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Helen Mirren tells a story of evil and hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Oct 04, 2024 6:27 am - It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness. In the new film “White Bird,” the act is quite significant: A family in Nazi-occupied France shelters a young Jewish girl, whose friends and family have all been taken away.
Six films vie for honors at Elgin Short Film Festival Saturday

By Rick West
Oct 03, 2024 7:04 pm - Six films will vie for top honors on Saturday during the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival at the Hemmens Cultural Center.
Spinning its wheels: ‘Folie à Deux’ reckons with ‘The Joker’

By JAKE COYLE
Oct 03, 2024 12:56 pm - If there’s one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips’ divisive 2019 original “Joker” and his new follow-up, it’s that these movies are best when they dance.
Gibson’s crusty cop highlights a flawed but fun pre-Halloween treat in ‘Monster Summer’

By Dann Gire
Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - The visually slick indie movie “Monster Summer” meets its modest aspirations as a fun, end-of-summer romp targeting a tweener demographic anxious for another “Goonies” knockoff.
Committed, fearless Ronan triumphs in nonfiction addiction drama ‘The Outrun’

By Dann Gire
Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - Nora Fingscheidt’s contemplative and cluttered biographical drama “The Outrun” adds a little bit of individuality to the cinematic canon of struggling substance abusers bottoming out until finally clawing their way out of addiction to face a brighter tomorrow.
Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ lands theatrical release for early 2025

By JAKE COYLE
Oct 02, 2024 11:49 am - The Jonathan Majors-starring bodybuilder drama “Magazine Dreams" has been acquired for theatrical release after it was dropped following Majors’ conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Local film to premiere in Elk Grove Village

Submitted by Naomi Johnson
Oct 01, 2024 12:36 pm - In the world of independent films, there's low-budget, microbudget, and no-budget. With a total production cost of under 20K, the independent Dark Comedy “Girl in the Refrigerator” would qualify as a no-budget film.
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.

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