Festivals & Awards
The 10 Most Anticipated Films of Cannes 2024
From a Donald Trump origin story to the return of Furiosa, here’s a look at the movies everyone’s excited to see at the world’s most prestigious film festival.
From a Donald Trump origin story to the return of Furiosa, here’s a look at the movies everyone’s excited to see at the world’s most prestigious film festival.
The writer-director’s acclaimed movies focus on nuanced, layered protagonists who don’t succumb to “Strong Female Character” cliches. A big reason his latest, Civil War, doesn’t work as well is it’s the first time he’s viewed one of his heroines so narrowly.
It’s way too early to guess what movie has the best odds of taking home the festival’s prestigious top prize. But that’s part of the fun.
A wrap-up of this year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival and announcement of this year's winners.
With Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki delivers the surprise of the festival so far.
On two dozen of our favorite performances of 2021.
An interview with writer/director/star Justin Chon about his new film, Blue Bayou.
An interview with Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander about her role in Justin Chon's Blue Bayou.
A guide to the latest and greatest on Blu-ray, including 4K editions of Speed, Donnie Darko, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
A preview of the 2019 DOC10 Film Festival (April 11-14) in Chicago, featuring reviews of "Hail Satan?", "Mike Wallace Is Here," "Midnight Family," "The Infiltrators," "Knock Down the House," "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch," "The Biggest Little Farm," "The Distant Barking of Dogs" and "One Child Nation."
A review of the new game Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and look at how it fits into gaming culture and the art that inspired it.
61 films from all 28 EU nations will screen this month at the Chicago European Union Film Festival.
A report on some good films coming your way from Telluride and Toronto this year.