Chicago’s largest and longest-running horror convention, Flashback Weekend, is throwing the spotlight on four legendary horror directors and three massive cast reunions for its 2024 outing, August 2-4 at the […]
Examining both the dehumanizing experience of being in prison and the healing power of the creative arts, writer/director Greg Kwedar’s deeply moving drama Sing Sing is based on the real-life […]
This article was written by Tory Crowley. Watching The Bohemian is like entering another world. In a sense, we are entering the world of real-life Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, who […]
Celebrating its 10th annual event, Chicago’s Lincoln Park hosted the 2024 Dîner en Blanc last week, a summertime tradition celebrating the city, gastronomy, community and the crisp look of all […]
Based on the 2019 book by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is a horror story that will unnerve and confuse viewers, leaving them to unravel the film’s threads late into […]
It took J.R.R. Tolkien three books, 62 chapters and more than a half-million words to tell his legendary story of Frodo Baggins and the quest to save Middle Earth. Adapted […]
This article was written by Nick Glover. A sensual Quebecois romance, The Nature of Love is full of comments on high society, snobbery and love. The two leads are complex […]
This article was written by Nick Glover. Director Chris Skotchdopole’s feature debut Crumb Catcher shows promise but ultimately lacks the substance it needs to make it successful. With enough technical […]
This essay was written by Anthony Miglieri. The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer set off a literal countdown to shave away the moments until the film arrived in […]
When I read the plot synopsis for the new film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, How to Make an American Quilt), my first thought was “Who does Diane Keaton play […]
Much like his wonderful, epic-length documentary A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, the Scorsese-produced and narrated Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is far […]
In my first experience with overcast weather at the Grant Park Music Festival this summer, the orchestra gave an enjoyable concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday evening. With the […]