Is ‘Kraven the Hunter’ the result of the audience’s fatigue with this sort of comics-derived material? Or the filmmakers’?
Category: Movies
‘Oh, Canada’ review: Richard Gere shows the price of a lifetime of deception
Reuniting with his “American Gigolo” director Paul Schrader, Gere and his costar Uma Thurman dig deep into a dying filmmaker’s confession, on camera.
Column: Chicago filmmaker McKenzie Chinn made a beautiful short film. How could it get to be an Oscar contender?
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 […]
‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’
Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez” led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes.
‘Moana 2’ cruises to another record weekend and $600 million globally
The Walt Disney Co.’s animated film “Moana 2” remained at the top of the box office in its second weekend in theaters as it brought in another record haul.
Stolen ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are auctioned for $28 million
A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at auction Saturday.
Northwest Indiana native’s film to premiere Sunday at Hoosier Theatre
For the premiere of his latest film, one Northwest Indiana man wanted more than just a typical showing at a movie theater. He wanted a celebration of arts, held at the region’s last movie palace.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Revisiting ‘Home Alone’ sites with the film’s location manager
Self-described “hometown girl” Jacolyn Baker Bucksbaum, who was location manager for “Home Alone,” knows Chicagoans expect authenticity when their city is portrayed on the big screen.
‘The Order’ review: FBI agent Jude Law takes on white supremacists in a tense movie based on a true story
Based on a nonfiction book from the 1980s, a string of bank robberies are investigated by an agent in rural Idaho.
‘Nightbitch’ review: Amy Adams goes feral in a cautionary tale of love and parental imbalance
When parenting tilts far enough to push you into canine territory? That’s Marielle Heller’s movie, delivering the unexpected.