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Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) and his lover Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning) in "A Complete Unknown." (Searchlight Pictures).

‘A Complete Unknown’ review: Dylan goes electric in a solid biopic starring Timothée Chalamet

January 22, 2025 at 1:24 p.m.

In "A Complete Unknown," detailing young Bob Dylan's rise, Timothee Chalamet is very good. But he's not the cast's standout.

Keith Kupferer at home in Evanston on Dec. 9, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicagoan of the Year in Film: Keith Kupferer, headliner at last, thanks to ‘Ghostlight’

December 20, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

After decades of smaller meat-and-potatoes screen roles, Chicago stage veteran Keith Kupferer took the lead in a fine 2024 film. Award nominations soon followed.

Aaron Pierre voices the young Mufasa in "Mufasa: The Lion King." (Disney)

Review: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ is a hectic Disney origin story, told in a dubious digital style

December 19, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

Director Barry Jenkins' workmanlike take on a Disney musical prequel does the job. But do we even like this kind of digital filmmaking?

On the hunt, Kraven is about to punch somebody in "Kraven the Hunter." (Jay Maidment / Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.)

‘Kraven the Hunter’ review: The best you can say about the latest Sony Marvel movie is … that’s so kraven

December 12, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

Is 'Kraven the Hunter' the result of the audience's fatigue with this sort of comics-derived material? Or the filmmakers'?

Richard Gere plays a documentary filmmaker making amends while he can in "Oh, Canada." (Kino Lorber)

‘Oh, Canada’ review: Richard Gere shows the price of a lifetime of deception

December 11, 2024 at 1:35 p.m.

Reuniting with his "American Gigolo" director Paul Schrader, Gere and his costar Uma Thurman dig deep into a dying filmmaker's confession, on camera.

McKenzie Chinn at her home in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago on Dec. 9, 2024. Chinn is an actor, writer, filmmaker, and director. Her short film “A Real One” won the short-film prize at the Chicago International Film Festival. It was the first step towards a possible short-list qualification for the upcoming Academy Awards. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Column: Chicago filmmaker McKenzie Chinn made a beautiful short film. How could it get to be an Oscar contender?

December 10, 2024 at 6:14 p.m.

A Chicago filmmaker's short-film odyssey, as traveled by writer-director McKenzie Chinn and her award-winning drama "A Real One"

Jude Law and Jurnee Smollett in "The Order." (Michelle Faye/Vertical Entertainment)

‘The Order’ review: FBI agent Jude Law takes on white supremacists in a tense movie based on a true story

December 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Based on a nonfiction book from the 1980s, a string of bank robberies are investigated by an agent in rural Idaho.

Amy Adams in a scene from "Nightbitch." (Searchlight Pictures)

‘Nightbitch’ review: Amy Adams goes feral in a cautionary tale of love and parental imbalance

December 4, 2024 at 10:16 p.m.

When parenting tilts far enough to push you into canine territory? That's Marielle Heller's movie, delivering the unexpected.

Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from "Anora." (Neon Releasing via AP)

Top 10 movies of 2024: In a time of scoundrels, ‘Brutalist,’ ‘Challengers’ and the movie about the exotic dancer

December 25, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

The year's best films span the globe, including "Nickel Boys," "All We Imagine as Light" and that tennis movie.

Filmmaker Marielle Heller at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago on Oct. 21, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Column: From filmmaker Marielle Heller, ‘Nightbitch’ and a few co-parenting anecdotes for the rest of us

November 27, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

Her disarming black comedy stars Amy Adams and is not what anyone expected. All of her movies are like that.

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