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In 1996, when Wes Craven directed SCREAM, he made a horror movie that worked as a dissertation of the genre as well as a straight-up frightener. In the very opening scene, teenager Casey Becker [...]

2021 was another odd year with the pandemic thwarting several releases and a regular return to movie theaters. Still, I saw a lot of terrific films, no matter what the venue, be it on VOD, via [...]

The Chicago Indie Critics have announced our 2021 film award winners and THE POWER OF THE DOG did very well. They won three awards including Best Studio Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted [...]

With the talent involved in the new spy thriller, THE 355 should have been at least fun to watch. But as it stands – more like lays there – the tony likes of Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, [...]

As many of you know, I am a member of the Chicago Indie Critics. Our eclectic group of film lovers, journalists, and bloggers have just released our nominations for the best in film of 2021. [...]

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is William Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest drama. The story of an honorable warrior who is overcome by ambition has been told on many stages and screens, and now it’s [...]

The film world didn’t quite return to normal this year due to the ongoing pandemic, yet it was wonderful to see movies in the theater again after so many months away. (We’ll see how badly the [...]

  The movies of Guillermo del Toro are filled with gorgeous images. Even nightmarish creatures, dilapidated mansions, and flooded apartments are presented in stunningly lit and beautifully [...]

Most horror movies do not create a sense of dread as deliciously as THE LOST DAUGHTER does. Ostensibly a character study of a middle-aged woman trying to enjoy a summer holiday on the Greek [...]

In the world of Marvel Comics, the character of Peter Parker (AKA Spider-Man) has always had amazing everyman appeal because he’s young, inexperienced, and struggles to manage the “great [...]