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‘Still Working 9 to 5’ documentary to be shown at College of DuPage

Submitted by Laura Welch
Oct 08, 2024 10:00 pm - The documentary film “Still Working 9 to 5” will be screened at the College of DuPage on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Best Bets: Pumpkins galore at Chicago Botanic’s Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 08, 2024 1:00 pm - The Chicago Botanic Garden hosts its annual Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes headline Chronic Con in Rosemont and the 60th Chicago International Film Festival will screen more than 120 features and 70 shorts.
What to stream: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘Outer Banks’ and Charli XCX remixes

Oct 07, 2024 5:30 am - “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was No. 1 at the box office just two weeks ago, but Tim Burton’s popular sequel is now available on streaming. Plus, Sean Wang’s semiautobiographical feature debut “Dìdi” and Netflix’s “Outer Banks” are coming to a device near you.
‘Joker 2’ stumbles at box office amid poor reviews from audiences and critics

By LINDSEY BAHR
Oct 06, 2024 1:24 pm - “Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending.
Suburban scares: Round Lake Beach haunted house, Gurnee director team for ‘Haunt Season’

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 04, 2024 2:59 pm - Gurnee filmmaker Jake Jarvi says fainthearted horror film fans only have to close their eyes once or twice during “Haunt Season” his new movie filmed at Realm of Terror, a longtime haunted house in Round Lake Beach.
‘Saturday Night’ is thinly sketched but satisfying

By JAKE COYLE
Oct 04, 2024 8:19 am - We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. So it’s maybe appropriate that Jason Reitman’s big-screen ode, “Saturday Night,” should arrive, amid all of the tributes, to remind us of the show’s original revolutionary force.
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.

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