John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76 By Jake Coyle September 29, 2024 at 4:29 p.m. John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective...
‘Megalopolis’ flops, while ‘The Wild Robot’ soars at the weekend box office By Jake Coyle September 29, 2024 at 12:44 p.m. By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped...
Actress Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died aged 89 By Jill Lawless September 27, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969...
‘In the Summers’ review: A sometime family’s passing years, heartache and stubborn love By Michael Phillips September 27, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Winner of the Sundance festival's top prize, "In the Summers" takes a debut filmmaker's memories...
‘A Different Man’ review: A new face and a new life in a comedy that’s more than skin-deep By Michael Phillips September 27, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. When a change you've dreamed of doesn't solve your self-esteem problems, that's the idea behind...
Column: The nation’s movie theaters are getting a $2 billion makeover. Now it’s up to the movies to make it pay off. By Michael Phillips September 26, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. With busier release calendars coming in 2025 and 2026, the nation's movie theater operators are...
‘Megalopolis’ review: Hate it or love it, Francis Ford Coppola’s movie swings for the fences only he can see By Michael Phillips September 25, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. It's a mess. It's a wonder. It's confused. It's a philosophical argument disguised as a...
‘All Happy Families’ review: Disappointing men, wised-up women and a Chicago family’s growing pains By Michael Phillips September 24, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Haroula Rose's new feature has Becky Ann Baker as the matriarch of Chicago family trying...
Chicago Int’l Film Fest lineup: ‘Piano Lesson,’ André Holland and ‘Here’ by Robert Zemeckis By Michael Phillips September 23, 2024 at 11:51 a.m. Also in the annual fest this October: "The Brutalist" and Amy Adams in "Nightbitch."
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ scares off ‘Transformers’ for third week as box office No. 1 By Andrew Dalton September 22, 2024 at 1:27 p.m. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with...