Movies

Fans of the book by Alice Kellen probably already know–Netflix’s “The Map of Longing” is more “The Fault in Our Stars” than “Bridgerton.” Yes, the Spanish series is adapted from an adult romance, but it brings a certain teenage...

In anticipation of the upcoming opening of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” let’s take a look back at my article about watching the director’s acclaimed 2010 film, “Inception,” during the COVID-19 pandemic, originally published on August 18, 2020…NOTE: Elliot Page’s...

In the 2020s, horror television has become a genre led and shaped by Black men. While the genre was overwhelmingly white in the 2000s and 2010s, with shows like “Supernatural” and “The Walking Dead” dominating the cultural sphere, the...

MUBI Fest returned to Chicago for the third time this year with its most varied and robust line-up yet, further cementing it as an art powerhouse that thieves in creating films in conversation with cinema canon. That Chicago remains...

“Ride or Die” arrives on Prime Video this week, and its title is accurate in multiple ways. Calling someone your “ride or die” means they’ve got your back no matter what: you need to bury a body, they’ve got...

The 30th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is upon us, perhaps the largest genre film festival in the world (and, for my money, my favorite), setting nearly three weeks aside at the tail end of July to...

“Little House on the Prairie” is an American institution. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s fictionalized semi-autobiographical accounts of growing up on the American frontier in the 1870s and 1880s have been wildly popular since the first book’s original publication in 1932...

For thirteen years now, Ubisoft has been chasing a pirate. While there have been some great “Assassin’s Creed” games since the 2013 release of “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” (I’m particularly fond of “Origins” and “Odyssey”), and a truly...