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Review: Rebecca Hall’s excellent ‘Passing’ tells a story of racial identity in 1920s New York

November 9, 2021 at 6:30 a.m.

From the hushed misterioso quality of its opening sequence to the nervous ambiguity of its coda, writer-director Rebecca Hall's "Passing" (premiering on Netflix Nov. 10) floats like a mirage of...

‘Dr. Brain’ review: Thanks for the memories! Brain-hacking is the key to this South Korean Apple TV+ mystery

November 4, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

It's a whodunit. It's a medical procedural. It's science fiction. It's film noir! It's a bloodstained rendition of the old song "Thanks for the Memory"! It's all that and it's...

Kristen Stewart in a scene from "Spencer."

‘Spencer’ review: Kristen Stewart is Lady Di, home for the holidays on the brink of a precipice

November 4, 2021 at 9:01 p.m.

"Spencer" labels itself "a fable from a true tragedy," which means it's a biopic unafraid of acknowledging its speculative inventions. Director Pablo Larraín's coolly compelling chamber drama — dominated by...

Review: ‘Eternals’ has a miscast director and a crowded cast in a story about savior-outcasts. It adds up to Marvel fatigue.

November 2, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

"Eternals" introduces a slew of Marvel Cinematic Universe firsts. First same-sex kiss. First tender love scene between two hetero superheroes — discreet, brief but enough to remind you how much...

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the 2019 set of "Archenemy." Hutchins was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin Thursday on the New Mexico set of the western film "Rust." Authorities continue to investigate the shooting but there are no allegations of wrongdoing by Baldwin.

Column: After the Alec Baldwin accident, getting rid of live ammo on movie sets is only one step toward a solution. The others won’t be easy.

October 27, 2021 at 12:50 p.m.

The fatal Oct. 21 "Rust" film set accident involved a "cold gun" that turned out not to be what an assistant director declared it to be. The investigation into how...

School of the Art Institute graduate takes top prize with ‘Memoria’ at 57th Chicago Film Festival

October 24, 2021 at 11:35 a.m.

Starring Tilda Swinton as a Scottish orchid farmer in Colombia, haunted by mysterious sounds, "Memoria" won the Gold Hugo Friday at the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF). "Memoria" marks...

Director and actress Rebecca Hall at the Peninsula Hotel on Oct. 21, 2021, in Chicago.

‘Passing’ director Rebecca Hall: ‘You’ll never get this made,’ industry insiders told her. She didn’t listen.

October 21, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

Everything excellent in a Rebecca Hall screen performance — the observant quality, the lack of fuss, the quicksilver changes in mood and tone — feed her debut feature as writer-director....

Zazie Beetz in a scene from "The Harder They Fall."

‘The Harder They Fall’ review: All-star cast and plenty of gunfights in a Black Western with a dose of history

October 21, 2021 at 6:15 a.m.

"I'm lightning with the blam-blams," brags the quick-draw ace played by RJ Cyler in the violent, jokey, starry Western "The Harder They Fall," premiering in theaters this week prior to...

Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky and Jeffrey Wright in a scene from "The French Dispatch."

‘The French Dispatch’ review: This time, Wes Anderson traps Bill Murray and cast in the world of his invention

October 20, 2021 at 1:03 p.m.

The great Hollywood film composer David Raksin said it: "None of my music should ever be played for the first time, since it only confuses people." I've read several colleagues...

Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) has a planet to save, a people to lead and a destiny to fulfill in "Dune."

‘Dune’ review: Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic gets a movie that’s hypnotically beautiful. Is that enough?

October 27, 2021 at 11:57 a.m.

On screen, Frank Herbert's Baron Harkonnen-sized 1965 novel "Dune" best suits a director operating in a pre-"Star Wars" mode of storytelling. The patient, densely embroidered narrative invests heavily in themes...

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