Review: Science Fair Highlights Brightest Young Minds and One Fierce Competition
In a time when the importance and benefits of science are questioned and denied at an alarming pace, the superb…
Review: 3100: Run and Become Intrigues More Than It Inspires
It’s easy to be impressed by someone who completes, or even runs, a traditional marathon. Now try to imagine running…
Preview: 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival
On Saturday, August 4, downtown’s Gene Siskel Film Center launches the 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, “a month-long celebration…
Screens Monthly: August 2018
Finally August. Summer is winding down and we’re one month closer to the best time of year: Fall Movie Season.…
Review: An Immigration Story from a Different Perspective in En el Séptimo Día
En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) is set in the summer of 2016, and in a way, this timing—recent…
Review: Dark Money Delves into the Scary Reality of Money in Politics
It seems like it has been a while since a really effective documentary has struck fear in me for the…
Review: Restored Print of Wickedly Fun The Murderer Lives at Number 21 Comes to Chicago
In 1942, after a few years of working together with directing partner Karl Hartl, Henri-Georges Clouzot (Wages of Fear, Diabolique)…
Review: Despite Strong Cast, The House Of Tomorrow Stands on Shaky Foundation
Sometimes it’s just fun to watch a bevy of worthy actors take on a simple, so-so screenplay just to see…
Review: Love, Cecil Chronicles Hollywood Success and a Search for Identity
Documentary filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland has made two films—Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, about the legendary fashion editor…
Screens Monthly: July 2018
July has just begun and Chicago is already a couple heatwaves deep into this summer. If you’re jonesing for better…
Review: Even with Rough Edges, Beauty and the Dogs Is Raw and Timely
I can’t honestly say that I’ve ever seen a film from Tunisia, but Beauty and the Dogs, the latest from…
What to Watch on Netflix and DVD: April 2018
Netflix’s slate of April releases contains a fair number of acknowledged classics, including Se7en, Scarface, and Life is Beautiful. If…
