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Writer/director/editor Brett Haley was so taken with veteran actor Sam Elliott’s performance in “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” he built his next film around Elliott as actor and icon. In “The Hero,” Elliott plays an...

Hundreds of tributes celebrating the life of actor Adam West have been penned since it was announced that he passed away at the age of 88 on June 9 after a battle with leukemia. I would...

Netflix’s “Shimmer Lake” is just about the first interactive title from the streaming company, especially if you like pausing and rewinding (or whatever the Netflix equivalent of that action is). The hook for this tale about...

Roger Ebert’s 2006 book, Awake in the Dark, is now available in its Second Edition published by the University of Chicago Press, with a foreword by David Bordwell. Ebert’s reviews still appear every Friday in the Chicago...

10 NEW TO NETFLIX”Catfight””Disturbing the Peace””Full Metal Jacket””Mean Girls””My Left Foot””The Queen””Rounders””Trolls” “Young Frankenstein””Zodiac”7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD”Bambi”Someone the other day asked me what I hate about movies nowadays and we discussed a few overrated flicks (I...

“Band Aid” is a quirky indie with a charming premise, endearing performances, and surprising emotional power. Zoe Lister-Jones is the film’s writer, director, producer, lyricist, and star in the story of an estranged married couple who...

Peyton Reed’s “Ant-Man” was a delightful charmer of a superhero film. It was witty and had an excellent lead performance from Paul Rudd. There was an imaginative sense of play in how it used the possibilities...

By now you’ve probably read a number of scathing reviews of “The Mummy,” Universal’s inaugural entry in a possibly grievously ill-advised “Dark Universe” franchise, wherein the legendary studio intends to reboot its most Famous Monsters of...

Thumbnails is a roundup of brief excerpts to introduce you to articles from other websites that we found interesting and exciting. We provide links to the original sources for you to read in their entirety.—Chaz Ebert1.”Why...

One of my favorite moments when programming short films for the just-completed Chicago Critics Film Festival is finding that one short film that makes the cut within just a few minutes of watching it. The Swedish...