Heretic
Andrew Wyatt
Nov 6, 2024
Notwithstanding its provocative yet ambiguous title, Heretic is not really a religious horror film. To be sure, the movie features copious dialogue about the tension
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Anora
Andrew Wyatt
Oct 30, 2024
This story begins one night in a classy-ish Manhattan strip club, where Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (Mikey Madison) works as a dancer and occasional escort. Ani
Chicago Film Fest 2024: Separated / The Other Way Around
Kayla McCulloch
Oct 26, 2024
The 60th Chicago International Film Festival comes to a close this Sunday. Before then, there’s a full weekend of programming that remains — including new
Chicago Film Fest 2024: Cloud / Eephus
Kayla McCulloch
Oct 25, 2024
This year’s Chicago International Film Festival runs Oct. 16-27. Currently in its 60th year, the longest-running competitive film fest on the continent boasts a lineup
The Red Suitcase
Kayla McCulloch
Oct 18, 2024
Throughout the modern history of the horror movie, one of the most unsettling tropes is that of the silent, slow-moving stalker. Whether you credit it
Smile 2
Andrew Wyatt
Oct 17, 2024
Writer-director Parker Finn’s Smile 2 – the follow-up to his surprise 2022 horror hit – picks up less than a week after its predecessor’s bleak
A Different Man
Andrew Wyatt
Oct 2, 2024
Writer-director Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man is a smart, morbid, and unexpectedly funny film, but it plays a bit of a long game, only gradually
The Substance
Andrew Wyatt
Sep 24, 2024
A feature-length Tales from the Crypt episode that mashes up The Picture of Dorian Gray, All About Eve (1950), and Death Becomes Her (1992) into
Eureka
Andrew Wyatt
Sep 19, 2024
Lisandro Alonso is often cited as one of the reigning masters of slow cinema, but this perhaps undersells just how defiantly unconcerned the Argentine filmmaker
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