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Too many movies and shows dropped this past December, leaving busy holiday-minded audiences little time to catch up with everything. One notable show that you might have missed just so happens to [...]

Last night my critics’ group, the Chicago Indie Critics, handed out our Windie film awards for 2022. It was a fun evening at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, our first awards gathering in person [...]

During the first half hour of the new psychological thriller ALICE, DARLING, I wondered why Anna Kendrick’s character would ever put up with such bullying from her boyfriend. Alice seems to be [...]

There are actors who leap off the screen with their larger-than-life approach to performing, and then there are actors who always carry a little more in reserve. Those who hold back, like the [...]

Horror comedies don’t come much more entertaining than M3GAN. What could have been just an anti-tech downer or dispiriting kill fest about an advanced A.I. doll taking her role as [...]

Sometimes, an American movie adaptation from a foreign film doesn’t convert particularly well. More than a language gap, it often has to do with a tonal chasm. I found that to be the issue with [...]

My choices for the 10 Best Films of 2022 make up the most international list I’ve logged since starting to review films here back in 2011. Those movies that moved me most represent filmmakers [...]

I saw three great animated films this year: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, and the holiday release PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH. I loved the feline character when [...]

Filmmaker Sarah Polley has pulled off a significant hat trick with WOMEN TALKING. Not only does her film boast the year’s best-adapted screenplay (which she wrote), but her cast is the best [...]

The comeback is legitimate as 90s leading man Brendan Fraser returns to glory in a performance that stands as one of the year’s very best. In THE WHALE, Fraser plays Charlie, a 600-lb. recluse of [...]