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From the archives: Redford a natural in making movies that prick America’s conscience

By Dann Gire
Sep 16, 2025 9:50 am - For Robert Redford, it’s about the joy. “The joy of trying to make something artistically interesting or pleasurable, entertaining, and still look at issues of substance that have to do with our lives,” Redford mused.
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89

By Adam Bernstein
Sep 16, 2025 7:36 am - Robert Redford, an actor whose beach-god looks and subtle magnetism in films such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men” made him one of the biggest movie stars of all time, but who forged an even more profound legacy in cinema as a patron saint of American independent film, died Sept. 16 at his home near Provo, Utah. He was 89.
League of Women Voters and UMC ministry host screening of ‘A Binding Truth’

Submitted by League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle
Sep 15, 2025 3:22 pm - The League of Women Voters and CA2BC are hosting a screening of "A Binding Truth", a documentary exploring the connection between two former high school classmates and the legacy of slavery.
What to stream: ‘Morning Show,’ ‘Love Island Games,’ Cardi B, and a movie about Bumble

Sep 15, 2025 5:30 am - Looking for entertainment to stream? Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s “The Morning Show” debuts its fourth season on Apple TV+ and Ariana Madix heads back to Fiji to host “Love Island Games” on Peacock this week.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ opens to $70M, biggest anime debut to claim top box-office spot

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Sep 14, 2025 6:00 pm - “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” carved out a place in box-office history this weekend as the Japanese anime film sliced straight to No. 1 — outpacing the horror sequel “The Conjuring: Last Rites.”
With ‘The Grand Finale,’ ‘Downton Abbey’ is really coming to an end

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 12, 2025 11:21 am - Julian Fellowes has been saying goodbye to “Downton Abbey” for nearly as long as it has existed. But 15 years, the creators are really, truly closing a chapter and saying farewell with “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” which just opened in theaters.
‘The Long Walk’ more like the long talk, with grisly violence thrown in

By Michael O'Sullivan
Sep 12, 2025 8:14 am - Where the “Hunger Games” franchise is an exercise in maximalist world-building, Stephen King’s book “The Long Walk ” is on the minimalist side and leaves much to the imagination. So does the new film, even though it covers more than 300 miles and five days.
Grand, indeed: The Crawleys — and their matriarch — get a loving send-off in final ‘Downton Abbey’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.”
So much for 11. ‘Spinal Tap II’ barely registers a 4.

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don't know whether this was a good idea or not.” Fans may ask that very same question.
Emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com in ‘The Baltimorons’

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 10, 2025 3:32 pm - “The Baltimorons” is one of those little movies you might stumble across and be surprised that it hooks you. It does so despite — or more likely because — of its complete lack of flashiness or any self-evident attempt to “hook you.” Instead, it manages that simply with low-key charm and a warm, unpretentious humanity.

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