Last picture show, for real: New book has gorgeous photos from the long fade of movie palaces, including in Chicago By Christopher Borrelli March 23, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. For more than two years, whenever I've driven past the Cinemark 18 in Evanston, arguably...
Review: ‘The Lost City’ a triumphant rom-com return by Sandra Bullock By Katie Walsh March 22, 2022 at 1:36 p.m. The enduring power of Sandra Bullock as a rom-com heroine is one of the greatest...
As movie palaces fade By Contributed Content March 18, 2022 at 6:16 p.m. From the book "Movie Theaters" by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.
Review: In ‘X,’ real ’70s horror meets ’70s porn in a ‘Chain Saw’ homage By Owen Gleiberman March 17, 2022 at 11:54 a.m. If I had a dime — or maybe a drop of blood — for every...
Review: Erotic thriller ‘Deep Water’ explores undercurrent of an unconventional marriage By Katie Walsh March 16, 2022 at 12:48 p.m. Whither the erotic thriller? The genre, so popular in the late '80s and early '90s,...
Review: ‘The Outfit’ is gangster noir set in ’50s Chicago, stitched together with expert care By Katie Walsh March 16, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. Leonard (Mark Rylance), the proprietor of the finest bespoke suiting shop in 1956 Chicago, wants...
William Hurt, star of ‘Broadcast News,’ ‘Body Heat,’ and Oscar winner for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ dies at 71 By Associated Press March 13, 2022 at 7:06 p.m. William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of...
‘The Adam Project’ review: A time traveler’s 12-year-old self saves the world, with help from Ryan Reynolds By Michael Phillips March 10, 2022 at 5:30 a.m. I like Ryan Reynolds. He's fun. He has uniquely quick-witted comic timing, an extremely useful...
Column: ‘Let the Little Light Shine,’ the Chicago documentary about race, education, politics and dissent, electrifies True/False Film Fest By Michael Phillips March 9, 2022 at 12:39 p.m. This past weekend, the world premiere of a sensationally effective Chicago documentary tore the roof...
‘Turning Red’ review: Raging hormones turn a girl into a panda in Pixar’s imaginative latest By Michael Phillips March 9, 2022 at 10:34 a.m. "Turning Red" asserts the value of a metaphor signifying more than one thing. With any...