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“Same Different Kind of Me” is a top nominee for the Nice Movie of 2017, in that it just wants to exist and be kind when not trying to extract tears from its audience like test...

The title “One of Us” cuts deeply, in two directions. This documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady zeroes in on three individuals who were once part of a tightly knit community of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn,...

Last time on “Boo! A Madea Halloween,” Madea (Tyler Perry) and her elderly cohorts Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), Hattie (Patrice Lovely) and Joe (Tyler Perry) matched wits with a bunch of trifling frat boys and the...

Lovely, nostalgic and wondrous, Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck” casts a magical spell through a melancholic tale that intersects two parallel stories set in two separate eras. Adapted by Brian Selznick from his own illustrated book (the author,...

The most remarkable thing about Todd Haynes new film “Wonderstruck,” scripted by “Hugo” writer Brian Selznick, are the performances. From James Urbaniak as a disapproving father to Tom Noonan as a bookshop owner with a delicate...

The 55th New York Film Festival has come to a close. Here are a few of my favorites and other highlights from this year. Bruce Weber’s Robert Mitchum documentary “Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast” may...

Patton Oswalt has been performing in front of audiences for years, but he’s never had a special quite like “Patton Oswalt: Annihilation,” debuting on Netflix today, and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. Filmed at the Athenaeum in...

Everyone loves a comeback story, especially when a prize is in the offing. But one revival that might bedevil the upcoming 90th edition of the Academy Awards won’t be so warmly received. Namely, the boomerang return of...

Sometime in the autumn of 1982, I first got word on what sounded like the amazing coming movie. As I was told, the director of “Alien” had made an incredible looking feature about a Harrison Ford...

The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival kicked off this past Thursday with an Opening Night screening of Reginald Hudlin’s “Marshall” and is now in full swing. To help your planning with CIFF’s national, regional, and city premieres of these...