you trust to project it right. Grabbing whole handfuls of […]
CIMMfest 2016 Power Combo: Music and Movies About Music
CIMMfest 2016 (Chicago International Movies & Music Festival) runs April 13-17 at various venues. CIMMfest is a four-day showcase of music-related films, concerts, VJ/DJ sets, Q&As, live score performances, industry […]
The Boss, Hardcore Henry, Miles Ahead, Demolition, Mr. Right, Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
THE BOSS Well, it’s better than Tammy. The last time comic dynamo Melissa McCarthy paired creatively with her husband, Ben Falcone, the results were the disastrous, richly unfunny work that […]
Latino Film Festival Opens Friday with 116 Films
The Chicago Latino Film Festival launches its 32nd festival this week with a lineup of 74 feature films and 42 short films from Latin America, the U.S., Spain and Portugal. […]
Preview: DOC10, a Festival of Documentary Gems @ the Music Box
The first-ever DOC10 documentary film festival is running this today through Sunday, April 1-3, at the Music Box Theatre and features a collection of 2015-16 high-profile docs from the likes of […]
Everybody Wants Some!!, Midnight Special, I Saw the Light, Born to Be Blue, King Georges, Ran
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! With Richard Linklater’s latest, Everybody Wants Some!!, I’ve never had more fun watching a film about guys I never would have hung out with in college. Set […]