30 Minutes On: “Watership Down”
“Watership Down,” Martin Rosen’s 1978 adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel about rabbits traveling the English countryside to find a new homeland after their warren is marked for destruction, has been…
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A Preview of the 2025 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
Now marking its 30th year, the annual “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema” festival returns to give American audiences a taste of what is happening in contemporary French cinema. Running March 6-16th…
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What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
We’re back to hold your hand and walk you through the new movie offerings over the next 30 days on the biggest streaming service in the world. Believe it or…
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Chicago’s Own Filmspotting Podcast Celebrates 20 Years With Inaugural Festival
Continuing the tradition of Chicago-based critics and creatives curating film festivals, this weekend marks the very first Filmspotting Fest, a three-day in-person film festival celebrating twenty years of the iconic…
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Fantastical Season 3 of AMC’s “Dark Winds” Is an Electrifying Series Best
Season three of AMC’s underrated “Dark Winds” opens with an image of the dark desert, illuminated only by a fallen flashlight. David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” bleeds into the scene, as…
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I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
Don’t go to the masterpieces, the classics, the five-star pictures you have memorized from a hundred montages and telecasts. Pick one at random, one you don’t know. There are about…
Read more“Suits: LA” Is Dumb, Glossy Nothingness
“Suits: LA” is dumb. This is a show where one character tells another, “You have a lot of flaws,” and it’s supposed to come off as insightful and not something…
Read moreTaylor Sheridan’s “1923” Returns with Same Degree of Self-Proclaimed Grandeur
As he sits on the throne as the King of the Streaming Era, writer/director Taylor Sheridan has sometimes been accused of being pretentious and even misogynistic. Whatever criticisms can be…
Read moreEbertfest Adds Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award Winner “Harlan County U.S.A.”
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the addition of three new films to this year’s festival, to be held April 23-26 at the Virginia Theatre in…
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New York International Children’s Film Festival Highlights Original Work From Around the World
One of my favorite film stories of the last year has been the success of “Flow,” a critical darling and Oscar nominee for both Best Animated Feature and Best International…
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