Like Ficarra and Requa’s 2011 comedy Crazy Stupid Love, Focus begins promisingly and bops along enjoyably for a while, only to run out of steam…
David Cronenberg's film of Bruce Wagner's Hollywood satire-nightmare turns ludicrous situations into operatic tragedy.
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
A 2015 table of contents for reviews written by students in the Columbia Links journalism program of the film "Smile" by Marquis Daisy.
A review of Marquis Daisy's "Smile" by Chicago Urban League student Matthew Reilly.
A 2015 table of contents for reviews written by students in the Columbia Links journalism program of the film "Smile" by Marquis Daisy.
Famous scenes from great movies, re-enacted with stick figures.
An FFC looks at the "Taken" saga.
Writer/director Richard Linklater and editor Sandra Adair discuss "Boyhood" as part of the Film Independent Directors Close-Up series.
An obituary for actor/filmmaker Leonard Nimoy.
Crazy "Citizenfour" lawsuit; How to work with your spouse and not kill each other; Chicago's abuse-laden "black site"; Lesser-known MLK speech; Friday is global record…
A look at the recent wave of revisionist fairy tales and how they address gender roles.
