10 takeaways on the 95th Oscar nominations: Some possible firsts?
James Cameron remembers what it was like to have the most-nominated film of its year. He made "Titanic," you know. He also made the first "Avatar," which tied in 2010's...
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Actor Michael Shannon says the ‘Rust’ fiasco is about more than gun safety — ‘this is what comes of making a movie on the cheap’
In 2021, when "Rust" star and producer Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a pistol containing live ammunition that should not have been on a movie...
‘No Bears’ review: From Iran, a master class in house-arrest filmmaking from Jafar Panahi
The facts are stark. In 2010, discouraged at one of its native artist's insistence on pushing boundaries and making Iran look less than ideal on film, the Iranian government slapped...
From Chicago Film Society Wednesday, a ‘Sunrise’ you can’t afford to miss
Movies come and go — I'm sure a few came and went during this dash clause — but there is only one "Sunrise." In his aspirational heyday, just as Hollywood...
Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder looks at the awards season nominees so far — where did all the women go?
Filmmaker and University of Illinois Chicago film professor Jennifer Reeder's fourth feature, "Perpetrator," is described this way in the program of the Berlin International Film Festival, where the thriller makes...
Alamo Drafthouse opens a 6-screen cinema with dining in Wrigleyville next week — here’s a look
A six-screen Alamo Drafthouse multiplex is coming to Wrigleyville, with craft beers; a bright, shiny lobby and the trademark Alamo shut-up-and-quit-texting policy, opening Jan. 27. For months the website of...
‘Saint Omer’ review: A real-life murder trial becomes a singularly moving courtroom drama
One of 2022's near-perfect films is now in limited theatrical release in the U.S., with a two-week run at the Gene Siskel Film Center. "Saint Omer" marks the narrative feature...
‘Women Talking’ star Jessie Buckley: ‘You don’t realize how vulnerable you are when you’re filming a scene’
Jessie Buckley, born in Killarney, Ireland, trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Oscar nominee for her performance in the excellent Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed Netflix drama "The Lost Daughter," has...
Review: ‘Plane’ is the tale of a jet that gets struck by lightning, crash-lands into an island of terrorists but is saved by Gerard Butler. I enjoyed it.
In the pitch-meeting stage, "Plane" carried the title "The Plane," and now it doesn't. All excess cargo, even if it's three letters — out the window! There's too much to...
‘Skinamarink’ review: In this eerily abstract low-fi thriller, home is where the heart isn’t
The creepiest moments in the horror genre often come down to a single question provoked by slowly dawning terror; a certain degree, strategic or otherwise, of visual frustration; or a...