A year ago, on the Vulture page of New York magazine, film critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri picked their favorite horror films since Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," i.e., since 1980. Their list included such underseen and welcome titles as "The Descent"; an unusually strong...
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A cool, steady stream of anxiety, Laura Poitras' documentary "Citizenfour" draws from the visual language and buggy paranoia of the best-known 1970s political thrillers: "The Conversation," "The Parallax View," "Three Days of the Condor," "All...
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The family of Sarah Jones -- the camera assistant killed during the filming of "Midnight Rider" -- has dismissed Gregg Allman, executive producer Michael Lehman and Open Road Films as defendants in its wrongful death suit.
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Jake Gyllenhaal lost 30 pounds for his new movie, "Nightcrawler," and the result is simple and eerie, much like the film itself. He appears to be wearing a Jake Gyllenhaal mask, all cheekbones, sallow complexion and unblinking laser-beam eyes.
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Over the years, Chicago-based filmmaker Stephen Cone has occasionally done freelance work running casting sessions for the local agency Paskal Rudnicke, which is frequently hired to find actors for commercials and TV guest spots.
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He's a coyote, a starving coyote. Actually, he's a television reporter hankering for more
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Before the directors of the new Walt Disney Animation movie “Big Hero 6″ settled on their story, they created the world in which it’s set: a jammed, vibrant place called San Fransokyo.
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Nanci Ryder has been Renée Zellweger's publicist for 20 years. She stayed in the waiting room when the actress had dental surgery and has walked her down the red carpet on Oscar night.
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As a filmgoer, do you require an admirable, likable protagonist? If you're in league with a large percentage of the populace, the answer is simple: yes. Life's too short to spend it in abrasive company, with characters who test your sympathy or make you examine your own worst impulses...
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The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, better known as the organization behind the annual “genius grant” awards, has announced 15 documentary film projects that will receive funding.
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Marvel Studios has announced its new phase of superhero movies, including new films featuring Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, and the Inhumans during a fan event in Hollywood on Tuesday that easily rivaled many of its Comic-Con presentations in San...
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Steven Spielberg has found his Big Friendly Giant.
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So many movies come out of the Sundance Film Festival, and others like it, laden with praise but oddly short on narrative invention, visual instincts and a story with something on its mind. Heartiest congratulations to "Dear White People," which is equipped with all three. It's a...
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The stars aligned for the Hollywood premiere of "Interstellar" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 26.
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Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips reviews "Nightcrawler," the Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo thriller following the criminal antics of a news video reporter.
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Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips reviews Justin Simien's "Dear White People" and Alex Ross Perry's "Listen Up Philip."
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Michael Keaton plays a somewhat fictitious version of himself in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest movie "Birdman," which film critic Michael Phillips says is "just plain fun to watch."
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Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips previews the U.S.- and Russian-made film "Red Army," directed by Emmy award-winning Chicago filmmaker Gabe Polsky.
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Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips recommends "This Afternoon" directed by Chicago filmmaker Stephen Cone.
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Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips visits the AMC River East Theater, where the 50th Chicago International Film Festival is set to take place.
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