Movies

Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” may be the survival-based class commentary action thriller released this week on the big screen. On the small screen, however, look for Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing,” which features similar elements weaved through a story...

Omer M. Mozaffar teaches at Loyola University Chicago, where he is the Muslim Chaplain, teaching courses in Theology and Literature. He has given thousands of talks on Islam since 9/11. He is also a Hollywood Technical Consultant for productions...

We are proud to be a part of a network of sites that has awarded Julia Loktev’s stunning “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow” with the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. Other films cited as essential...

I did not love the first season of Apple’s “Palm Royale.” Yes, it was pretty to look at, but it didn’t have much to say, and the only thing it made me feel was bored.The second season is so,...

November 1975. This is the month when “Opening Soon at a Theater Near You” premiered on PBS in Chicago. It featured the city’s two most prominent film critics, Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who...

First, a bit of background with a disclaimer. I have been writing about video games in some capacity for over a decade and playing much, much longer than that. My handheld gaming experience extends back to the Game Boy,...

In my first dispatch from the 2025 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, “Journey into Sato Tadao” director Terasaki Mizuho describes movies as “greetings,” small, friendly gestures that introduce something essential about a place and its people to...