Considering the state of the world in 2024, Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian masterpiece Children of Men remains uniquely and painfully resonant.

The ScoopKevin PrchalNovember 18, 2024row 2, 21st Century, Children of Men

I Love the Marvel Cinematic Universe—It Also Needs to Change

The MCU captured the zeitgeist of 21st-century moviemaking and created a colossal die-hard fanbase, but along the way they traded connection for mere spectacle.

The ScoopJustin BowerNovember 11, 202421st Century, Action, row 2

‘Annihilation’ Dares You to Question What You’re Seeing

Alex Garland’s 2018 sci-fi horror film Annihilation shows that not all art is an equation to be solved.

The ScoopElliott CuffOctober 18, 2024Annihilation, Horror, Sci-Fi, row 2

Thanks to ‘The Fly’ For Ruining My Childhood

The true hallmark of a great horror film is its lasting impact. In that sense The Fly is a Grade-A piece of B-movie heaven.

The ScoopDylan StuckeyOctober 10, 2024Horror, The Fly, row 2

My Kind of Tinseltown: A Chicago Movie Autobiography

There's a special thrill in seeing your reality reflected back to you on a giant screen, as The Fugitive, The Blues Brothers, A League of Their Own, and so many other Chicago movies have done for me as a lifelong Chicagoan.

3 Key Reasons ‘The Fugitive’ Remains A Runaway Hit

How the 1993 Harrison Ford film overcame production troubles to become a well-made and deeply satisfying thriller that remains beloved over 30 years later.

The ScoopJeffrey PohorskiSeptember 19, 2024Chicago, The Fugitive, Whodunits

‘While You Were Sleeping’ Captures the Workaday Magic of Chicago

This is a Christmas movie, a love story, and a comedy of manners, but it's also a sweetly specific Chicago movie.

The ScoopVicki RakowskiSeptember 12, 2024While You Were Sleeping, Chicago, Christmas

‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Is Why I Love (and Make) Movies

Everyone has that one movie from their childhood that first introduced them to the magic of cinema. For me, that was Steven Spielberg’s captivating 1977 sci-fi classic.

The ScoopBill CorneliusAugust 6, 2024Sci-Fi, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Don’t Dream It’s Over: An All-American Summer in ‘Adventureland’

Movies like Greg Mottola’s 2009 comedy Adventureland remind me what it was like to meet that final transitional stage of youth, full of excitement and apprehension in equal measure.

The ScoopElliott CuffJuly 16, 2024Summer, Comedy, Adventureland

Summer, ‘The Sandlot’, and the Legends That Never Die

There are many moments in The Sandlot that make it an iconic sports film, but it also holds up as a surprisingly deep experience.

The ScoopJustin BowerJuly 11, 2024The Sandlot, Summer, Coming of Age

The Miracle of Robin Williams

He had a gift unlike anything the world had seen. And in reflecting on his death 10 years later, I realized how that gift changed, guided, and affirmed me—and his young co-stars—in more ways than one.

The ScoopKevin PrchalJune 27, 2024Comedy, Pride

Edgar Wright’s ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ Is the Fried Gold Standard for Genre Mixology

Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End are effective comedies in their own right, but it’s how they brilliantly meld with other genres that makes them so exceptional and enduring.

The ScoopElliott CuffJune 20, 2024Comedy, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, The World's End, Action

‘In the Heights’ Sings of COVID-Era America

A sudden crisis with an unknown duration. Increased outdoor interaction with neighbors and friends. Personal and political discontentment spilling out into the public square. Sound familiar?

The ScoopChad ComelloJune 11, 2024Musicals, In the Heights

‘The Mask of Zorro’ is the Last Great Swashbuckler

The Mask of Zorro was our superhero classic before superhero products dominated en masse—the only difference being the costume and the mask.

The ScoopElliott CuffMay 7, 2024Action, The Mask of Zorro

‘Tammy and the T-Rex’ is a Gloriously Flawed ‘90s Cult Classic

A sci-fi comedy featuring a large, mechanical T-Rex with a human brain? That’s cinema at its finest if you ask me.

The ScoopElliott CuffApril 9, 20241994, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Tammy and the T-Rex

What ‘Barbie’ Was Made For

12 assertions about Greta Gerwig’s essential, controversial, deeply human movie about dolls—and the movie event of 2023.

The ScoopJordan JohnsonMarch 6, 2024Oscars, Comedy, Barbie

Drake Doremus is Looking for Love in All the Taboo Places

A tour through the indie director’s impressive filmography shows a gentle and genuine kind of love that’s hard to find on screen.

The ScoopNatalie PohorskiFebruary 28, 2024Love, Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals, Newness, Endings Beginnings

‘About Time’ and the Beauty of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Life

This 2013 time-traveling romcom is a paean to love in all its forms.

The ScoopJustin BowerFebruary 22, 2024Love, Rom-Coms, About Time

We Found Love in ‘A Quiet Place’

Beneath the surface of this thrilling creature feature is the beating heart of a familial love story.

The ScoopElliott CuffFebruary 14, 2024Love, Horror, A Quiet Place

A Toast to ‘Bridesmaids’ and Beautifully Messy Bridal Parties

Bridesmaids brilliantly show how weddings, like friendships, can bring out the best and worst in the people you understand more than almost anyone else.

The ScoopVicki RakowskiFebruary 12, 2024Love, Comedy, Bridesmaids

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