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What to stream: Coldplay, an unhinged Charlie Puth, ‘Salem’s Lot,’ Sarah Paulson and NHL 25

Sep 30, 2024 5:30 am - Sarah Paulson plays a woman in fear of a sinister presence in “Hold Your Breath,” EA Sports’ NHL 25 lands and Charlie Puth stars as himself in “The Charlie Puth Show”: These are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Sep 29, 2024 5:43 pm - Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died.
Filmmaker Jim Merkel to screen ‘Saving Walden’s World’ at McHenry County College

Submitted by Pamela Biery
Sep 27, 2024 2:54 pm - Jim Merkel transformed his work from helping to develop weapons to building sustainable systems. See his film “Saving Walden’s World” on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at McHenry County College.
Provocative, genre-bending ‘A Different Man’ gets under our skin in unexpected ways

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 27, 2024 9:34 am - Imagine you could wake up one morning, stand at the mirror, and literally peel off any part of your looks you don’t like. How would it change your life? That’s a question in Aaron Schimberg’s fascinating and occasionally frustrating “A Different Man.”
Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89

By JILL LAWLESS
Sep 27, 2024 8:28 am - Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in "Downton Abbey," has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 89.
Native sports drama ‘Rez Ball’ follows formula but wins out with heart and poignancy

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 26, 2024 1:59 pm - A scrappy young team of underdogs — in both sports and life — must find a way to unite and win that big championship in Netflix’s “Rez Ball.” While formula, that doesn’t mean your heart won’t be caught up in this deeply felt, poignantly told story from Navajo country.
Visually stunning, emotionally powerful, ‘The Wild Robot’ is everything

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 26, 2024 5:30 am - In the opening scenes of “The Wild Robot,” a chirpy metal android with a state-of-the-art processing unit wanders around a forest asking confused animals if it can help them. “Did anyone order me?” it asks. We did, it turned out.
A very fable genius: Coppola’s crazy, baffling film still a pure cinematic delight

By Dann Gire
Sep 25, 2024 1:39 pm - Francis Ford Coppola poured four decades of frustration, compromise, stress and hope into every frame of “Megalopolis.” The result is a joyous, artistic mess.
Award-winning entertainer Daryl Nitz hosts 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival Oct. 5

Submitted by Dave Gallagher
Sep 24, 2024 5:42 pm - The Elgin Short Film Festival will celebrate its 16th year at the Hemmens Cultural Center on Saturday, Oct. 5, with live in-theater and at-home virtual screenings.
Best Bets: Jack O’Lantern World, ‘AGT’ vets Malevo, The Capitol Fools and more

By Barbara Vitello
Sep 23, 2024 3:33 pm - The Halloween extravaganza Jack O’Lantern World opens in Lake Zurich, plus the McAninch Arts Center welcomes Argentinean dance ensemble and “America’s Got Talent” veterans Malevo and political satirists The Capitol Fools.

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