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Review: The Girl With the Needle

The Girl With the Needle tells a chair-gripping, toe-curling story.

by S. Nicole Lane December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Review: A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter falls delightfully in line with other Christmas specials in its wake.

by Layla Brown-Clark December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

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by Kat Sachs December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

An unexpected rainbow renaissance

Despite the surge of anti-queer and anti-sex rhetoric, 2024 was a landmark year for LGBTQ+ cinema.

by Noah Berlatsky December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

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Review: The Girl With the Needle

The Girl With the Needle opening 12/20 at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Review: A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter streaming on Netflix

Review: Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys in limited release in theaters

Review: The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside in wide release in theaters

Review: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in wide release in theaters

Review: Carry-On

Carry On streaming on Netflix

Review: Sweethearts

Sweethearts streaming on Max

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Review: Skeleton Crew

Skeleton Crew streaming on Disney+

Review: No Good Deed

No Good Deed streaming on Netflix

Review: Creature Commandos

Creature Commandos streaming on Max

Review: Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown streaming on Hulu

Review: Dune: Prophecy

Dune: Prophecy streaming on Max

Review: The Perfect Couple

The Perfect Couple now streaming on Netflix

Review: Dress My Tour (Season one)

Dress My Tour (Season one) now streaming on Hulu

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Review: Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel, is a cinematic revolution.

by John Wilmes

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Review: The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside is a dynamic and artistic telling of the story of real-life boxing legend Claressa “T-Rex” Shields.

by Josh Flanders

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Review: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Despite its distinct art style, The War of Rohirrim is too focused on franchise callbacks to do anything of substance.

by Kyle Logan

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Review: Carry-On

Carry-On is a predictable action-thriller that makes good use of a fun conceit.

by Adam Mullins-Khatib

Small Screen

Review: Skeleton Crew

Skeleton Crew provides a new angle on the Star Wars cinematic universe—one that puts childhood adventure front and center.

by Brooks Eisenbise

Small Screen

Review: No Good Deed

Netflix’s twisty, dark real-estate comedy starts off strong but sags under the weight of its prejudices.

by Andrea Thompson

Movie Review

Review: Sweethearts

Sweethearts is a rom-com that unexpectedly goes its own way.

by Noah Berlatsky

The Moviegoer

Curiosity, the Kat, and Lubitsch

by Kat Sachs

Movie Feature

Rey Tang is creative beyond her labels

Chicago’s “spirit of creation and love of play” are helping the young multihyphenate find artistic opportunities for herself and others.

by Andrea Thompson

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Review: Maria

Angelina Jolie’s star power is wasted in this Maria Callas biopic.

by Maxwell Rabb

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Review: Queer

Queer is a captivating adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s novella and a victory lap for filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.

by Cody Corrall

Small Screen

Review: Creature Commandos

With Creature Commandos, James Gunn delivers another horny, blood-soaked adventure with heart.

by Andrea Thompson

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Review: The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson is a hauntingly effective adaptation of the fourth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle.

by Sheri Flanders

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Review: Oh, Canada

Oh, Canada contends with writer-director Paul Schrader’s bleeding heart.

by Olivia Hunter Willke

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Review: A Traveler’s Needs

A Traveler’s Needs is effervescent, mysterious, and somewhat mystical.

by Annette LePique

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Review: Our Little Secret

Netflix’s Our Little Secret manages to make all the wrong moves.

by Brooks Eisenbise

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Review: Moana 2

Disney’s latest is an enjoyable enough outing afflicted by middle-child syndrome.

by Andrea Thompson

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Review: Nightbitch

Amy Adams is a real beast in Nightbitch, Marielle Heller’s latest dive into feminine imperfection.

by Andrea Thompson

The Moviegoer

In labor

by Kat Sachs

Movie Feature

‘What does the footage show us?’

An interview with Bill Morrison, director of the short film Incident, which documents the 2018 killing of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police

by Kat Sachs

The Moviegoer

Crime and punishment

by Kat Sachs

Movie Feature

The enduring truths of “My Weekend as a 28-year-old in Chicago”

Judd Crud’s viral parody video has long outlived the trend that inspired it.

by Micco Caporale

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