Movies
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ a loving send-up of repressed millennialsAug 06, 2026 5:15 am - Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” is a sharp, playful, sexy and surprisingly warm Hollywood satire about repressed millennials who have outsourced their sexual desire to the movies.
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Eli Roth serves gooey, gory scoop of horror in ‘Ice Cream Man’Aug 06, 2026 5:00 am - 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.
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Dystopian rom-com ‘One Night Only’ needed another day at the drawing boardAug 06, 2026 5:00 am - Every now and then a rom-com comes along with an absolutely ludicrous premise that we just sort of accept because it creates the unique conditions for watching a pair of budding movie stars fall in love. This year’s entrant is “One Night Only.”
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Catch up with some of this year’s best documentariesAug 04, 2026 10:24 pm - 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.
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Filmmaker making documentary on East Dundee’s residents, legacy
Aug 04, 2026 3:24 pm - It may not become a Hollywood blockbuster, but a full-length documentary about East Dundee will capture the voices of its residents and the village’s identity and roots, local filmmaker Dave Hudson says.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ beats ‘Avengers: Endgame’ box office record
Aug 03, 2026 12:40 pm - “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the “Avengers: Endgame” record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, Sony Pictures said Monday.
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Q&A: The funny men of Broken Lizard talk ‘Super Troopers 3’Aug 03, 2026 9:51 am - In “Super Troopers 3,” the status quo is shaken when the oafish Kevin Heffernan’s Trooper Rodney “Rod” Farva and Sarita Makundan (Hannah Simone), the beautiful sister of Senior Trooper Arcot “Thorny” Ramathorn (Chandrasekhar), fall in love. The five funny guys of Broken Lizard talk about the upcoming sequel.
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What to stream: ‘Ted Lasso,’ Billie Eilish, Stray Kids, ‘You Me & Tuscany’ and ‘The Shards’
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ nets second best North American opening ever with $355 million
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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’ a fascinating journeyJul 30, 2026 9:47 am - The quietness of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s movies is a bit misleading; he’s the kind of artist who can create emotional earthquakes from a mere glance. “Sheep in the Box,” his latest, has all the usual Kore-eda hallmarks, plus a touch of science fiction.