A Real Pain
Andrew Wyatt
Nov 14, 2024
A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg’s sophomore feature as a writer-director, is a sweet-and-sour little road movie about the snarl of complicated feelings that fall under
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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
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
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