Teen Spirit Review: Here We Are Now – Entertain Us? Max Minghella's directorial debut is a neon-dredged pop curio that features a one-note script that doesn't exactly serve Elle Fanning's game lead turn.
Features Heroines, Honeys and Hos: Conflicting Images of Women in the Blaxploitation Era We take a look at the ways Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, and other blaxploitation stars elevated their iconic characters beyond white-written stereotypes.
Hall of Faces Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “The Sopranos”? Our monthly TV podcast debates which character from David Chase's seminal mob drama wins out over the rest.
Ebertfest 2019 Ebertfest 2019: Celebrating Roger in Fine Filmic Fashion From Bound to Sideways to Romy and Michelle, this year's Ebertfest was a celebration of the weird, eclectic, and fantastic films Roger Ebert loved.
Wild Nights With Emily Review: Tell the Truth, But Tell it Slant Molly Shannon and Amy Seimetz shine in this warm, tender, humanizing portrayal of the famously enigmatic poet.
Features Revisiting “The Watermelon Woman”, Cheryl Dunye’s Refreshingly Disruptive Directorial Debut A pioneering work of Black Queer Cinema, Cheryl Dunye's vibrant "Dunye-mentary" reckons with traditional queer narratives and the racism of Old Hollywood.
Doc10 2019 Doc10 Dispatch 4/14: “The Distant Barking of Dogs”, “The Biggest Little Farm” Chicago's documentary film festival comes to a close with docs on the war in Ukraine and a cute little farm in SoCal.
TV Game of Thrones Recap: “Winterfell” Moves Chess Pieces Around For Season 8 With "Winterfell", Game of Thrones starts its final season with a reorienting premiere, complicating alliances and setting up conflicts.
Doc10 2019 Doc10 Dispatch 4/13: “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch”, “American Factory”, “Hail Satan?” Environmentalism, culture clash, and Satanism reign in Day 3 of Chicago's doc festival.
Doc10 2019 Doc10 Dispatch 4/12: “Mike Wallace is Here”, “Midnight Family” Day 2 of Chicago's documentary film festival displays films about iconic journalist Mike Wallace and the trials and tribulations of a family struggling to provide private EMT care in Mexico City.
Doc10 2019 Doc10: AOC Gets the Star Treatment in the Inspirational “Knock Down the House” Following the budding political careers of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and others, Rachel Lears presents a frequently-exciting doc about their rise to power.
TV Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: Baby Bomb Debate in “Casecation” Jake and Amy debate the pros and cons of kids in a well-structured episode.
Interviews Director AT White on Grief, Music and the Intentional Inscrutability of “Starfish” We interview the Starfish director about making his first feature, paying homage to a close friend, the film's Silent Hill nods, and more.
TV The Orville Recap: Moclan Outcasts Seek (And Fight For) “Sanctuary” Between its bevy of Trek alumni and effortless mixture of space spectacle and moral complications, this week's Orville shines as one of the season's best.
The Silence Review: A Big Pile of Shhhh Comparisons to A Quiet Place are the least of the problems in this cheesy, poorly paced apocalyptic horror film.
Hellboy Review: No Substance, No Style, No Fun Despite an amusing turn by David Harbour, the revival of the hit film series is a disappointing mess.
Missing Link Review: A Promising Evolution in Children’s Films Laika's latest mixes action, humor & message in a great family movie.
Master Z Review: Another Thrilling Entry in the “Ip Man” Series Vibrantly shot & action packed, the fourth film in the popular Hong Kong martial arts franchise continues to deliver thrills.
Breakthrough Review: Miraculously Not Bad The latest in "Christploitation" features a relevant cast, capable direction & a message of hope instead of fear.
Features A Look Back at Maya Angelou’s Gripping, Lively “Down in the Delta” Maya Angelou's sole directorial effort Down in the Delta is a powerful and engaging look at a strong-willed family taking control of their destiny.
Features Zora Neale Hurston & the Visual Quotidian A look at author Zora Neale Hurston and her lesser known work as an ethnographic filmmaker, studying the daily lives of Black Americans.