When it comes to recognizable film festivals, Chicago isn’t always the first city that comes to mind. Though it may be (foolishly) passed over in favor of bigger names like TIFF, Cannes or Sundance,...

In 1978, John Carpenter released into the world one of the most petrifying fictional horror film characters to ever surface. Since then, Michael Myers and the Halloween franchise have come to see 13 films...

My favorite way to make my skin crawl is with a good horror movie. With so many horror movies out there, it can be hard to pick which one to watch during this festive season. To help you out, I’ve compiled...

The 58th Chicago International Film Festival is in full swing. The festival showed a variety of movies in the past week, some of which were the American theatrical premier screenings. While this is far...

When Miloš Forman’s “Amadeus” first hit theaters in 1984, audiences were treated to a lavish, sprawling spectacle of a film that used an unlikely framing device as a way to explore the inner life...

I wasn’t going to write anything about the new film “Blonde,” a historical fiction projecting only the romanticization of Marilyn Monroe’s abuse. There are an abundance of writers who focus on...

In 1934, Ezra Pound wrote “Make it New.” These three simple words would become the declaration for the entire modernist art movement and all the issues it sought to tackle in a newly industrializing...

The 58th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night with a red carpet and two screenings at Music Box Theatre. An entire block on Southport Avenue was blocked off for the opening night...

These days, naturalism in film is treated as the default. Even in science fiction or fantasy films, where the principles he genres operate under are plainly ludicrous, realism in acting, dialogue and aesthetics...

The name Jeffrey Dahmer likely rings a sinister bell for most of those who hear it. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” a limited Netflix series directed by Ryan Murphy, details the life and crimes...

On Oct. 2, 2022, Sacheen Littlefeather passed away after a lifetime battle with lung cancer after living a life with roles, including an actor, model and activist. Littlefeather is perhaps best known for...

When you think of maximalist visual styles in filmmaking, you usually think of films by directors with backgrounds in music videos, like Tony Scott, Michael Bay and Antoine Fuqua. The maximalism is often...