Movies
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Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for ‘One Battle After Another’
Feb 08, 2026 2:01 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar.
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Caleb Landry Jones is a lovesick vampire with a fabulous wig in Besson’s ‘Dracula’
Feb 05, 2026 5:15 am - Yes, the story of Dracula is not usually set in Paris. There’s a lot that’s familiar in Luc Besson’s version, but enough variety, panache and bravado to raise it up a notch and give it, well, a raison d’être.
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Silence speaks volumes at ninth annual Student Silent Film FestivalFeb 04, 2026 5:05 pm - Neuqua Valley High School's film "King of Hearts" won Outstanding Achievement in Cinema and the Audience Choice Awards at the ninth annual Student Silent Film Festival. Vernon Hills and Homewood-Flossmoor high schools also won the Outstanding Achievement Awards.
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Lake Park Film Appreciation Society presents ‘The Big Sleep’ for Valentine’s DayFeb 04, 2026 11:43 am - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society is hosting a screening of the 1946 film noir "The Big Sleep" on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in celebration of Valentine's Day and classic Hollywood couples.
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In ‘A Poet,’ a Colombian farce of literary failure and stubborn belief
Feb 03, 2026 8:48 am - In Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet,” Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a failed Colombian writer who keeps a photo of the author José Asunción Silva above his mantle. Silva died at age 30, and even Oscar would admit his own career would be a lot better if he had died young, too.
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What to stream: ‘Splitsville,’ J. Cole, ‘Puppy Bowl,’ Keke Palmer, Nick Jonas and Nioh 3
Feb 02, 2026 6:00 am - The goofy and wry relationship comedy “Splitsville” landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Melania,’ panned by some film critics, opens with strong ticket sales for a documentary
Feb 01, 2026 4:08 pm - Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Rachel McAdams takes her cutthroat comedy genius way beyond Regina George
Jan 29, 2026 8:49 am - If you weren’t already a fan of Rachel McAdams, “Send Help” should convert you. The actress is superb in the new horror-comedy from director Sam Raimi, which follows a pair of colleagues who survive a plane crash and become stranded on a remote island somewhere off the coast of Thailand.
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As if! ‘Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Inception’ among 25 movies entering National Film Registry
Jan 29, 2026 7:24 am - As if they’d leave “Clueless” off the list as one of 25 classic movies chosen this year by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. And if “Clueless” wasn’t your jam — whatever! — Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending “Inception” is in the mix.
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In the Oscar-nominated ‘Arco,’ an apocalypse kids can get behind
Jan 29, 2026 5:15 am - Ugo Bienvenu’s “Arco” is a charming and dreamy sci-fi animated movie where environmental catastrophe and cartoony fun collide. Like “WALL-E,” there are heroic robots in “Arco,” an Oscar nominee for best animated feature. But it’s the film’s plucky young protagonists that give Bienvenu’s future-set film its heart.