‘The Birth of a Nation’ review: Powerful despite inconsistencies
"The Birth of a Nation" is a slavery movie for 2016, meaning that it is complicated. The release has been marred by rape allegations made 17 years ago against its...
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‘The Girl on the Train’ review: Empty and disappointing
A buzzy movie based on a book, a woman gone missing, perspective changes and a dark twist? Though "The Girl on the Train" author Paula Hawkins may reject comparisons between...
We (and basically all of Chicago) visited Luke’s Diner this morning
We need coffee in an IV. We have reached peak "Gilmore Girls" hysteria and we're still more than a month out from the Netflix premiere of the revival, "Gilmore Girls:...
Interview: Issa Rae begins her next adventure as the creator and star of HBO’s ‘Insecure’
Issa Rae is done up like a star, which makes sense because that's what she is. The 31-year-old plays the lead in the new HBO series "Insecure," premiering Oct. 9,...
‘Masterminds’ review: Bursts of funny drowned out by laziness
It's never easy to make a smart comedy, but it's that much harder when your subject is essentially rabid stupidity. It would be nice to say that's what director Jared...
‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ review: Fantastical in more ways than one
A boy is removed from his depressing, ordinary life when he discovers a secluded haven for special kids with abilities. No, it's not another "Harry Potter" movie, but the latest...
Samantha Bee is making room for women to be angry
A few weeks ago, a Humans of New York post featuring Hillary Clinton went viral. Clinton shared a memory of taking a law school admissions test at Harvard and being...
The 10 best breakup shows on Netflix
We're witnessing the end of Brangelina, one of the great power couples of our time. It's hard to imagine either Brad or Angie sitting on the couch, eating ice cream...
‘Goat’ review: Oh hey, toxic masculinity
Fraternity hazing isn't exactly cutting-edge source material for a contemplative film—maybe 10 years ago, before the headlines became so frequent and horrific. But "Goat" only uses fraternity life as its...
‘The Magnificent Seven’ review: Been there, done that
Ah, Westerns. They showcase simpler times before gun control and equal rights, when you could harass a woman or shoot another dude for pissing you off with no consequences. Everybody...