It’s OK, Boomer: The Big Chill Turns 40
A look back at Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill.
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Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age Allows Sprawling Cast to Shine in Second Season
A review of the sceond season of The Gilded Age, which premieres on October 29th on Max.
Criterion Launches Excellent Janus Contemporaries Series
On three new releases from Criterion and Janus that deserve your attention.
A Goodbye to Shaft, Hollywood’s First ‘Bad’ Black Man: Richard Roundtree (1942-2023)
A tribute to Richard Roundtree.
CIFF 2023: Table of Contents
A compilation of all of our reviews of this year’s Chicago International Film Festival.
Lords of the Fallen Transports Gamers to Hell and Back
A game review of a new role-playing adventure for the PS5, XBox, and PC.
CIFF 2023: The Space Race, Food Roots, The Echo
On three docs that played at CIFF this year.
CIFF 2023: Explanation for Everything, About Dry Grasses, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
On three international films from CIFF, including the latest from Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Radu Jude, along with the Gold Hugo winner.
NYFF 2023: Pictures of Ghosts, Eureka, Last Summer
A final dispatch from NYFF on three more NYC premieres.
CIFF 2023: Robot Dreams, The Crime is Mine, Limbo
A dispatch on three films from the Chicago International Film Festival.
CIFF 2023: All of Us Strangers, Poor Things, Saltburn
On three major films that had their Windy City premiere at CIFF this year.
The Power of Community: Steve Cohen and Paula Froehle on the Chicago Media Project’s A Decade of Docs Fundraiser on October 28th
Chicago Media Project co-founders Steve Cohen and Paula Froehle discuss the legacy of their organization, which will be celebrated at the “A Decade of Docs” fundraiser on Saturday, October 28th.
NYFF 2023: Here, La Chimera, Janet Planet
On three films that played at this year’s New York Film Festival, including the latest from Alice Rohrwacher.
CIFF 2023 Interview: Minhal Baig on Chicago Drama We Grown Now
An interview with Minhal Baig, writer/director of We Grown Now, which opened the 59th Chicago International Film Festival.
59th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Award-Winners
An article announcing the award-winners of the 59th Chicago International Film Festival.
CIFF 2023: The Taste of Things, Fallen Leaves, La Chimera
On three major international films that played at CIFF this year.
CIFF 2023: Family Portrait, Club Zero, The Bride
A dispatch on three films directed by women from this year’s CIFF.
Netflix’s Neon Gets Lost in Its Many Disconnected Elements
A TV review of the new Netflix show.
A TV Icon Leaves the Stage: Suzanne Somers (1946-2023)
A tribute to the life of a TV legend, Suzanne Somers.
A Gilded Cage: Studying the Animals of Park Chan-wook’s Stoker
A look back at Park Chan-wook’s underappreciated English-language debut, celebrating its 10th birthday this year.
