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Few films get darker than THE COLUMNIST, a twisted revenge tale that also serves as a middle finger to social media. Playing as part of the Chicago International Film Festival this week, the 2019 [...]

Writer Roald Dahl’s work THE WITCHES must have felt like catnip to filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. Dahl’s story has all the hallmarks of the majority of Zemeckis’ best movies: vivid characters, an [...]

If one wanted to do a proper examination of the legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, a 13-hour miniseries – one hour for each of his feature films – would still feel woefully [...]

The new documentary BELUSHI kicked off the 56th Chicago International Film Festival this past week and the strong film explores the late, great comedian John Belushi as well as stands as a [...]

A strict music teacher shames an unremarkable student by impugning her lack of fire. When she asks why he thinks her twin sister is a better pianist, the teacher replies, “Because she plays like [...]

Netflix’s THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR is often confusing and too long by at least two hours, but creator Mike Flanagan is one of the few horrormeisters working today who understands that [...]

I wish Hollywood would give Sofia Coppola money to make a movie every year. Her films are not ginormous productions with all kinds of bells and whistles, but rather, adult stories concentrating [...]

As the saying goes, Gloria Steinem is “having a moment.” The feminist icon, now 86, was portrayed with great distinction by the superb Rose Byrne in the FX/Hulu television miniseries MRS. AMERICA [...]

A vindictive POTUS wants to be a “law and order” president and uses his Attorney General to go after protestors. An anachronistic justice system doesn’t work equally for a black man. And the [...]

Hardcore fans of Sherlock Holmes on the page or screen may find it difficult to embrace ENOLA HOLMES, Netflix’s new entry into the mix premiering September 23. The new film reimagines much of [...]