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“Bardo” refers to the Buddhist concept of in-between, an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film title points to a specific in-between that is of understandable interest to those whose...

If you were a casting director, and there was a part in the script for a father who might have a crusty exterior but also had a warm heart, someone who could be believably cranky about...

The Chicago Film Critics Association, a group of professionals that counts several of the major voices at this site among its members, gathers on Wednesday night to pick the best in film from 2022. For the...

What a year. The array of filmmaking on the list below should be shown to anyone willing to suggest that 2022 was somehow inferior in the history of cinema. And these excellent films don’t even include...

In the late ’90s, while doing some globe-trotting research for a book on Iranian cinema (which only culminated with the release this week of my In the Time of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema), I went...

The atmosphere at the Critics Choice Black Celebration of Cinema and Television event on Monday evening, December 5, can be summed up as joyous. The recognition event honors outstanding work in film and television and pays...

James Cameron wants you to believe. He wants you to believe that aliens are killing machines, humanity can defeat time-traveling cybords, and a film can transport you to a significant historical disaster. In many ways, the...

A Black woman lays prone on the floor of an empty home. Her back is bloodied; her clothes are torn. She desperately yells for “Kevin” to no avail. She soon gathers herself and combs the home...

“Today, no music,” David Lynch declared during his daily weather report posted today on YouTube, where he typically accompanies the Los Angeles forecast with a song currently spotlighted on his mental playlist. It wasn’t long after...

The Chicago Film Critics Association, a group that includes several writers from this site, announced their nominations for the best in film from 2022, led strongly by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All at...