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Well. Goodbye for now. The Tribune has eliminated the position of film critic, as part of a newsroom reorganization. This ...
Film critic Michael Phillips has taken a buyout at the Chicago Tribune after he says the paper eliminated the role. "Writing ...
Maltin told the crowd, upon its release in 1939, the film was a flop. “It was a very expensive movie to make and it shows. It ...
What if nine Europeans, disillusioned by mass poverty and social unrest in a 1920s post-Great War Germany, attempt to start ...
Margaret Qualley plays a Bakersfield, California, private investigator in Ethan Coen's “Honey Don't.” Coen cowrote the film ...
The actor stretches himself as a Midwestern accountant confronted with mortality in a twisty Stephen King-based story ...
Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin know how to start a movie. Mid-climb, Mike (Covino) confesses he slept with the ...
It isn’t flawless—some makeup choices are distracting on the big screen—but the film’s heart and authenticity outweigh its ...
Strong performances by Reed Birney and Kieron Moore sell a triggering premise in director Elliot Tuttle's examination of ...
The transfer of film criticism from its print-based platforms (newspapers, magazines, and academic journals) to ectoplasmic Web-page billboards has rocked the lit-crit screen trade.
Are film critics suddenly relevant? A hilarious online ad for the widely reviled John Travolta vehicle “Gotti” would suggest that we are, even as it insists that we aren’t.