The fiery and complicated relationship between artist Auguste Rodin (Vincent Lindon) and his gifted protégé/student/model/lover Camille Claudel (Izïa Higelin) has been explored in such films as Camille Claudel, which showed […]
After several decades of acting and a few more recent years of series television directing, the charming Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) is taking her first crack at feature […]
I’m not 100 percent sure what the purpose of the Australian documentary Mountain is meant to be, but it does feature some of the most breathtakingly beautiful footage of mountains […]
One of my absolute favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Hearts Beat Loud, the latest from writer-director Brett Haley (I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Hero), […]
You might presume that in a time when men behaving like boys is out of fashion, films depicting such behavior would be on the outs as well. But the new […]
This update of the 1972 films about the drug underworld has never met a cliché it didn’t love and embrace. Directed by veteran music video helmer Director X (Rihanna, Drake), […]
Something has changed in the world since writer/director Brad Bird’s The Incredibles hit theaters in 2004—movie theaters have been taken over by superheroes with an alarming regularity. In the last […]
In recent years, writer/director Olivier Assayas has become one of the most reliable filmmakers on the international scene, with such stunners as Demonlover, Clouds of Sils Maria, and last year’s […]
I’m sure I won’t be the first or only person to say this, but this documentary could not have come at a better time. From the great director Morgan Neville […]
Make no mistake (and I don’t think there’s any chance you will), Hotel Artemis is a B-movie wrapped in an A-list cast of actors who are clearly enjoying the hell […]
There’s a scene early on in Ocean’s 8 when Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is laying out her grand jewelry heist scheme and she rejects the idea of including any men as […]
The first Tuesday of every month is a special night for Chicago film fans. Where a typical film festival presents all its selections in a truncated timeline—a long weekend or […]