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‘Nickel Boys’ is a knockout, one of the most powerful films of the year

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 31, 2024 8:18 am - A movie shot in first person sounds like a gimmick. And yet, with “Nickel Boys,” filmmaker RaMell Ross not only commits to the idea but delivers one of the most powerful films of the year — a lyrical, heartbreaking and haunting journey into the darkness of a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South.
‘Sonic 3,’ ‘Mufasa’ battle for No. 1 at the holiday box office

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 29, 2024 1:37 pm - Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair.
Free movie for kids Jan. 2 at Des Plaines Public Library

Daily Herald report
Dec 27, 2024 1:25 pm - Kids can enjoy a free showing of the Ben Stiller comedy “Night at the Museum” on Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Des Plaines Public Library.
Q&A: Avicii documentary director celebrates the late, ‘timeless’ DJ

By MARIA SHERMAN
Dec 27, 2024 8:44 am - On Tuesday, Dec. 31, two new movies, a short concert film captured at what became his final performance, “Avicii — My Last Show,” and a full-length documentary, “Avicii — I’m Tim," will premiere on Netflix. They work to celebrate the artist born Tim Bergling.
Q&A: Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe reunite for ‘Nosferatu’

By KRYSTA FAURIA
Dec 26, 2024 4:15 pm - When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he’ll often jump at the chance to do it again. Such was the case with Robert Eggers, who directed him in “Nosferatu.” “If it’s good, you come back,” Dafoe said.
Iranian drama ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ is a gripping knockout

By Ty Burr
Dec 26, 2024 11:56 am - If the powerhouse Iranian drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” dramatizes the cruel ironies of existence in a theocratic state, the film’s writer-director, Mohammad Rasoulof, is living them.
A brutal(ist) top 10 list for 2024’s best movies

By Dann Gire
Dec 26, 2024 10:10 am - “The Brutalist” recently won the 2024 Best Picture from the Chicago Film Critics members, and for good reason. It tops film critic Dann Gire’s best movies for 2024.
Christopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 26, 2024 7:15 am - Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday.
Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama ‘Babygirl’

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 23, 2024 5:04 pm - The veneer of control is only that in “Babygirl,” a sometimes campy, frequently entertaining modern update to the erotically charged movies of the 1990s.
‘Nosferatu’ evokes the days when vampires weren’t cute, just thirsty

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Dec 23, 2024 4:59 pm - Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But don’t head to the multiplex to stay warm. Not if you’re seeing “Nosferatu,” anyway. This update of the 1922 silent vampire classic will chill you to the bone.

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