Among other things, Wes Anderson's latest movie proves that Harvey Keitel in a walrus mustache is hilarious. more ›

This Friday, Doc Films caps its Quentin Tarantino retrospective "Burn Down The Cinema" with the first look at Inglourious Basterds since it left theaters. How do you enjoy the mature work of Hollywood's former enfant terrible if you missed it the first time around? Your answer in four parts. more ›

Under the artistic direction of co-founder Bryan Wendorf, CUFF long ago transcended its identity as a showcase for strictly experimental work and cultivates a genuinely invigorating mix of films, genres and vibes. more ›

Before NATO became synonymous with "colossal headache for residents and anybody working downtown," what was our idea of it? Let’s ask the movies. more ›

We were there for the Grand Opening of the newly remodeled Logan Theatre and snapped some shots of the swanky space. more ›

The Logan Square International Film Series begins a string of Wednesday night screenings of classic movies at Comfort Station beginning tonight with Jean Cocteau's ineffable Orpheus. more ›

Who are the luckiest kids ever? We nominate Santa Monica, California area High School students in the year 1964. more ›

Are times of economic hardship more likely to send us to the countryside? For Paul and Phyllis Van Amburgh, it was the grind of success that prompted them to quit New York City and move their three children upstate to try and make it as dairy farmers. more ›

For something so acerbically observant of its time and place (mid-sixties Romania under the shadow of Ceausescu's spreading wings), Lucian Pintilie's The Reenactment seems way ahead of its time. The tale of two teenagers involved in a drunken brawl and sentenced by a magistrate to re-enact their crime for for an educational film on the dangers of alcohol is told in a style that presages the mockumentary features that made Christopher Guest a cult legend, won The Office every accolade critics were legally permitted to dispense and has now occupied the very heart of mainstream American comedy in Modern Family. more ›

Did the critical success of The Artist mean that people will be more interested in silent movies? more ›

We call your attention to ways you can see films which recently played at the Siskel, even as the Film Center itself announces screenings of some movies you might have missed the first time around. more ›

The new season, running April 25 - August 29 at the Portage Theater, includes some unusual film noir as well as a whole slate of films about the Great Depression. more ›

Why is next weekend's screening of an almost 40-year-old rock documentary by an affable chronicler of Americana so dangerous that if we were to publish its name, the screening would have to be canceled? more ›

In 1962 when it was announced that Tippi Hedren would be playing the lead in The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock's followup to Psycho, the general reaction was, "Who's that?" A hitherto unknown blonde model, Hedren was launched into stardom almost overnight after Hitchcock happened to see one of her television commercials and cast her in the film. And just as the director intended, she burns like a cool fire at the center of the movie. Even as the bird attacks grow more vicious, she maintains her coiffed, finely calibrated elegance. Until the climax, that is, a harrowing sequence in an attic room that, in our view, tops even Hitchcock's notorious shower scene as a pure tour de force of film editing. more ›

As a mass phenomenon, The Hunger Games is worth your attention, even if you do not plan to read the outrageously popular young-adult books or even watch the surprisingly well-received movie. more ›

Chicagoist favorite Barry Gifford and filmmaker Lucian Georgescu will be present at both screenings this weekend. more ›

The Chicago Tabernacle of Albany Park has filed for a special use permit which would allow them to operate the historic theater as a church. more ›

You may have already missed your chance to fork over $400 for the complete Fat Albert series at the CFA Film Sale, but there are still lots of great titles to choose from. more ›

We say: Down With Big Popcorn! more ›

The new John Landis movie starring Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis gets an advance screening tonight at the Siskel's 15th Annual European Union Film Festival. more ›

May's scathing portrait of male narcissism plays Friday, March 2, at the Block Museum of Art. more ›

There are moments in Don Hertzfeldt's trilogy of animated shorts where you'll ask yourself: are stick figures supposed to make me feel this way? In the hands of a master, yes. Hertzfedlt brings the trilogy to the Music Box Theatre for a screening tomorrow night. more ›

Overlooked at the Oscars, The Interrupters won Best Documentary Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards yesterday more ›

At 3 p.m. on this date 106 years ago, behind a nondescript storefront on Milwaukee Ave., Carl Laemmle took a gamble and opened the 214-seat White Front Theater. Soon, everything would change. more ›

So far, the movie of the year is from last year, about the last decade, and you've only got two more nights to see for yourself. more ›

Rob and Steven offer their Oscar predictions, as well as their two cents about who should win. more ›

Chicagoist readers get a discounted admission to this evening of movie clips and mingling. more ›

The issue is that clapping at the end of a movie seems self-congratulatory, as if the audience were applauding themselves for picking such a great movie as much as for the movie itself. more ›

The four new classes starting in March offer the chance to dive into the deep end of the cinema pool. more ›

Alien, screening Friday and Saturday, is a perfect midnight movie for the dead of winter. more ›