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The play’s the thing in suburban-shot ‘Ghostlight’

By Ty Burr
Jun 24, 2024 1:30 pm - “Ghostlight,” a sincere and somewhat over-tidy modern-day drama that was filmed in Waukegan, Highland Park, Deerfield and several other suburbs, explores love, grief and the healing nature of playacting and their effect on one heartland family.
‘Inside Out 2’ scores $100M in its second weekend, setting records

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 24, 2024 9:32 am - Weekend number two was just as joyous for “Inside Out 2.” The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters.
What to stream this week: Camila Cabello, Megan Thee Stallion, Eva Longoria and Celine Dion

Jun 24, 2024 5:30 am - The life and style of fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg is chronicled in a documentary and albums from Megan Thee Stallion and Camila Cabello are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Which movies and TV shows are casting in Chicago, the suburbs right now?

By Stacker Media
Jun 21, 2024 11:50 am - Whether you’re a working actor or an aspiring one, you might be curious to know which movies and TV shows are casting roles near you. Backstage compiled a list of projects casting right now in Illinois, neighboring states, and nationwide, and which roles they’re looking to fill.
Rebellious. Cool. Nostalgic. Bringing ‘The Bikeriders’ to life, and movie theaters

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 21, 2024 7:18 am - Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle clubs for over 20 years. The obsession started in his brother’s apartment, when he first cracked open Da...
Lake in the Hills parents ‘so grateful’ for son’s indie film release in theaters Friday

By Amanda Marrazzo
Jun 20, 2024 2:50 pm - Wanda and Allen Iverson have always supported their independent filmmaker son Mark Stewart Iverson. On Friday, they will see their support and his talent pay off when his first feature-length movie, “For Prophet," appears on big screens across the country, including at the AMC Lake in the Hills 12 movie theater.
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 20, 2024 12:39 pm - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from "M.A.S.H." to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.
In ‘The Bikeriders,’ the birth of a subculture on two wheels

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 20, 2024 7:12 am - In the exhilarating first half of “The Bikeriders,” Jeff Nichols is less compelled to build a narrative around his bike gang, the Vandals, than summoning an intoxicating atmosphere reminiscent of old photographs his movie is based on. That all changes in the second half.
June Squibb is delightful as a grandma on a mission in ‘Thelma’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 20, 2024 5:30 am - In her first lead film role, June Squibb plays a 90-something who gets scammed out of $10,000 and goes on a mission to get it back. “Thelma,” the feature debut of writer-director Josh Margolin, is charming, genuinely funny and a breeze to watch.
‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman

By KAITLYN HUAMANI
Jun 19, 2024 8:30 am - Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and murdered Indigenous people have. In “Fancy Dance,” set for a streaming release on Apple TV+ Friday, June 28, Gladstone plays Jax, who has cared for her niece, Roki, since her sister’s disappearance on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma.

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