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Megan Hilty stars as Patsy Cline, left, and Jessie Mueller as Loretta Lynn in "Patsy & Loretta," premiering Saturday on Lifetime.

Triumph, heartbreak, unreliable husbands: When Patsy Cline met Loretta Lynn, the Lifetime movie version was inevitable

October 16, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Sisterhood strong enough to last a Lifetime, the new TV movie "Patsy & Loretta" compresses 18 months of a tragically brief friendship between two country music legends into one pretty...

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star in "The Lighthouse."

‘The Lighthouse’ review: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a bamboozler of a tale from the maker of ‘The Witch’

October 17, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

A terrific filmmaker, especially since there aren't very many terrific filmmakers, deserves better than to be compared to his previous accomplishments. In other words, I loved director Robert Eggers' debut...

‘The Cotton Club Encore’ review: Coppola’s re-cut 1984 epic finally puts African American actors in the limelight

October 16, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

For two more days, a remarkable salvage job can be found on a single Chicago movie screen, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema: Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club Encore."...

‘Zombieland 2: Double Tap’ review: Not bad for a wholly unnecessary 10-years-later sequel!

October 16, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

In the misty glade and dusky bog of your memories, can you recall a time when zombies weren't money? The first "Zombieland" came out in 2009, a year before "The...

Filmmaker Gregory Nava gives speaks during the tribute to the life of Roger Ebert at the Chicago Theatre in 2013. Tonight he and his partner, Barbara Martinez Jitner, will give a master class at Facets Cinematheque.

Tonight at Facets: Two filmmakers respond to Trump’s Latino problem. The movies aren’t helping.

October 14, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

Tonight at Facets Cinematheque, the defiant polar opposite of a Trump rally takes place in the form of a filmmaking master class at the nonprofit organization founded by the late...

Jackie O'Connor, sponsor manager of the Chicago International Film Festival.

55th Chicago International Film Fest: 10 faces behind the festival

October 11, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

The red carpet's rented and ready, and while prepping for the 55th Chicago International Film Festival opening Wednesday and continuing through Oct. 27, I met a film festival staff member...

Eddie Murphy’s new movie ‘Dolemite’ is not playing near downtown Chicago. Here’s why.

October 11, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

Financed by the streaming behemoth Netflix, the new Eddie Murphy comedy "Dolemite is My Name" enters the marketplace Thursday evening with a couple of sharp angles of interest. It's a...

There are over a hundred movies to see during the Chicago International Film Festival. Here’s 10 you shouldn’t miss.

October 10, 2019 at 10:13 a.m.

Mission: Make a reasonable dent in the Chicago International Film Festival. Wednesday's the customary one-film opening day; the annual festival gets underway with writer, director and star Edward Norton's "Motherless...

A digitally enhanced, younger Will Smith, foreground, struggles with the present-day version of himself in Ang Lee's sci-fi film "Gemini Man."

‘Gemini Man’ review: Older assassin Will Smith hunts younger assassin Will Smith; heart-to-hearts ensue

October 9, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

"Gemini Man" isn't bad, but two Will Smiths — when one of them's computer-animated — somehow feels like 66-75 percent of a real movie. I say this as a chronically...

Eddie Murphy portrays underground comic and unlikely action star Rudy Ray Moore in "Dolemite is My Name."

‘Dolemite is My Name’ review: Eddie Murphy triumphs, and a blaxploitation star rises again

October 9, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

Eddie Murphy isn't Greta Garbo or anything. Now 58, he works steadily even though audiences and tastes come and go, and people don't necessarily relish a new Eddie Murphy vehicle...

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