Movie

A documentary depicting the achievements of visionary Chicago architect Benjamin Marshall, “Benny Goes Hollywood,” will premiere at noon today, November 19th, at the Gene Siskel Theater, 164 N. State Street, Chicago. The event is hosted by the...

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the November issue of the online magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room. The theme for their November issue is Neo-Noir and, in addition to Kellie Herson’s piece below, the issue also includes...

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is not just a love letter to Mr. Rogers. It is a love letter from Mr. Rogers to all of us, the same reassuring message of friendship and kindness Mr....

Yasujirō Ozu expressed grand philosophical ideas through little moments of everyday life. He is, in my humble opinion, the most sensitive and disciplined director to ever hold a camera. Ozu disregarded how the rest of the...

This racing picture is a period piece, set in the early 1960s, and there’s also something retro about the kind of movie storytelling it represents. Directed by James Mangold and given spectacular horsepower by dual male...

10 NEW TO NETFLIX “American History X””Burning Cane””District 9″”Fear and Loathing Las Vegas””The Game””Grease””Kicking and Screaming””The Lovers””The Matrix””Shadow” 8 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “The Angry Birds Movie 2” There was a surprising bit of buzz around this...

No society can remain strong and free without the Fourth Estate of journalists safeguarding the truth. There is no democracy without a free press. That is why I am honored to be participating in this Friday’s 80th Anniversary...

“Mickey and the Bear,” about a young woman and her Iraq war veteran father living in Anaconda, Montana, is an almost perfectly realized drama that feels as if it was time-warped in from forty or fifty years ago, when...

For decades now, the world George Lucas created for his “Star Wars” films has felt like a massive sandbox to play in, but we’ve only seen a relatively small corner of it. If you think about...

Stefanie Abel Horowitz’s “Sometimes, I Think About Dying” feels delicate, much like the person at the center of it. Its main character, Fran (Katy Wright-Meade), is an introvert’s introvert, a shy, well-mannered office worker who goes...