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Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera star in "In the Heights," filmed on location in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights.

How ‘In the Heights’ rose up to movie size: A talk with Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Jon M. Chu and star Anthony Ramos

June 2, 2021 at 8:36 a.m.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the big cheese of the pandemic movie musical. How's this for a one-two? Last summer the composer, lyricist, performer and contemporary musical theater's goodwill ambassador handed hordes...

From left, Mj Rodriguez as Blanca, Billy Porter as Pray Tell and Angel Bismark Curiel as Lil Papi in Pose.

The mystery of ‘Mare of Easttown’: HBO show’s appeal, explained

June 1, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

A few thoughts on HBO Max's "Mare of Easttown," now that the final weekly episode has aired and the last bottle of Yeungling has been emptied: Kate Winslet. Allow me...

What to watch: PBS documentary about Tulsa massacre in Greenwood, CNN series about late night TV

May 28, 2021 at 1:40 p.m.

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Noah Jupe, from left, Millicent Simmonds, and Emily Blunt in a scene from "A Quiet Place Part II."

Column: This Memorial Day weekend, can ‘Quiet Place Part II’ and ‘Cruella’ get butts back in seats?

May 28, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

The words "stress test" aren't commonly associated with the unofficial beginning of summer. But in Chicago and beyond, heading into this Memorial Day weekend, two new movies arrive shouldering a...

A scene from "In the Heights" and a steak jibarito from Jibaritos y Mas ($7.85)

Watch this. Eat that: Where to dine out before a movie at the Music Box Theatre?

May 28, 2021 at 10:07 a.m.

Watch this: Music Box Theatre's 'Back on the Big Screen' This Friday, May 28, the Music Box Theatre's "Back on the Big Screen" festival of visual wonders launches a crazy-diverse...

‘Cruella’ review: Disney’s haute couture villain isn’t bad, just misunderstood. And not good, actually

May 27, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

For a while, "Cruella" — Disney's self-consciously "dark" and "edgy" live-action prequel to "101 Dalmatians" — gets by on the simpatico performance wiles of Emmas Stone and Thompson. They are...

May 28-June 11 at the Music Box: a return to cinema paradise, at increased capacity

May 26, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.

In America's conflicting, painfully slow and then alarmingly quick capacity limit changes for indoor entertainment venues, one sector in particular is making like it's 1979 all over again. And it's...

What to watch: Bring on the girl power with shows like ‘Run the World’ on Starz and ‘Gossip Girl’

May 21, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

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Watch this. Eat that: ‘Run Lola Run’ to DMen Tap

May 20, 2021 at 12:01 p.m.

Watch this: 'Run Lola Run' Eighty minutes that fly like eight, Tom Twyker's comically accelerated German thriller puts its heroine, played by Franka Potente, in a serious jam: She has...

Kate Winslet plays a Pennsylvania detective in "Mare of Easttown" on HBO.

Why ‘The Underground Railroad’ reminds us that some series aren’t meant to be binge-watched

May 20, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

"The Underground Railroad," director and co-writer Barry Jenkins' limited series adaptation for Amazon based on the bestselling Colson Whitehead novel, premiered last Friday in one big chunk — 10 episodes...

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