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- Movies, Movie Review Oct 4, 2018
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Robert Greene’s documentary Bisbee ’17 explores the soul of a town haunted by its history
An Arizona community reenacts a century-old episode of monumental cruelty.
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 28, 2018
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The Irish American Movie Hooley shows off a wide range of storytelling from the Emerald Isle and beyond
From Belfast crooks to grieving New York widowers to Dublin peace activists
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 27, 2018
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In Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the transition from celluloid to video
Originally broadcast on French TV in 1986, it's having a rare Chicago screening at the Siskel Center.
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 27, 2018
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I Am Not a Witch signals the auspicious arrival of a fierce new talent, director Rungano Nyoni
A Zambian girl, falsely accused and imprisoned, refuses to be objectified or underestimated.
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 20, 2018
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This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman’s new film Life Itself works familiar territory—and tear ducts
But how does a complicated multigenerational tale with dramatic plot twists translate to the two-hour movie format?
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 13, 2018
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The Brazilian fantasy Good Manners confounds all expectations
Its wild plot twists speak to the inherent potential of the movies.
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 11, 2018
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Sociologist and filmmaker David Schalliol explains how he came to make his first documentary, The Area
"I want to meet people, understand a place, make connections, and produce work that has meaning and effect."
- Movies, Movie Review Sep 6, 2018
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The visually splendid School of Life follows an orphan’s immersion into the 1920s French countryside
Nicolas Vanier's latest film celebrates the flora and fauna of Sologne, the rural region of north-central France where he grew up.
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 29, 2018
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Art gets in the way of Madeline’s Madeline
The story of a 16-year-old and her experimental theater troupe is marred by the creative process of director Josephine Decker.
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 21, 2018
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The Wife’s a better conversation starter than a movie
Rethinking the idea of the male literary genius
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 16, 2018
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Araby follows the life and jobs of an itinerant Brazilian laborer
João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa’s film conjures up the vision of a working-class literary culture improbably thriving in the rootlessness of the 21st century.
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 8, 2018
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BlacKkKlansman retells the true story of a black cop who joined his local Klan chapter
Spike Lee’s latest is set in 1970, but it’s all about 2018.
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 2, 2018
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Black Harvest Film Festival fights to redefine Chicago's south and west sides
A trio of locally shot documentaries showcase resolute, civic-minded personalities
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 30, 2018
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Northbrook Public Library: The best Chicago revival house not actually in Chicago
Some of the choicest repertory cinema in the Chicagoland area screens in 35-millimeter at the NPL.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 25, 2018
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‘Welcome to Castle Rock’ proves there’s no formula for adapting a Stephen King novel
Music Box and Consequence of Sound present a weekend festival of King chillers.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 25, 2018
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‘Afro-Futurism Short Films’ dips into the cultural wellspring that fed Black Panther
Floyd Web of Black World Cinema curated this program of African-themed sci-fi and fantasy
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 24, 2018
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Eighth Grade: Social media, but no social life
In Bo Burnham's indie comedy, online culture becomes a breeding ground for teenage anxiety.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 19, 2018
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Blindspotting and Sorry to Bother You expose the class tensions often obscured by race
Two of the year’s best movies come rocketing out of Oakland, California.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 19, 2018
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In the silent classic The Lighthouse Keepers, styles and emotions come crashing in like waves
Jean Gremilion directed this eclectic French tale of a lightouse keeper and his half-mad son.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 12, 2018
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Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee's real-life affair yields a trio of films about infidelity
The South Korean director and his actress lover are back with The Day After
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 11, 2018
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Leave No Trace approaches homelessness on the most intimate terms
Ben Foster stars as a traumatized war vet living off the grid with his 13-year-old daughter.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 6, 2018
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Lesbian revolutionaries smash sexual taboos to undermine the patriarchy in Bruce LaBruce's The Misandrists
Luckily for the patriarchy, their plan for world domination involves making porn movies.
- Movies, Movie Review Jul 5, 2018
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Triplets ripped from family in a Nazi-like experiment, probed in Three Identical Strangers
This true story of brothers separated at birth in the name of science hits like a thunderbolt
- Movies, Movie Review Jun 29, 2018
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Incredibles 2 : Who’s afraid of the superpowered woman?
Elastigirl does all the stretching in this sequel to the Pixar mega-hit.
- Movies, Movie Review Jun 28, 2018
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Music is the connecting tissue in the indie drama Hearts Beat Loud, starring Nick Offerman
Offerman stars as a record store owner dreading his daughter’s departure for college in Brett Haley's new film.