Review: A Gender-Swapped Remake of His Own Classic, The Killer Misses the Target
As much as I tend to cringe at the idea of most film remakes, for some reason, the thought of legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (Face/Off, Broken Arrow, Hard […]
Review: Horror Creature Feature Hell Hole Unearths More Than Expected Under the Surface
From the highly entertaining and inventive horror filmmakers The Adams Family (last year’s Where The Devil Roams, and 2021’s Hellbender) comes their take on and love letter to classic sci-fi-driven […]
Review: The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat Chronicles Three Friends Over Decades and Through Years of Tribulations and Triumph
Based on the best-selling 2013 novel by Edward Kelsey Moore (adapted by Cee Marcellus, which is actually a pen name for Gina Prince-Bythewood, with revisions by director Tina Mabry), The […]
Review: At Times Difficult to Watch, Sugarcane, Chronicling Systemic Abuse at Canada’s Residential Schools, Is Essential Viewing
Plenty of movies are meant to be an escape, a fleeting couple hours’ entertainment featuring superheroes or meet-cutes or triumphant protagonist’s journeys. In the world of documentaries, escapism is hard […]
Review: Alien: Romulus Revives a Classic Franchise with a Fast-Paced, Beautifully Violent, Lived-In New Story
Set 20 years after the original Ridley Scott-directed Alien, Alien: Romulus centers on a much younger but no less grungy group of characters who escape their mining colony home/prison planet […]
Review: Elliot Page Stars in Close to You, a Personal and Touching Story of Family and Change
Although the film isn’t meant to be autobiographical, it probably comes as no surprise that Close to You star/producer Elliot Page has a “Story by” credit for this small and […]
Review: Elizabeth Banks Stars in Skincare, a Beauty-Industry Thriller That’s Barely Skin Deep
Feeling more like a well-made TV movie of the week than an actual big-screen film, Skincare is the feature debut by director Austin Peters (a popular music video director, who […]
Review: War Game Is a Documentary that Doubles as a Horror Film, Politically Speaking
It wasn’t slotted in the Midnight section, but War Game, from directors Jesse Moss (of Girls State) and Tony Gerber, might be one of the most frightening films that premiered at Sundance […]
Review: Film Adaptation of It Ends With Us Puts Beautiful, Well-Dressed People in a Not-So-Serious Film About a Serious Issue
It’s never a great sign when a film’s protagonist utters the movie’s title in a line of dialogue, however perfectly placed or delivered. Such is the case for It Ends […]
Review: Matt Damon Teams Up with the Other Affleck for a Middling, Very Boston Heist Drama
For some, the best news about the new film starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, The Instigators, is that it’s not a sequel to their original pairing, the 2002 Gus […]
Preview: Music Box Theatre Presents Summer of 70mm with Classic Film Gems Like Jacques Tati’s Playtime
This article was written by Anthony Miglieri. It’s that time of year in Chicago. The heat: 80 degrees or higher. The shorts: seven inches or shorter. The resolution: At least […]
Interview: Cast of Sing Sing Recounts Vulnerability On Set, Learning from Colman Domingo and Restoring Humanity Post-Incarceration
There are few films released in the last few years whose authenticity is a priority as much as director Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin) as John “Divine […]