Review: The Leisure Seeker Takes a Sentimental Journey
A few times a year, a film is released that explores the sometimes challenging lives of those of us fortunate enough to age into our senior years. Said films can […]
Review: Gringo Offers Energy, Creative Violence and a Wicked Ride
Sometimes it’s more fun not to have heroes in your movie. Case in point: Gringo, the latest from Australian-born stuntman/coordinator Nash Edgerton, the brother of actor and sometime-filmmaker Joel Edgerton […]
Siskel Film Center’s EU Film Festival Packs an Entire Continent Into One Cinematic Month
On March 9, the Gene Siskel Film Center kicks off their annual European Union Film Festival, a month-long celebration of the newest and most impressive cinema from that association of […]
Review: Thoroughbreds Introduces the Wealthy, Privileged…and Murderous
From first-time writer-director Cory Finley comes a unique brand of horror film that isn’t about scares or bodycounts. Thoroughbreds is about the creeping tension that accompanies a murder so meticulously […]
Review: Thrill of the Hunt Missing from Prey at Night
I’ve always been of a firm belief that horror movies should have a point, even if that point is dumb. Many of the slasher movies of the 1980s had a […]
Review: DuVernay’s Talents Wasted on Cluttered, Clunky A Wrinkle In Time
If all you want to know is whether I liked this movie or not, the answer is: No, I did not. And perhaps what made me like it even less […]
Review: Explore a Scrappy, Single-Purpose Life in American Socialist
The primary reason this new documentary from director Yale Strom (The Last Klezmer, On the Q.T.) exists is to show that there was once a viable candidate for president running […]
Review: Serviceable Humor Me Is Good for a Few Laughs
I’ll fully admit, I’ve never heard of the 2009 online series “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” but apparently it featured Jewish men and women over the age of 60 telling their […]
Review: Don’t Look for Closure in Oscar-Nominated Loveless
Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has become something of a master at conveying what many of the dark corners of Vladimir Putin’s Russia look like without saying or showing it outright. It’s […]
Review: Bruce Willis Can’t Save an Empty Death Wish
Going out on a limb here, I’m guessing this reboot of Death Wish will not play well in Chicago, where it is actually set and appears to have been mostly […]
What to Watch on Netflix and DVD: March 2018
Netflix’s list of March releases contains a solid variety of cinematic and TV-related treats. In honor of Women’s History Month, moreover, there’ll be lots of original content celebrating the work […]
Screens Monthly: March
March comes in like a lion…as the saying goes. Our latest slate of cinematic options fits the bill this month, as the year’s biggest night in movies is just four […]