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With “Tully,” their third collaboration, director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody are approaching a “Before Sunrise”-style trilogy about the challenges of growing up and getting older.   It may not be the same set of...

Justin Simien’s Netflix adaptation of his own Sundance hit “Dear White People” was one of the smartest and funniest shows of 2017, ranking in my personal top ten of the year. It says something about how...

Hollywood is built on negotiations. Managers negotiate rates, stars negotiate their time. But actresses are often gifted an additional element to negotiate: the surrender of their bodies for the camera. Where a bare breast was once...

Over its first five years of existence, the Chicago Critics Film Festival has hosted the Midwestern premieres of major films and appearances by incredibly talented guests. Films that have played for the first time in Chicago...

Spend a few minutes with Sebastián Lelio, and he’ll make one thing very plain: he loves actors. The Chilean director, whose film “A Fantastic Woman” won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, talks...

To get away with leaving a story’s central mystery completely unexplained, a film has to provide something else for an audience to latch onto. Take “Mulholland Drive,” for instance. It’s never quite clear what’s real and...

Kent Jones’ “Diane” was the big winner at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, taking home the award for Best Narrative Feature along with prizes for Best Screenplay (also by Jones) and Best Cinematography. It’s easy to...

Our 20th anniversary of Ebertfest Film Festival has come to a close, and it has brought me so many memories to cherish. Roger would have loved it. I’ve decided to highlight them in the following photo journal. ...

The Adam Sandler Netflix deal reaches a natural rest stop with the family wedding comedy “The Week Of,” now available on the streaming service. Whether you consider it a charming positive or a lazy negative, Sandler...

Remaking Fear: Evolution of the Body Snatchers from Peet Gelderblom on Vimeo. “Look, you fools, you’re in danger! Can’t you see?! They’re after you! They’re after all of us! Our wives, our children, everyone! They’re here...