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There’s cold. And then there’s Leo DiCaprio in ‘The Revenant’ cold.

January 30, 2019 at 3:29 p.m.

Woke up this morning around 6. My morning Tribune was already on the porch, quivering. The thermometer read minus 22, and for some reason a greasy old memory of Walter...

‘Cold Pursuit’ review: Liam Neeson blows snow, while movie itself just blows chunks

February 5, 2019 at 7:53 a.m.

A beat-by-beat remake of the 2014 Norwegian thriller “In Order of Disappearance,” director Hans Petter Moland’s “Cold Pursuit” puts Liam Neeson behind the wheel of a snowplow with vengeance on...

‘I Am the Night’: TNT and Chris Pine are the latest players to enter the serial-killer game

January 24, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

The bodies do pile up. As an American consumer who spends a couple of thousand hours a year looking at moving pictures, there are times when the sheer number of...

‘Serenity’ review: Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, wastin’ away in Margaritaville

January 31, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

The Matthew McConaughey hindquarters are looking fine in “Serenity,” for the record. Their latest screen appearance, in the name of love scene realism and box office incentive, arrives in the...

Viggo Mortensen, foreground, and Mahershala Ali in a scene from "Green Book." Tribune critic Michael Phillips predicts that the film will win best picture, though he says "Roma" is the most deserving.

Oscar predictions from Michael Phillips: Who will win, who should win

January 22, 2019 at 3:17 p.m.

Several firsts and a serious head-scratcher or two emerged from Tuesday morning’s Academy Award nominations. “Black Panther,” with seven nominations, marks the first time a superhero picture has made the...

‘Canal Street’ review: A Chicago crime story sells itself short

January 18, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

The Chicago-made indie “Canal Street” comes from Rhyan LaMarr, a graduate of Columbia College and onetime resident of the South Side and, later, Park Ridge. His third feature tackles a...

‘Life and Nothing More’ review: A Florida project full of bittersweet rewards

January 17, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

With “Roma” and “The Rider” placing nonprofessional newcomers at the forefront of their stories, to authentic, easy-breathing results, it’s worth noting that the stars of those films, Yalitza Aparicio and...

Jacques Tati on the set of "PlayTime," which took several years to conceptualize and shoot.

The ‘Roma’ effect: 5 films that reimagine great cities on screen

January 17, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

When filmmakers make movies set in a specific world capital, they’re drawing from their own memories and impressions of that city. It’s urban planning, plus a little poetry. Often a...

‘Cold War’ review: In postwar Europe, a sexy, doomed affair to remember

January 31, 2019 at 12:46 p.m.

At one point in the gorgeously fatalistic love story “Cold War,” pianist and composer Wiktor and vocalist Zula are alone in a 1957 Paris nightclub, dancing to the old Louis...

‘Glass’ review: M. Night Shyamalan lectures us on comics mythology until you wanna break something

January 31, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

Two years ago, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan landed a worldwide success and regained his Hollywood clout with “Split,” thanks mostly to James McAvoy turning it into a sizzle-reel audition for...

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