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The term icon is being thrown around so casually these days that I consulted the textbook definition of it: “A person or thing widely admired or recognized for having great influence, significance, or style in a specific sphere.” If...

“This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn’t include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He reduces each scene to its essence, and leaves it on screen long enough for us to...

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...