I feel confident that when actor-turned-writer/director Ike Barinholtz began writing his directorial debut, The Oath, it felt like political satire wrapped in something like a science-fiction premise about a nation being torn […]
One imagines that Studio 54, the new documentary by Matt Tyrnauer about the infamous ’70s nightclub, played very well to NYC audiences when it opened there earlier this month. Chances are, the theater was […]
I think we can all agree that at its core, a horror movie should be scary on some level. It can be many other things as well, but it needs to scare […]
You’ll watch most of Beautiful Boy with a lump in your throat. The story of a father and son (Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet) navigating the younger man’s battle with addiction, the […]
For those fortunate enough to see 2015’s mountain-climbing documentary Meru, you witnessed a prime example of high-stakes risk sports that seemed as unprecedented as it was majestic and serene. That film’s co-directors […]
We’ve made it this far, film fans. There are just a few days left of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival, and believe it or not, there’s still plenty of films enjoying […]
If your weekend was such that you couldn’t spend hours at the cinema, never fear! The Chicago International Film Festival continues for another week, with several films either screening again throughout the […]
The latest film from director George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, Notorious) joins the year’s growing ranks of impressive and vital black filmmaking, which includes such works as Blindspotting, Sorry to Bother You, […]
For the second time in recent weeks, Jack Black is trying on a kids-sized horror movie, and both times, he’s had mixed results. The House with the Clock in the Walls was […]
You should know up front, First Man is not the story of a patriot or a hero or any other unnecessary labels people and history books have placed on astronaut Neil Armstrong […]
Not to pull any punches, but 22 July, from director Paul Greengrass (United 93, Captain Phillips, Bloody Sunday), will likely be the most difficult film for anyone to sit through because of […]
In the first of several dispatches from the Chicago International Film Festival, we cover nearly twenty feature films (and one shorts program!) screening through Sunday, October 14. That means we’re highlighting no […]
