Film Review: Goon: Last of the Enforcers Retreads Familiar Ice
Some sequels are a natural extension of what has come before. Others are an exercise in assembling nearly all of the cast from the previous film and finding ways to […]
Film Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K reissue), Director’s Cut, Still Great After All These Years
The film that is opening in the most theaters this week is actually a 40-year-old masterpiece from writer-director Steven Spielberg. I’m not going to spend a lot of time talking […]
Film Review: Sit Up and Take Notice of Indie Thriller Valley of Bones
A little gem of a suspense thriller is being given a limited release this week from director/co-writer Dan Glaser. Although the story is much different than the currently in release […]
Film Review: I Do…Until I Don’t…and Maybe You Shouldn’t, Either
I’m still not entirely sure why writer-director-actor Lake Bell (who last helmed the appealing In A World…) chose the making of a documentary about marriage as the framework for her […]
Film Review: Lakeith Stanfield Stands out in Flawed but Effective Crown Heights
When 18-year-old Colin Warner was arrested for murder in 1980, I’m guessing he believed the truth—and a lack of credible witnesses—would set him free. But the type of shoddy defense […]
New on Netflix in September 2017: Gangs of New York, Requiem For a Dream, and More
Hellooo, loyal 3CR readers. Starting this month, I’ll be publishing “New on Netflix,” a regular column in which I highlight movies worth checking out from the large number of films […]
Film Review: Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D Is a Ride Worth Retaking
This is not so much a review as a reminder that James Cameron’s 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day is still one of the most perfectly paced and high-energy action films […]
Film Review: Witness the Animated Charm of 1800s Paris in Leap!
This French production from co-directors Éric Summer and Éric Warin (the latter of whom was in the art department on The Triplets of Belleville) has been dubbed in English and […]
Watch a 35mm Screening of L.A. Confidential at Music Box’s Noir Film Festival
What has become one of my favorite repertory film festivals in Chicago begins tonight, Aug. 25 to Thursday, Aug. 31 “Noir City: Chicago—The Big Knockover” returns to the Music Box […]
Film Review: Jon Hamm Breathes Life into the Captivating Marjorie Prime
The ideas that feed into director Michael Almereyda’s screen adaptation of the much-celebrated, Jordan Harrison-written play Marjorie Prime are quite extraordinary, even if the execution of the movie is flawed […]
Film review: Marc Webb Pays Homage to Woody Allen in The Only Living Boy in New York
Outside of his work on the two Amazing Spider-Man movies, Marc Webb has made some very good movies over the years, as well as a fistful of great music videos. […]
Film Review: Ingrid Goes West Savagely Critiques the State of Social Media
One of the more pleasantly terrifying films I saw at Sundance this year was director Matt Spicer’s debut feature Ingrid Goes West, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (U.S. […]