Lisa Trifone

In a year where it feels like the movies are finally coming back (post-pandemic, post-strike), 2024 is only half over and we’ve already seen some of the best films of […]

Though her IMDb filmography dates back to 2007, Haley Bennett first made a name for herself in 2019’s psychological thriller Swallow, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ unsettling and striking drama about a woman […]

The only real through-line between 1996’s summer blockbuster Twister and this week’s “stand alone sequel” (whatever that is), cleverly titled Twisters, is that in a dramatic prologue that sets up […]

Writer/director Catherine Breillat returns to cinemas this week with her first film in a decade, and what a return it is. Last Summer is so quintessentially French, so perfectly seductive, […]

It would seem the romcom is having a moment. Not that it’s ever really gone away, of course. But in the post-Nancy Meyers era (she’s still very much alive, just […]

In some ways, it’s a wonder a film like Janet Planet, a quiet but quite lovely rumination on mother-daughter relationships, can even get made these days. Writer/director Annie Baker, in […]

There’s no denying that there are more movies than ever. Film festivals routinely report higher submission numbers than ever, and it’s next to impossible to keep track of what’s premiering […]

As filmmakers and creatives look to their own for subject matter, there are ultimately two options to chronicle the lives and inner dialogues of notable authors, musicians, artists and others: […]

Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre is a standout among a crowded landscape of local production companies. Focused on musical theater, their shows—usually presented at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts […]

For women in Hollywood, aging is not the easiest thing to do. Often, the mere act of passing time and surviving is enough to tank a woman’s career, particularly when […]

Of the countless short films that are made in any given year, it’s always a bit of a mystery how the select few find their way to the film industry’s […]

The Taste of Things is, by all accounts, a film tailor-made for me—and maybe you, too. A French period romance centered on the country’s rich culinary history starring the great […]