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Christopher Plummer, the legendary actor of stage, screen, and television, died February 5 at the age of 91. He did so many big roles and so many notable films in his last two decades that it [...]

Just how you respond to MALCOLM & MARIE, the new drama from filmmaker Sam Levinson might depend upon how comfortable you are seeing lovers argue onscreen for two hours. To anyone who’s [...]

Sometimes a film sneaks up on you, unspooling its story slowly and steadily, finding the drama in actions not taken versus those that are, finding the revelations in words unspoken versus those [...]

Hello friends and followers, This week was a milestone for more than a few reasons. A new president was inaugurated in the United States. America rejoined the World Health Organization and the [...]

It’s funny to say, but the pandemic may have actually helped the new dark comedy PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. Originally scheduled to be released on April 17, it had to be pulled due to the theater [...]

The late, great playwright August Wilson wrote ten plays about the black experience in America known as The Century Cycle and it’s wonderful to see screen adaptations of his work now being [...]

The activist author Terry Tempest Williams argued that the greatest sin women commit is in their failure to support each other. That is the sin that Queen Elizabeth commits throughout the fourth [...]

The new Netflix miniseries THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT is chock full of riveting themes: obsession, sexism, and addiction…to name just three. The fictional journey of an orphaned girl in the late 1950s [...]

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 [...]