November 11, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: Journey into Sato Tadao
Before I sat down to watch the documentary about him, I had only heard the name Sato Tadao once. It…
November 11, 2025
Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
Siskel & Ebert at the Movies Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Half a century ago, a low budget Chicago public television station invited the film critics from the Chicago Sun-Times and…
November 11, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, TV show, TV/Streaming
HBO’s “The Seduction” Surprises without Sizzle
Playing in the same world as “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), “Cruel Intentions” (1999), and the original 1782 French novel Les Liaisons…
November 11, 2025
Chaz's Journal, Entertainment, Film, News, TV show
Can Movies Save the World?
On my way to the airport in Palm Springs I saw a sign that said: “Movies Help Everything!” I smiled,…
November 11, 2025
Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Film, News, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Reviews, Sepideh Farsi, TV show
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Review: A Devastatingly Immersive Portrait of Palestinian Suffering
On October 7, 2024, Israel’s occupation of Gaza took new shape as a publicly declared war. At the time, Iranian…
November 08, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, TV show, TV/Streaming
Vince Gilligan’s Riveting “Pluribus” Is the Television Event of the Year
In the latest show from “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, the crime genre gives way to a bewildering mix of…
November 08, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Interviews, News, TV show
You’re Living Intrusive Thoughts: Jennifer Lawrence and Lynne Ramsey on “Die My Love”
An overwhelmingly intense portrait of motherhood, passion, and mental illness, “Die My Love” brings together Lynne Ramsay, the Scottish auteur…
November 08, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, News, Reviews, TV show
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Review: A Child’s Wonder Brushed in Pastel Animation
Most of us don’t remember what it was like to be two years old. The first few years of life…
November 08, 2025
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Christy Review: A Shamelessly Generic Oscar Grab for Sydney Sweeney
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Christy opens in theaters on November 7.…
November 07, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Interviews, News, TV show
Adaptation is About Subtraction: James Vanderbilt on “Nuremberg”
After World War II, US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson led an effort to create judicial proceedings to try…