In “Memories of a Burning Body,” featured in the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, several women’s stories become one.
Chicago Latino Film Festival opens this weekend, with indelible ‘Memories’ and a multitude of stories
Category: Movies
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.
Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.
New film ‘How Lucky Can One Man Get’ captures the magic of John Prine in concert
A new film captures the musician during a 2010 concert at Proviso East High School in Maywood.
Val Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.
‘Misericordia’ review: A funeral mourner sparks a tiny French village’s erotic roundelay
Under wraps or busting out all over, inconvenient yearning is everywhere in the films of Alain Guiraudie. And like most of his characters, the French writer-director likes to keep his options open. No one genre suits him. Now at the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Landmark Century Centre Cinema, “Misericordia” begins with a homecoming, […]
Jason Statham’s ‘A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office
In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” took No. 1 at the box office, besting the rapidly declining “Snow White,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham solves a Chicago sex trafficking problem
Ridiculous, bloodthirsty and, because it’s a Jason Statham movie, super-scowly, “A Working Man” has its vicious charms.
‘Death of a Unicorn’ review: A dark comedy with more splatter than glitter
Haven’t the rich suffered enough in the movies? Nope! “Death of a Unicorn” stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, but Tea Leoni’s the standout.
Column: Clint Eastwood made a movie about soldier Ira Hayes, and the propaganda machine
In “Flags of Our Fathers” director Clint Eastwood and Iwo Jima flag-raiser Ira Hayes shared a disdain for phony patriotism.