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If the new mystery ANATOMY OF A FALL had been a film made in Hollywood, the director might very well have goosed the material to emphasize some of the plot points that bent toward the [...]

If you’re like me, the last thing you really want to watch is another film or TV show about a hitman. (What is Hollywood’s fascination with the profession? Is it a metaphor for what [...]

One of the best films that played at the Chicago International Film Festival this year was the French feature THE TASTE OF THINGS, which hasn’t even opened in its native country yet. That will [...]

Few filmmakers have held up a mirror to our American society and wagged their fingers with such a splendid mix of righteousness and artistry as Martin Scorsese. His moralism has taken aim at all [...]

Taylor Swift had a ridiculously good summer in 2023, breaking all sorts of concert records with her Eras Tour and its $780 million haul. And because of all the moolah that concert tours [...]

It’s not by accident that the title character in the movie HOLLY is just one extra consonant away from the word holy. The new Dutch film from writer/director Fien Troch is making the film [...]

It was quite the coup for the Chicago International Film Festival to procure the world premiere of filmmaker Anna Luif’s latest dramedy THE LOVE STORIES OF LIV S. The fact that it’s also one of [...]

Like all the best horror, Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of the macabre are morality tales. In his short story The Tell-Tale Heart, it’s not the victim’s heart beating under the floorboards that give [...]

Time travel isn’t what it used to be. Time was (ahem), any film or TV show that utilized the trope stood out as being rather special. Going back in time to fix mistakes, repair timelines, save [...]

What’s the last truly terrific erotic thriller you saw? Go ahead and think about it. I’ll wait. Slim pickings, right? I think I’d have to go back to Michael Haneke’s 2001 French film THE PIANO [...]