Movies

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,...

Theater owners are clamoring to book You Can See Everything in additional locations after a very successful opening weekend. It's had the second best opening ever for a non-music documentary. ...

A documentary about a Kentucky miner's strike endures 50 years later. Harlan County USA's message still resonates today....

Over the last decade, many television shows have explored the intricacies of familial bonds. From the incestuous Targaryen family in “House of the Dragon” to the fracturing relationship between the Roys in “Succession,” modern television has increasingly shown that...