Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: King on Screen Explores the Good, Bad and Scary Film Adaptations of Prolific Author Stephen King

Actor-turned-director Daphné Baiwir (2021’s The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland) clearly has a great affection for author Stephen King, but her latest documentary, King on Screen—as you might have guessed—is more […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Time Warp‘s Second Installation Highlights Horror and Sci-Fi Classics

Time Warp Vol 2

Following last month’s first in a three-part documentary series on the history of some of the most famous cult films in history, Time Warp, Vol. 2–Horror and Sci-Fi is another […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Decades Later, Doctor Sleep—a Sequel to The Shining—Delivers a Tense Psychic Thriller

Doctor Sleep

A huge portion of this film cannot and should not be discussed in any review, but I’m guessing it will be, and in large quantities. I’m also guessing that different […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Insights into Creativity, Process and Loyalty in Filmworker

Filmworker

Documentarian Tony Zierra has been fascinated with those who have been so close to fame, they could almost taste it. His first doc, 2001’s acclaimed Carving Out Our Name, profiled […]

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Film, Film & TV

Don’t Miss 2001: A Space Odyssey at Music Box Theatre

This is not so much a review as it is me putting you on high alert to this 50th anniversary 70mm presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s landmark science-fiction film, 2001: A […]

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Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/26 – 1/28

I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news is that Donut Fest is long sold out. Good news is there are plenty of fun events to help […]

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Film & TV, Film fest

Music Box Theatre Announces 70mm Film Festival Lineup

When it comes to watching movies, you have plenty of options nowadays. Yeah, you can stream The Shining on Netflix and it’ll look and sound pretty good, but nothing compares […]

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