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Shelley Duvall’s Five Best Performances
In honor of the award-winning actor’s death, we celebrate her most indelible roles, which highlight her vulnerability, intensity and sweetness.
In honor of the award-winning actor’s death, we celebrate her most indelible roles, which highlight her vulnerability, intensity and sweetness.
A tribute to actress, writer, and producer Shelley Duvall, a singular film presence.
A French reporter chimes in on the eve of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Matthew Modine, who stars as a cycling coach for troubled youth in Hard Miles, reflects on a lifetime of acting.
Vera Drew’s subversive superhero satire is just the latest movie that had to navigate a sea of lawyers to get to the big screen.
Deemed a commercial disappointment at the time, Christopher Nolan’s time-bending 2020 thriller isn’t as well-regarded as many of his other films. Four years later, with a splashy re-release on the horizon, we talk to five diehard fans who expressed their passion for Tenet loud and clear on the internet.
An interview with the legendary action director, returning this week with Silent Night.
A look back at one of the most acclaimed horror films of all time.
To say this film deeply resonated with me on a spiritual level would be an understatement.
On three films from the World Dramatic Competition program of the Sundance Film Festival.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including The Black Phone, Men, and 4K editions of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Flatliners, and more.
A tribute to the legendary visual pioneer.
Glenn Kenny digs deeper into the ethics of a new documentary about Albert Speer, now updated twice, once with a response from the film's director Vanessa Lapa, and also with a reply from Andrew Birkin in response to Vanessa Lapa's letter.
Matt writes: We have lost so many legends in the early days of 2022, none of which were more towering than Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6th at age 94. He made history as the first Black performer to receive a Best Actor Oscar for 1963's "Lilies of the Field," yet that is merely one of the essential titles in his filmography. In 1967 alone, he starred in three bonafide classics—"In the Heat of the Night," "To Sir, With Love" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"—the last of which received four stars from Roger Ebert upon its initial release. Yet my personal favorite film of his was Daniel Petrie's 1961 screen version of Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece, "A Raisin in the Sun," in which Poitier delivers a climactic monologue that is one for the ages.
A tribute to film critic Michael Wilmington, former critic for the Chicago Tribune and BOD member of the Chicago Film Critics Association.
