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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ opens No. 1, while ‘Obsession’ sensation continues

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 14, 2026 12:49 pm - Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” billed as his first popcorn movie in years, launched with $44 million in domestic theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Steven Spielberg on his faith in alien life, the future of the movies and the power of empathy

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 11, 2026 2:20 pm - Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” like some of his earliest and most beloved films, again concerns what might fall from above. The movie, in theaters now, returns Hollywood’s preeminent big-screen craftsman to one of his most abiding questions: Are we alone?
Josh O’Connor usually hates watching his movies for the first time. ‘Disclosure Day’ was different.

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 11, 2026 1:32 pm - Josh O’Connor heard a quote once that said that Steven Spielberg was like “the director of every child’s imagination.” After working with him on “Disclosure Day,” O’Connor feels that’s true.
Closer encounters: Spielberg’s sci-fi drama an occasionally rambling but matured reflection on aliens and empathy

By Dann Gire
Jun 11, 2026 8:37 am - Emily Blunt’s Kansas City TV weathercaster Margaret Fairchild delivers the last line in Steven Spielberg’s 35th motion picture, “Disclosure Day” — a single word, a brief imperative sentence that implores rather than commands a transfixed, awestruck worldwide audience. A perfectly ambiguous ending to an imperfect movie.
This train’s going fast, but the jokes fly even faster in ‘Stop! That! Train!’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 11, 2026 8:00 am - Reminiscent of “Airplane!,” “Stop! That! Train!” follows train hostesses Tess and DeeDee (Ginger Minj and Jujubee), who sneak aboard a luxury train after losing their jobs, only to face a catastrophic “Stormaganza” that threatens to derail everything.
Glenn Close will get an Oscar at last — honorarily. So will Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman.

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 10, 2026 1:17 pm - Glenn Close will finally get her hands on an Oscar. Long considered among the best actors to never win one, the eight-time nominee will get an honorary Academy Award along with director Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman at the annual Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
From piping plovers to giant kelp, environmental film fest dives deep into nature

Submitted by Little Fort Film Festival
Jun 10, 2026 11:21 am - From the piping plovers by the shores of Lake Michigan to the giant kelp forests of New Zealand, 30 short and full-length films exploring humans’ impact on the environment will be featured at the inaugural Little Fort Environmental Film Festival in Waukegan.
Best Bets: ‘DCOM Live!’ takes over the Metropolis Friday

By Barbara Vitello
Jun 09, 2026 10:42 am - Fans of Disney Channel tuners can hear their favorite songs during “DCOM Live” Friday at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights. Plus, Sonny Acres Farm in West Chicago holds its annual rodeo over the next two weekends and Cantigny in Wheaton hosts a two-day Revolutionary War reenactment.
What to stream: ‘Michael,’ Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban albums and Bonnaroo

Jun 08, 2026 5:15 am - The streaming service debut of “Michael” and new albums from Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘In a growth mode’: Film studio opens in Hanover Park amid statewide production boom

By Briana Iordan
Jun 07, 2026 8:45 pm - Amid a period of record growth for Illinois’ film industry, a new virtual production facility hoped to bring some of that cinematic boom to the suburbs has opened in Hanover Park.

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