Across its first weekend (Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19) the Chicago International Film Festival features several highly anticipated films with some of the year’s best performances; here are […]
As part of the 2025-26 season, the Lyric Opera Chicago presents Coco In Concert Live to Film, where the Lyric Opera Orchestra plays the entirety of the film’s score during […]
It´s easy to understand why one might be hesitant about watching Truth & Treason. It deals with too many hot-button issues, and could easily come across as preachy or politically […]
It would appear one of the hottest tickets for an actor these days is a Luca Guadagnino gig: Daniel Craig recently starred in Queer; Challengers featured Zendaya and Josh O’Connor; […]
Saturday, October 18, at the Chicago International Film Festival is a busy day filled with some of the best arthouse cinema of the year; here are the highlights our film […]
The Chicago International Film Festival begins its first weekend of screenings on Friday, October 17; here are the highlights our film critics recommend. Follow along for all our latest coverage […]
The Chicago International Film Festival begins its first full day of screenings on Thursday, October 16; here are the highlights our film critics recommend. Follow along for all our latest […]
Amidst this fairly average mystery about a reporter on a luxury yacht who is sure she saw someone go overboard—only to find out that no one on board is missing—there […]
Taking its title from one of the actor’s most enduring and moving performances in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, John Candy: I Like Me covers the comedic legend’s life and career […]
I’ll fully admit that neither 1982’s groundbreaking sci-fi adventure Tron, nor its 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy did much for me. The neon-soaked artificial environments certainly did a number on my […]
Effectively an update of the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (with a few major differences), director Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is a single story told from three interconnected […]
Director/co-writer Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Light Between Oceans) is careful at the beginning of his latest work, Roofman, to tell us “This is a […]