The stories that led to the downfall of beloved and admired comedian Louis C.K. are unique for many reasons. Chief among them is that, when confronted with the allegations, C.K. […]
Why anyone would release an awards-worthy drama like writer/director Baltasar Kormákur’s Touch in the heart of the summer is a mystery to me, but don’t let this deeply moving film […]
Writer/director Osgood Perkins has gotten quite the reputation as a horror filmmaker when it’s never truly seemed to be his goal to scare people. His objective with film like The […]
Rogers Park is very much a vibe. A vibe that consists of neighbors who know each other’s names and always say hello, a global community, and of course really great […]
This is a love letter. To Stephen Trask’s brilliant music and lyrics and John Cameron Mitchell’s searing wit. To one of the best musicals to ever come out of New […]
This is a goofy-ass movie, where making sense is perhaps the third most important thing to writer/director Niclas Larsson, making his feature debut with Mother, Couch. The premise is simple […]
Blending comedy, drama and a touch of historical fiction, director Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon and the showrunner of the CW’s Arrow-verse) sends us skyward with Fly Me to the Moon, […]
We’re in the middle of July, arguably the most summery of the summer months, and after that big bout of rain we’re in for some hot and humid days! There […]
The Midway Drive-In of Sterling, Ill., one of 12 permanently constructed movie drive-ins in Illinois, and its owners/operators, Mike and Mia Kerz, recognize that their business is part of a […]
The new and eagerly awaited production of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil at Goodman Theatre fails to present a unified story and collapses under its own weight […]
Set in 1961 Israel—specifically when the verdict and sentencing of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, the chief architect of the Holocaust, was announced—June Zero offers three different perspectives of the […]
Sometimes when you can’t watch a French movie, a French-Canadian movie works just as nicely. Case in point: this sweet dark comedy about a “teen” vampire (she’s actually 68) named […]
