In one of the odder but still quite satisfying films you’re likely to see this year, Family Life comes courtesy of high-profile Chilean directors Cristián Jiménez and Alicia Scherson, who […]

For reasons I’m not sure I can explain, I felt the need to resist this film at first, because on the surface it felt like it was using cheap sentimentality […]

The type of obsessive love story that only makes sense as a period piece, My Cousin Rachel is the tale of Philip (Sam Claflin, most recently seen in Their Finest) […]

I’m noticed that since its premiere a year ago at the Tribeca Film Festival that comedian Demetri Martin’s directing debut, Dean, has been criticized by some as trying to hard […]

Whatever you may think of the art itself, there’s no denying the impact of Julian Schnabel’s collection of oversized paintings have had on the art world throughout recent decades. And […]

Now in its 24th year, the Chicago Underground Film Festival kicks off tonight at the Logan Theater. The festival describes itself as being wholly dedicated to filmmakers with “defiantly independent visions” […]

Twenty years ago, director Wim Wenders captured and popularized the making of a band. It just so happened that the band was made up of men and women, mostly in […]

A thoroughly researched and fantastically told story about two of the unsung heroes of Hollywood, Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story tracks the careers and love story of Harold […]

As strange as it sounds, the new Vanessa Gould (Between the Folds) directed film about obituary writers at The New York Times is a genuine treat that celebrates inventive writing, […]

It’s an interesting failure, but a failure nonetheless. At age 81, writer-director Eleanor Coppola (wife of Francis Ford Coppola) has made her first film, Paris Can Wait, a dalliance of […]

One of the more delicate works you’re likely to see about such a strong personality, writer-director Terence Davies’ (The Deep Blue Sea, The Long Day Closes, Distant Voices, Still Lives) […]

There’s nothing quite like having some of the best actors available take a difficult subject matter and making sense of it, even if making sense of it reveal how painful […]