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An emotionally complex and sensitively told coming-of-age story, Laurel Parmet’s “The Starling Girl” explores questions of love, self-sacrifice, and agency within institutions of faith and family, even as it remains rooted in its protagonist’s gradually maturing...

As we begin to look back on the lives of the late 20th century, documentarians have unprecedented treasure troves of images, videos, and audio to help tell the story. Davis Guggenheim’s “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” is...

The new FX on Hulu series “Class of ‘09” boasts one of the year’s most intriguing premises and casts so far. Not only does it star recent Oscar nominee and all-around great actor Brian Tyree Henry...

In 2013, Matt Johnson’s “The Dirties” was chosen as one of the films in the first Chicago Critics Film Festival, an event put on by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Johnson returned to Chicago in 2023...

The 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), which takes place from June 30 through July 8, is already shaping up to be a strong edition. While the full slate of films hasn’t been announced that...

I am fascinated with how Terry Zwigoff’s “Ghost World” has grown on me since I watched it for the first time around 15 years ago. At that time, I was a graduate student who was socially...

“One Ranger” could have been made 40 years ago, and that’s a big part of whatever appeal it has.  Back in the day, probably in the late 1980s, this action thriller about a legendary Texas Ranger getting tangled up...

Cyril Schäublin’s “Unrest” is set in another time made for our time. With the present-day resurgence of interest in unions, collective action, and mutual aid, a look back at the then-emerging school of thought that put...

Titles can promise a lot. Implicitly or explicitly. And it’s just a matter of one word or two that can make a difference. “Summer of ’42,” for example, doesn’t necessarily suggest a wistful coming-of-age drama, but...

The new Netflix show, “Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story,” is a prequel to the wildly popular “Bridgerton” series, with the early lives of some of its characters. But it is not based on the Bridgerton books...