As August rolls in, there’s time to catch up with some of the films you may have missed throughout the year, including documentaries, which are good counterprogramming for summer blockbuster season. Here are a few of the best.
Q: Could you please tell me if “Murder in a Small Town” is coming back for Season 3? l just finished Season 2 and really enjoyed it, and it ended with a cliffhanger.
The premise of “The Last House,” the new sci-fi thriller from Netflix, is promising: A family, helmed by the always watchable Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, is trapped in a house by forces beyond their understanding.
Eli Roth’s 10th movie, “Ice Cream Man,” takes one of the purest of American institutions, the ice cream man — who, roaming suburbia via a music-emitting van, overcharges parents for cool, sugary treats for their kids — and turns him into something truly evil.
The top finishers in July’s amateur photo contest showcase the rich colors of nature.
Six St. Charles breweries are highlighting the city’s rich Belgian history with a month-long competition in August to see who can make the best Belgian-style beer.
“There’s enough sunlight for everyone,” Des Plaines native and Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Elizabeth Stenholt says of playing outsider Cady Heron in Paramount Theatre’s regional premiere of “Mean Girls.”