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10 NEW TO NETFLIX“Ambulance““Gladiator““Heat““I’m Still Here““Killer Joe““Lucky““Nightcrawler““The Ring““True Romance““Under the Skin“7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD“Frankenstein” (Criterion)Guillermo del Toro’s latest may have been a multiple Oscar nominee but it felt a bit underrated at the end of 2025 and the beginning...

The successful 2025 return of “Dexter: Resurrection” is one of this era’s most shocking TV surprises. After a legendarily misguided original season finale and mediocre reboots in “New Blood” and “Original Sin,” there was little reason to believe that...

Oscar-winning producer and director Brigitte Berman (“Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got”) is premiering her new film “Christian Holder: My Life Is Dance” at the Chicago History Museum on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31. Tickets are...

If someone wanted to set a “The Silence of the Lambs” riff in the world of the heavily accented “Mare of Easttown,” it would play out like “Nocturne.” The Thomas Harris influence on this adaptation of a pair of...

Travis Knight’s “Wildwood,” the latest stop-motion film from the Portland studio Laika, foTravis Knight’s “Wildwood,” the latest stop-motion film from Portland studio Laika (formerly Will Vinton Studios), is, in many ways, the culmination of his career in the form....

October 10th was Mental Health Awareness Day, which got us thinking about how the issue has been presented in filmmaking over the years. From the direct commentary in projects like “A Beautiful Mind” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s...

The Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Its phenomenal curation is under the new guidance of Chicago-based artist and scholar jada-amina, who selected the feature narrative and documentary films. Through her lens,...