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As one of our greatest poets once sang, the times they are a-changin’. While certain film institutions seem intent on defying the incurrence of streaming cinema, Netflix had their best year to date, releasing three of...

“Mom, can we go see ‘Into the Spider-Verse,’ again?” my nine-year-old son asked me as I was tucking him in to bed the other night. And I was happy to hear his request. I’d been thinking...

The International Documentary Association (IDA) celebrated the winners of its annual awards (the “Oscars” of the documentary world) during a ceremony held on Saturday at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles. On the same night it was...

Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has earned raves for his work adapting James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” (read Odie Henderson’s 4-star review) into one of the best films of 2018. As we discussed on his recent...

Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was a cinematic force of nature, a film that won multiple Oscars, including one for Best Picture. It was the kind of success that allowed its multi-talented creator to pick his next project,...

At an awards dinner Saturday night, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2018, awarding Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” with five prizes, three to Cuaron himself for Directing, Editing, and Cinematography. “First...

This was published on December 15, 1993, and we are republishing it in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary rerelease. Oskar Schindler would have been an easier man to understand if he’d been a conventional hero,...

This was published on June 24th, 2001, and we are republishing it in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary rerelease.”Schindler’s List” is described as a film about the Holocaust, but the Holocaust supplies the field for...

The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2018 this morning, and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” led the contenders with nine nominations, including picks for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best...

I had only made a few unloved videos when in 2014 I noticed that “The Tarnished Angels” was going to play in New York City. Immediately I had an idea: write a piece about rural airport...