One of the things I love about historical dramas is that they have a tendency to be dry, which I realize runs counter to what I typically like about films […]

The sophomore feature film from actor/filmmaker Harry Macqueen (Hinterland), Supernova is a deeply felt, beautifully acted drama about a long-married couple facing the sort of tough end-of-life decisions that threaten to […]

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s acclaimed novel The Secret Garden has been adapted into films, stage musicals and television movies so many times since its publication in 1911 that it’s difficult to […]

There’s a moment in the World War I-set film 1917 that will live with me forever. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall, Revolutionary Road) and written by rising talent […]

I’ll be the first to admit, I never really understood the mystique of the Mary Poppins character. Or perhaps to put it more precisely, I certainly got what she represented […]

Acting primarily in UK productions since the mid-1980s, actor Rupert Everett truly broke out to American audiences beginning in the mid-1990s, with supporting appearances in Robert Altman’s Ready to Wear […]

I’m sure I’m not the first person to make this statement, but there is quite simply no actor on the planet more suited to play the late author/playwright/literary genius Oscar […]

With 31 features and 19 short film programs being screened—all of them Chicago premieres—the 36th edition of Reeling (the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world) runs Sept. 20-30 at […]

Positioned as it is in early September, the Toronto International Film Festival has long been a first stop for films destined for Oscar glory by the end of any given […]

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, like its predecessor (and smash hit, currently sitting at $144M worldwide gross), is silly from start […]