AvatarChicago Tribune‘Anselm’ review: The most beautiful 3D film experience is showing this week at the Music Box TheatreChicago Tribune - Michael PhillipsThe new Wim Wenders documentary “Anselm,” opening at the Music Box Theatre this weekend, makes sublime and supple use of the finest 3D film experience I can remember. If your idea of contemporary 3D movies goes straight to watching the “Clash of the Titans” remake wearing cheap eyewear and …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarAlec Baldwin pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in fatal film-set shootingChicago Tribune - Associated Press StaffSANTA FE, N.M. — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an …
AvatarChicago Tribune‘Argylle’ review: I spy utter mediocrity from the maker of the ‘Kingsman’ trilogyChicago Tribune - Michael PhillipsI’d like to put it this way: “Argylle,” an action comedy about a timid spy novelist who gets mixed up in heavy-duty real-world espionage, is zingy and rollicking in its chosen style, and while that style doesn’t work for me, I can respect the craft. I’d like to put it that way but I can’t. It’s not …
AvatarChicago TribuneColumn: What does ‘Godzilla Minus One’ have that Hollywood doesn’t?Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color” plays this week only in theaters, and I’m glad. It’s the remastered black-and-white version of the 2023 color film, the latest in 70 years of Godzilla lore. It’s also one of the peaks. Per our headline, above: What does “Godzilla Minus One” have that Hollywood …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarHow (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films onlineChicago Tribune - Leanne ItalieThe winner in the Oscar nominations race Tuesday after a bruising year for the film industry was “Oppenheimer” with 13 nods, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” with 11 and the period epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. 2023 was marred by strikes and work stoppages for the cinema …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarQuiet weekend at the box office, with ‘The Beekeeper’ on top and some Oscar boostsChicago Tribune - Lindsey BahrMovie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “The Beekeeper” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4 million to take …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarPalos Heights native’s screenwriting career at cruising altitude with Kevin Hart movie ‘Lift’Chicago Tribune - Bill JonesWhen residents across the Southland hunkered down earlier this month for the snow and subsequent chill, those who turned to Netflix for their entertainment may have found themselves watching a new release written by a man who grew up in Palos Heights. “Lift” released worldwide on Jan. 12, but its …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarBleak, bittersweet and tough: I miss 1970s movies, the ones for grown-ups before ‘Star Wars’Chicago Tribune - Michael PhillipsThis column started with a quote-tweet, or whatever we’re calling them now. Earlier this week, film critic Sean Burns posted a comment on X after seeing a screening of “Chinatown.” He wrote: “I love watching audiences who haven’t seen this before stagger out of the auditorium,” adding that the …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarIn appreciation: From director Norman Jewison, 10 to watch from ‘In the Heat of the Night’ to ‘The Hurricane’Chicago Tribune - Michael PhillipsThere is no quintessential Norman Jewison movie. There are only wide-ranging examples of the Canadian-born filmmaker’s versatility: Doris Day comedies, Oscar-winning dramatic powerhouses, a half-dozen stage-to-screen adaptations — and my favorite of all his movies, “Moonstruck” from 1987. That one …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarColumn: The ‘Barbie’ Oscar snubs aren’t about genre bias — unless you’re misspelling the word ‘gender’Chicago Tribune - Michael PhillipsLast year was an unusually strong year for the movies, and the Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday reflect a lot of that strong, vital work. It happens now and then, and it happened in this last film year: Two of the three biggest popular successes were actually really good, and deserving …
AvatarChicago Tribune‘Lincoln Is Crying’ movie takes a comedic look at the corruption that stains Illinois ... and ChicagoChicago Tribune - Rick KoganJohn Davies has been a television producer for most of his adult life, Tom Weinberg too. They met decades ago at WTTW-Ch. 11 and have fashioned separate careers making films about, well, almost everything. They will be together Wednesday for a theatrical screening of “Lincoln Is Crying: The …
AvatarChicago TribuneAvatarAvatarNorman Jewison, director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97Chicago Tribune - Hillel ItalieNEW YORK — Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and “Moonstruck” to social dramas such as the Oscar-winning “In the Heat of the Night,” has died at age 97. Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an …