2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival Reviews: ‘Black Zombie,’ ‘The Last One for the Road,’ ‘Loafers,’ ‘You Had to Be There’ 
Sweeping Oscars Changes: Academy Says No to AI, Opens International Film Eligibility, Allows Multiple Acting Nods in Same Category 
2026 NewFest LGBTQ+ Pride Summer Series to Feature ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!,’ Outdoor ‘Heated Rivalry’ Screening and More 
‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 152 – ‘Following’ (Christopher Nolan, 1998) 
Ben Schnetzer on Starring in ‘The Madison’ and Working with Michelle Pfeiffer [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: The Long-Awaited Sequel Proves That Fashion is Always in Vogue [B+] 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Pride Kickoff Films 
Sweeping Oscars Changes: Academy Says No to AI, Opens International Film Eligibility, Allows Multiple Acting Nods in Same Category 
2026 NewFest LGBTQ+ Pride Summer Series to Feature ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!,’ Outdoor ‘Heated Rivalry’ Screening and More 
‘Army of the Dead’ review: Its snark is worse than its bite
Army of the Dead is fine enough and delivers on its promise. Whether that makes Zack Snyder’s latest project a good movie, though, is certainly... Read More
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2022 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (May)
As I mentioned in my Best Actor predictions, the coronavirus bumping tons of 2020 releases to 2021 has presented itself with an overabundance for a... Read More
NBC nixes 2022 Golden Globes; HFPA sets reform timeline
NBC announced today that it will not air the 79th Golden Globe Awards in 2022 and look to 2023 if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association... Read More
Interview: Joel Edgerton on ‘The Underground Railroad’ and stalking Barry Jenkins
Australian-born actor/writer/producer/director Joel Edgerton has amassed an impressive canon of films and television in his 25+ year career. To larger audiences he’s probably most well... Read More
Florence + The Machine to perform original song for Disney’s ‘Cruella’
Listen to the Official Cruella Playlist, with signature hits featured in the film here Multi-platinum and global award-winning artist Florence + The Machine, is set to... Read More
‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ review: Clayne Crawford and Sepideh Moafi are remarkable in Robert Machoian’s satisfying psychological thriller
Nothing comes as expected in The Killing of Two Lovers, the new film from writer/director Robert Machoian (God Bless the Child). That includes the title,... Read More
‘Mare of Easttown’ recap: Episode 4 – “Poor Sisyphus”
The best way to describe this week’s episode of Mare of Easttown is laying the groundwork. While the first three episodes were certainly intense, tonight was... Read More
‘Wrath of Man’ review: Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are back to their old action flick tricks
It’s been 23 years since Guy Ritchie helped launch Jason Statham as a reliable action-thriller star in 1998 with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.... Read More
New Directors/New Films Festival review: In ‘Short Vacation,’ the end of the world is just the beginning
If you knew that the number of photos you could take on your phone on any given day was limited, and that instead of deleting... Read More
Interview: Veteran actor Tom Skerritt talks about his newest film, ‘East of the Mountains’
Tom Skerritt has been one of the most consistent and versatile actors working in Hollywood for over three decades. Skerritt got his start working in... Read More
2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival Reviews: ‘Black Zombie,’ ‘The Last One for the Road,’ ‘Loafers,’ ‘You Had to Be There’ 
‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations