It was the beginning of summer 2021. Olivia Rodrigo released her first album, Adult Swim was taking over Tik Tok and Bo Burnham created his Netflix special called ‘Inside’ that took the internet by...

Season three of “Atlanta” is what modern television should be: hysterical, bold, creative and genre-bending, with some of the most beautiful and well-acted television episodes I’ve seen to date....

“Men” is the latest A24 horror movie with a one word title that takes itself way too seriously. While the movie has some gorgeous cinematography and stellar performances, the unsatisfactory story and...

In the 17 years since "Revenge of the Sith" graced theaters in 2005, many fans were certain they had seen the last of beloved characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, played by Ewan McGregor, or Anakin Skywalker,...

In the past week, I watched 42.5 hours worth of movies. This undertaking was all part of the Chicago Critics Film Festival, which is an annual film festival programmed by the Chicago Critics Association...

At the midway point of the Chicago Critics Film Festival, the Chicago Film Critics Association gave us moviegoers a special treat. They showed a beautiful 35mm print of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 triumph...

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" is part of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), where screenwriter Michael Waldron and director Sam Raimi have now taken on the task of balancing...

For the month of May, Music Box theater at 3733 North Southport is screening a series of unconventional Westerns in a partnership with the DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts. The movies being shown...

Despite nearly five decades passing since George Lucas' "A New Hope" premiered in theaters in 1977, the “Star Wars” franchise has never been stronger. As May the fourth arrives, the unofficial holiday...

“Do the Right Thing” is a classic for a reason. A raw, unflinching look at hate and bigotry in 1980s Brooklyn, Spike Lee’s third movie is painfully relevant 33 years later. “Do the Right Thing”...

Chicago's South Side story has been told in many ways, from Black wall street to gang violence, but never through the drill culture lens. Chicago's disenfranchised Black communities gave birth to drill...

On April 12, the libel trial of Johnny Depp versus his ex-wife Amber Heard officially began. Initiating in 2019 when Depp sued Heard for defamation, when one party making a false statement about the...