Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death.
Category: Movies
‘A Minecraft Movie’ stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.
Chicago Palestine Film Festival looks at more than the war in Gaza to showcase ‘Palestinian joy’
Resistance takes many forms, said one filmmaker featured at the 24th annual event, and “one of the more impactful ways is film.”
‘Breakfast Club’ is reuniting at C2E2. What do Gen-Zers at John Hughes’ school think of the Gen-X movie?
We asked some students at Glenbrook North, the school depicted in John Hughes’ movie, to watch it for the first time. SO MUCH in the film wouldn’t fly today, they said, but one big part remains spot-on.
‘Drop’ review: We’ll start with the death threats, and two glasses of the Malbec
Led by Meghann Fahy, the gleefully improbable “Drop” puts its first-date heroine through hell, right down to a comic-relief waiter.
‘The Amateur’ review: An analog ’80s spy tale gets a wobbly update starring Rami Malek
Can a reclusive CIA cryptologist learn to kill and avenge his wife’s murder? “The Amateur” starring Rami Malek shrugs and nods.
Hollywood lands a much-needed box office hit with ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year’s box office deficit.
UK police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault
British police on Friday charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women.
Chicago Latino Film Festival opens this weekend, with indelible ‘Memories’ and a multitude of stories
In “Memories of a Burning Body,” featured in the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, several women’s stories become one.
Column: Years ago, Brett Neveu’s ‘Eric LaRue’ unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it’s a Michael Shannon movie.
Hundreds of school shootings after Brett Neveu’s “Eric LaRue” made its Chicago stage entrance, Michael Shannon takes the story to the screen.