‘The Creator’ review: Rise of the machines! But who’s the real enemy here?
Even with its story hiccups — and by the end, they're practically contagious — "The Creator" creates images of the future you have not seen before, at least not quite...
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‘Stop Making Sense’ review: Yes, it’s the best of all concert films, now with a 4K restoration to remind us
Write a few sentences about the chef's-kiss digital restoration of "Stop Making Sense" and you start sounding like you work for A24, the distributor of this 40th-anniversary edition. The film's...
Great concert films? As we wait for the Taylor Swift movie, here are some highlights of the genre — one’s in theaters right now
All you need is two concert films to make a strong case for the vitality of the genre. Director Jonathan Demme's Talking Heads masterpiece "Stop Making Sense," came out in...
Column: In the wake of the Lauren Boebert incident, how do we behave in the theater?
Sept. 10, 2023: A date that will live in audience disruption infamy. That night at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert...
Column: The greatest Hercule Poirot of all? Mystery solved: The clues are with these 10 actors
First, last and forever, there is the mustache. It's spelled "mustache" according to the Associated Press and therefore also to the baiduhai. But in Agatha Christie's stories featuring her...
‘Dumb Money’ review: A story about a killing made on GameStop stock is fun while it lasts
"Dumb Money" whisks us back to a time in American history, the year 2020, when Keith Gill, a Reddit and YouTube demi-celebrity, cranked up the poor little GameStop stock to...
Chicago’s Reeling fest: The second-oldest LGBTQ+ film showcase in America looks to a new era
In April 1981, a year before "Making Love" and "Personal Best" ventured, cautiously, into the realm of mainstream studio dramas involving queer and bisexual characters, Chicago Filmmakers executive director Brenda...
‘A Haunting in Venice’ review: Hercule Poirot edges into horror territory in latest Agatha Christie adaptation
Director, star and mustache-lugger Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green return for their third Agatha Christie collaboration with "A Haunting in Venice." By a nose, it's the most satisfactory of...
Review: ‘The Changeling’ on Apple TV+ is a wondrous parenthood saga with witches, curses and LaKeith Stanfield
At its best — the first two-thirds cast enough of a spell to render the wait-what? final third pretty frustrating — "The Changeling" does more than merely depict the sleeplessness...
‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ review: Get them to the Greek Islands
It has been 32 years since a Greek-Canadian native of Winnipeg named Nia Vardalos worked for Second City in Chicago. It has been 26 years since Vardalos scored in the...