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With When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg directs Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard to strong turns as a mother-son duo united by self-obsession.

Filmmaker of the Month

The secret to “The Social Network”‘s success was its soundtrack

David Fincher's 2010 drama about the founding of Facebook is nothing without Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' groundbreaking score.

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Anniversaries

Sorkin’s Game: How “The Social Network” surprisingly succeeds in its take on women

David Fincher's Facebook drama remains a bright spot in Aaron Sorkin's filmography in how it skewers male entitlement.

Review: “Zombieland: Double Tap” is the “Big Bang Theory” of Zom-Coms

Cheap, creaky jokes and overstimulated filmmaking plague a too-late sequel no one asked for.

Fantasia 2019

Fantasia 2019: “Vivarium” Director Lorcan Finnegan on the Terror of the Suburb

We talk to the director of the latest chiller from Fantasia about the hells of suburbia and working on his second film.

Fantasia 2019

The Art of Self-Defense Review: Black Belt or Red Pill?

Jesse Eisenberg is a twerp falling down the toxic-masculinity rabbit hole in Riley Stearns' insightful black comedy.

CCFF 2019

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2019 Titles Announced: Yesterday, Luce, Alien in 35mm

The seventh annual Chicago Critics Film Festival includes a 35mm print of Alien, as well as festival faves like The Nightinggale and Yesterday.

The Hummingbird Project Review: Tackling Low-Latency Trading at a Snail’s Pace

Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard try to make millions in milliseconds in this plodding critique of capitalism.

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