Michael Phillips

"Late Night" is about the room where it happens — the writers' room of a long-running, seriously calcifying late-night talk show, hosted by imperious, aloof Katherine Newbury, played by Emma...

Was there a time, not long ago, when a smoothly operating hypocrite of a movie such as "The Fall of the American Empire" might've stolen the hearts of art-house audiences...

The best movie playing Chicago this week? Easy. It's Aaron Schimberg's singular feature "Chained for Life," which resists categorization (always a good sign) and lies well outside the usual parameters...

I mean, whatever with the "X-Men" movies. It's hard to even rent an opinion on the discrete strengths and weaknesses of a franchise that has devolved to the point of...

Now widely available, the 10-part podcast titled "Winnetka" presents one woman's backward stroll along the North Shore. Her memories of growing up in Winnetka and Lake Forest are augmented by...

"Rocketman" is more like it. In relation to last year's jolly mediocrity "Bohemian Rhapsody," which stumbled across the surface of Queen front-man Freddie Mercury's life and music, the new Elton...