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"Sidney," premiering Sept. 23, 2022, on Apple TV+.

Review: ‘Sidney’ is Apple TV’s admiring tribute to the breakthrough star that was Sidney Poitier

September 23, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

Director Reginald Hudlin's "Sidney" was made with the full and keenly interested cooperation of the Poitier family, following a template of access many documentaries favor or, in some cases, settle...

With a new musical score, Chicago’s Black movie pioneer returns with ‘Within Our Gates,’ one night only at the Music Box

September 23, 2022 at 6:40 a.m.

A silent film — any silent film, of any historical, emotional or artistic value — can transcend a well-meaning but not-great musical score. Silents have done that for more than...

Florence Pugh flees would-be captors in "Don't Worry Darling." (Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ review: In Olivia Wilde’s thriller, a ring-a-ding-ding nightmare turns out a little groggy

September 21, 2022 at 1:25 p.m.

I told myself I wouldn't talk about the bad press, but "Don't Worry Darling" is a movie about lying, so I lied. Here's one sentence of bad-press recap. Shia LaBeouf...

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde."

‘Blonde’ review: Showbiz is a girl’s worst friend in Netflix’s oppressive Marilyn Monroe nightmare

September 21, 2022 at 5:15 a.m.

Andrew Dominik's "Blonde," streaming on Netflix on Sept. 28, is meant to be a tough sit, endured, more than a harsh, often miserable life, examined. Wrong mission. But mission accomplished....

‘The Woman King’ review: Viola Davis, of course. But she’s not alone in this stirring action epic.

September 15, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Everything good, a little less good and very good about "The Woman King" hits the screen in the opening minutes. At that point we haven't yet begun to dig into...

Micheal Ward and Olivia Colman in a scene from "Empire of Light."

Kathryn ‘WandaVision’ Hahn, ‘Empire of Light’ and others at Chicago International Film Festival

September 15, 2022 at 9:54 a.m.

Starting with a Southport Avenue block party (food trucks!) for the Oct. 12 opening night, this year's Chicago International Film Festival is handing out awards to, among others, Kathryn Hahn...

French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard in a 2014 photo.

Jean-Luc Godard appreciation: ‘I want to know the future. Don’t you?’

September 13, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

"At the cinema, we do not think, we are thought," wrote the 19-year-old critic and future filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard in 1950. This is how strongly Godard responded to the screen,...

Director Steve James attends the photocall for "A Compassionate Spy" at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2022, in Venice, Italy.

Steve James’ ‘A Compassionate Spy,’ about a UChicago physicist who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviets, premieres at Venice and Telluride

September 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

"This is kind of like: whoa." And that's Chicago documentary filmmaker Steve James' deadpan monosyllable response when asked about seeing his latest nonfiction project, "A Compassionate Spy," on the big...

Cate Blanchett at the premiere of the film 'Tar' during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.

Report from 2022 Venice Film Festival: Cate Blanchett excels in “Tár,” while ‘White Noise’ and ‘Bardo’ struggle as much as their characters

September 5, 2022 at 4:02 p.m.

When we meet the imperious, exacting maestro played with thrilling command by Cate Blanchett in Todd Field's film "Tár," Lydia Tár has climbed every mountain to conquer her own personal...

Letitia Wright in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

Top movies for fall 2022: Our 15 picks, including the much awaited ‘Wakanda Forever’

September 1, 2022 at 10:01 a.m.

Right now there's enough debt, toil and trouble afoot to upend the film and streaming industries twice over. Cineworld, owner of the nation's number two multiplex chain Regal, flirts with...

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