Review: Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ is an easygoing ode to cinematic oddballs
While this French New Wave-inspired film lacks significant stakes and surprises, getting a low-key Linklater period hangout movie is its own type of cinematic treat.
Aisha Harris’s Sweet 16
Author and Pop Culture Happy Hour podcaster Aisha Harris on the movies and movie experiences that have made her life sweeter.
Brooks Betts of Mayday Parade picks 4 movies to pair with ‘Sad’
Mayday Parade guitarist Brooks Betts on the movies that complement the band’s new album.
Meet the Filmmakers of the 2025 Chicago International Film Festival
A brief Q&A about what they learned making their movie, their filmmaking superpower, and more.
Review: ‘The Stranger’
French arthouse mainstay François Ozon plays it straight with his adaptation of the classic Albert Camus novel. But what works in a short philosophical text does not make an engaging film.
Review: ‘Miroirs No. 3’
In this brief, mysterious drama, director Christian Petzold revisits many of the themes from his filmography while cutting back as much as possible.
Interview: Toby Poser and John Adams on ‘Mother of Flies’ and the Language of Folk Horror
12+1 questions with family filmmaking duo Toby Poser and John Adams about their latest indie horror film Mother of Flies, taking cues from nature, and more.
Review: ‘My Father’s Shadow’
Particularly for a feature-length debut, Akinola Davies Jr.’s direction and script are impeccable, operating on so many levels from the personal to the political.
What Your Favorite Horror Comedy Says About Society
Here are 11 horror-comedy classics that are more than just laughs and blood splatter—and prove society itself is the punchline.
Review: ‘Sound of Falling’
Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling treats family genealogy like a ghost story of inherited sense memories, trauma, and heartache.
Review: ‘The Holy Boy’
Paolo Strippoli’s The Holy Boy is often quite original, packed with ideas and not afraid to cause discomfort as it raises questions about consent, community security, and how life cannot exist without pain.
Review: ‘Left-Handed Girl’
In this delightful and entrancing directorial debut from frequent Sean Baker collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou, a financially insecure Taiwanese family navigate the ups and downs of running a noodle stand.
Review: ‘Frankenstein’ is a visual feast that’s both thrilling and hollow
Guillermo del Toro’s dream project has been in the works for nearly two decades, which shows in its incredible craftsmanship. If only the story got the same attention.
Review: ‘Dracula’
Radu Jude’s follow-up to Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World is overkill in every way and equal parts boring and insane, yet also something you should watch at least part of.
Review: ‘Mother of Flies’
The latest Adams family folk horror story is more focused on a dark, poetic tone than traditional scares, with its own cinematic language offering a unique dialect of contemporary horror.
Jason Vena of Acceptance picks 5 movies to pair with ‘Phantoms/Twenty’
Acceptance lead singer Jason Vena on the movies that complement the band’s new remastered album.
Review: ‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’
It’s odd how dry a documentary this is about the pioneering Afro-futurist jazz musician and band leader Sun Ra, a guy who claimed to be from Saturn.
Review: ‘Bugonia’
A smaller, tighter chamber drama compared to some of his most recent works, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest is a poignant addition to the recent wave of “late-stage capitalism” cinema.
Review: ‘Only Heaven Knows’
Shot locally in Chicagoland, Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva’s narrative debut is an eye-opening journey into Chicago’s growing Kyrgyz immigrant community.
Review: ‘Hedda’
In Nia DaCosta’s remix of a classic Ibsen play, Tessa Thompson is deliciously wicked as the titular character throwing a Gatsby-level party of decadence and decay.