10 movies for summer 2024: Sequels and reboots, but fingers crossed for a surprise
The smart money's on "Deadpool & Wolverine" to make the moolah this summer. Here's hoping for some unexpected hits as well.
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Review: ‘Gasoline Rainbow’ is a memorable teenage road trip along an improvised Oregon trail
In "Gasoline Rainbow," now at the Music Box, five teenagers embark on the journey, and challenge, of their young lives.
‘IF’ review: Ryan Reynolds and a truckful of sugar can’t help this medicine go down
Writer-director John Krasinski's maudlin fantasy is about imaginary friends separated from their human pals.
Column: Why the stink of that bad, bad iPad ad won’t go away
Apple’s “Crush" commercial, unveiled last week, has people infuriated by its destruction of analog creative tools. But the same company's forays into A.I. are more sinister still.
‘Slow’ review: He’s asexual. She’s not. The movie explores what happens next.
This Lithuanian film sometimes strays toward conventional romcoms — the scenes about communication are its best moments.
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ review: Simian, begin again
The movies in this franchise may be grim, but they're compelling, and a subtle hand with the visual effects means you always feel invested in the world on the screen.
Column: About that ‘SNL’ student protest sketch — and a lousy time for political satire
Chicago comedy expert Anne Libera says that satire "is not a useful tool today." That's why last weekend's "SNL" opener came up empty.
Column: An ode to failure: Some classic movies were flops when they first came out
Know that phrase "the numbers don't lie"? It's a lie. The numbers lie constantly. With the movies, as with every creative medium in which visionaries must cross the six-way intersection...
Review: ‘Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ is a deadpan sex comedy now at the Film Center
In "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed," one woman's submissive relationships make for a bracingly harsh romcom.
‘The Fall Guy’ review: It has stunts, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. And almost a story.
It's a drag that this movie leans on bone-crunching mayhem that marginalizes its own headliners' wit and charm. Yet it's a pretty good time.