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Kim Novak to receive Venice Film Festival’s lifetime achievement honor

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 09, 2025 9:22 am - Kim Novak, the glamorous and fiercely independent star of one of the greatest films ever made, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival this fall.
What to stream: Dierks Bentley, Sydney Sweeney, Alex Cooper and ‘Deep Cover’

Jun 09, 2025 5:30 am - Country superstar Dierks Bentley returning with the album “Broken Branches” and Sydney Sweeney in the dark, dramatic thriller “Echo Valley” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Lilo & Stitch’ cruises to No. 1 again; John Wick spinoff ‘Ballerina’ dances to 2nd place

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 08, 2025 1:17 pm - In the box office showdown between a deadly assassin and a chaotic CG alien, “Lilo and Stitch” still had the edge. The Disney juggernaut celebrated a third weekend at the top of the charts, while the John Wick spinoff “Ballerina” did not jeté as high as expected.
David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea

By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG
Jun 08, 2025 10:32 am - “Ocean With David Attenborough” is a brutal reminder of how little we see and how much is at stake. The film is both a sweeping celebration of marine life and a stark exposé of the forces pushing the ocean toward collapse.
Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ stands with stressed-out single mothers everywhere

By Ty Burr
Jun 06, 2025 8:59 am - Streaming on Netflix, “Straw” is Tyler Perry’s version of “Dog Day Afternoon.” Anchored by a heroic if undisciplined lead performance by Taraji P. Henson, it finds solidarity with every overworked, underpaid, stressed-out single mother in a coldhearted America.
Wes Anderson’s ‘Phoenician Scheme’ is as Wes Anderson as a Wes Anderson film can be

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 05, 2025 12:38 pm - A vivid presence despite her dry-as-dust tone, Mia Threapleton makes a splendid Wes Anderson movie debut as half the father-daughter duo, along with Benicio Del Toro, that drives the director’s latest creation, “The Phoenician Scheme.”
Jaws dropping: Aussie shark thriller hooks us with scary bites, eye-rolling theatrics

By Dann Gire
Jun 05, 2025 10:35 am - The unapologetically lurid B-movie “Dangerous Animals” thrills and chills with sharply cut scenes of immersive suspense and wincing violence, accompanied by scarifying sound effects, a bludgeoning score, plus radiant visuals and classy camera compositions.
Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet in ‘Ballerina,’ a John Wick spinoff

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 04, 2025 8:03 pm - In “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” Ana de Armas is a dancer/killer in the secretive Ruska Roma school for assassins. Her main goal: To exact revenge on those who killed her father.
Tom Hiddleston leads the cosmic puzzle that is ‘Life of Chuck’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 04, 2025 2:41 pm - “Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) in a story told in reverse chronological order that gets smaller and smaller with each act.
Independent film to raise awareness and funding in fight against Alzheimer’s

Submitted by Dan Kairis
Jun 04, 2025 12:08 am - “Forget Me Not” will be released on June 20, coinciding with the “Longest Day to Fight Alzheimer's” in a mission to increase awareness and raise funds to fight against Alzheimer's. There will be film showings at Elgin Community College and McHenry County College.

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