I remember the first time I saw Gone With the Wind. I must have been ten or twelve years old and the movie was returning to theaters for...

At first blush, the story of an aging Las Vegas showgirl (Pamela Anderson) and a depressed black woman of similar age living in London...

Well, that was fun - last week's usually uninspired, often tedious, generally unimpactful Golden Globe awards. First-time host,...

Back in 1990, the often acerbic New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael snidely commented that first time director Kevin Costner's new epic...

NOTE: As of this writing - and not coming to a Chicago theater until after the new year - I had not yet seen Nickel Boys and The...

NOTE: There is a spoiler alert identified ahead. I'm already imagining the memes. Nicole Kidman slurping milk from a dish, getting down...

Some of you know that movies about celebrities/artists who are still alive and/or who left lots of audio-visual documentation of their...

What if you could realize your heart's desire? No limits. You'd have everything you ever wanted... but it'll cost you.  The price? Your...

With the Golden Globes nominations set to be announced Monday, December 9, I thought I'd stick my prognosticating neck out and make a few...

I wish I had seen this movie on the big screen, but it only played for about a week in theaters. Here 's the film that should have...

Nickels and quarters and dime, oh my! Record receipts not just once, but twice? Longer and bigger and more CGI! I can't help but wonder:...

Woody Allen lives! Well, sort of. Just when I thought Allen's quintessentially morose, if arguably loveable, neurotic putz might fade...

Since the late 18th century, a network of "asylums" for fallen or penitent women was run by Ireland's Magdalene sisters. Later known as...

About thirty minutes into Anora , my husband leaned over and whispered, " This is the movie that won the Palme d'Or (at this year's...

The first time I visited Spain, I remember walking into the magnificent Cathedral of Toledo and suddenly being overwhelmed with emotion....

Years ago, when I was beginning to decide the topic for my doctoral dissertation in American Social History and Policy (heavy emphasis on...

Director Francis Ford Coppola could never be accused of being subtle. His grand, romantic vision of the world can be experienced through...

"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.” - George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman....

I must admit I was never a huge fan of Tim Burton's original 1988 Goth comedy. Except for Michael Keaton's curmudgeonly irreverent title...

"Let's have a party." In a slow summer that has offered little cinematic fare to motivate me to get out of the house and into a theater,...