After decades of smaller meat-and-potatoes screen roles, Chicago stage veteran Keith Kupferer took the lead in a fine 2024 film. Award nominations soon followed.
“Dirty Dancing,” along with another 1980s culture-changer, “Beverly Hills Cop,” are entering the Library of Congress’ registry, part of an annual group of 25 announced Tuesday that spans 115 years of filmmaking.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled shortlists in 10 categories Tuesday, including for documentary, international feature, best song and score.
Director Barry Jenkins’ workmanlike take on a Disney musical prequel does the job. But do we even like this kind of digital filmmaking?
The Spider-Man spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” got off to a disastrous start in North American theaters this weekend.
With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
Is ‘Kraven the Hunter’ the result of the audience’s fatigue with this sort of comics-derived material? Or the filmmakers’?
Reuniting with his “American Gigolo” director Paul Schrader, Gere and his costar Uma Thurman dig deep into a dying filmmaker’s confession, on camera.
Being a filmmaker means knowing, and ignoring, your odds of success wherever you are on whatever you’re doing. Chicago filmmaker McKenzie Chinn knows this. She knows about the knowing, and the ignoring. And the doing-it-anyway, regardless of the odds. Here’s an example, by way of Chinn’s exceptional 15-minute short film, “A Real One,” which she […]
Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez” led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes.