Movie

The “big” scenes in Andrew Ahn’s exceedingly gentle “Driveways” involve a young boy named Cody (Lucas Jaye) listening to an older man named Del (played by the late Brian Dennehy). Del shares bits about his life—too precious...

Brandon Christensen’s “Z,” premiering May 7th on Shudder, is a vicious little movie that recalls “Poltergeist” and “The Babadook” with its story of a possessive force that destroys a family. It’s a little rough around the...

In 2015, Matt Zoller Seitz started a series of essays with the following words: “The following is the inaugural installment of “30 Minutes On, “a new feature at the MZS blog wherein the author spends exactly...

In a country where you are what you do, what happens to a worker who loses his job?  “Working Man,” the first feature from writer/director Robert Jury, spins that question into an intimate drama shot in...

Netflix is cornering the market on opening wallets wide enough to bring semi-retired stand-up legends into the fold. Dave Chappelle dropped some controversial specials on the streaming service, and there have been rumors of an Eddie...

As we distance ourselves while remaining in contact with each other, some of you may be feeling a bit relieved knowing you don’t have to be in the presence of a particular person in your life....

Chicago’s architecture is known the world over, but few have heard of the architect Benjamin Marshall, whose style helped put it on the map. You know Chicago’s architecture at a glance and have heard of many...

One of the most remarkable love stories in recent television history took place on Netflix’s 2018 series, “Everything Sucks!”, between two teenage girls, Kate (Peyton Kennedy) and Emaline (Sydney Sweeney), or as their fans referred to...

“Blue Story” made headlines in the U.K. after a screening in Birmingham was accompanied by an outburst of violence, leading to panicked theaters pulling the film across the country and the appropriate cries of racist overreaction...

The new Apple TV+ series “Trying” recalls Amazon’s “Catastrophe,” another series about two people reevaluating their maturity and their lives because of the looming notion of a child. Yet while that show (the two share a director,...