The Wall has a kick-ass ending worth shouting about- it’s just a shame the journey there is significantly less interesting.
Wakefield is an introspective and interesting examination into a man who willingly decides to isolate himself from his family and the world.
It’s romance, intrigue, and death in the trailer for My Cousin Rachel, or in other words, all the good stuff.
Chuck is the story of boxing legend Chuck Wepner, yet never quite manages to match the outsized metaphoric grandeur of the film it inspired.
Michelle Sabato, an Italian American herself, takes a closer look at The Godfather, and what “family” means to Italian Americans.
People is a profoundly packed indie, with the intricacies of the human condition and relationships manifesting into a well-realized film.
Hope Dickson Leach’s debut The Levelling is a familiar story of grief, told with an emotional incisiveness by brand new talent, and reminds us the British film industry is alive and well.
Afterimage is the swan song of legendary director Andrzej Wajda, depicting the artist Władysław Strzemiński during Stalinist-era Poland.
From the biting neorealism of Visconti and De Sica to the gory giallo of Argento, the storied history of Italian cinema is truly compelling.
B&B is a Hitchock-inspired thriller that manages, while not gracefully, to hit on a broad spectrum of issues gay people face in the West.
Laura Birnbaum reviews films seen at the 2017 Chicago Critics Film Festival, including The Little Hours, Berlin Syndrome, and La Barracuda.
David Lynch: The Art Life delves into the abstract world of Lynch, the artist. But while it intrigues, some mysteries still remain.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells helped to give birth to modern bio-medicine.
Good Time’s title is clearly a sarcastic jest; no one is having a good time here, and there’s allusions to time spent running towards a dream that’s not fully realized.
Not all remakes are created equally. While many can be terrible some can excel. Here Zac Hestand presents the six levels of remake hell.