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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 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 [...]

The motifs that filmmaker Christoper Nolan loves are evident throughout his latest epic TENET. There’s a tenacious hero similar to those in MEMENTO and THE DARK KNIGHT, a twisty plot playing with [...]

PALM SPRINGS made quite a splash when it debuted at Sundance this past January. The film was snatched up by Neon and Hulu for a cool deal reaching beyond 22 million. The transaction was worth [...]

  Ostensibly, the new French-language film THE TRUTH is about the relationship between an aging mother and her adult daughter, but really, it’s about actors. The way actors direct their [...]

In any other week, the opening of Spike Lee’s new movie DA 5 BLOODS, about four African-American senior citizens who return to Viet Nam to retrieve a fellow soldier’s bones, would generate a ton [...]

It seemed almost fitting that MRS. AMERICA, the FX/Hulu miniseries about the struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment during the ’70s, should conclude its run in the week that saw our nation [...]

Love stories are a rare find these days on the big or small screen. If there’s a couple together in the story, they’re usually surrounded by a family or plopped down into some adventure together. [...]