Screens Monthly: February
This month, you’d be forgiven if you spent your time at the movies catching up on Oscar nominations. With the 90th Academy Awards slated for March 4, there are dozens […]
Film Review: Courage and Family Matter in Beautifully Animated The Breadwinner
Every year, after the Oscar nominations are announced, the dust settles and a few titles rise to the top as head-scratchers. How the heck did that get nominated for an Academy […]
Film Review: New Restoration of The Passion of Joan of Arc Is as Breathtaking as Ever
I have such vivid memories of seeing Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 groundbreaking work The Passion of Joan of Arc back in college: the stark, shocking camera angles; the tear-stained performance […]
Siskel Film Center Kicks off 2018 with Slate of Docs in Stranger Than Fiction Series
When Siskel Film Center re-opens tomorrow, they’re doing it with all guns blazing. The arthouse cinema on State Street took a month off at the end of the year to […]
Film Review: Highly Personal Requiem for a Running Back is Rough Around the Edges
When I lived in Indianapolis, the Colts were at the height of their success. With Peyton Manning on the field and Tony Dungy calling the shots, I got swept up […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/6 – 4/9
The beginning of this month has been a little rainy and overcast, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying our wonderful city! This curated weekend is huge and chock […]
Viva la French Cinema! during July in Chicago
Movie fans will be shouting viva la France this weekend as the 6th annual French Film Festival begins today at the Music Box Theatre. The festival, which runs July 22 […]