My worst moment: When ‘Justified: City Primeval’ star Aunjanue Ellis saw Sean Combs walk out during her monologueAunjanue Ellis was on Broadway but never felt good about her career in theater — and finally realized she wasn't cut out for the stage. July 18, 2023
‘Theater Camp’ review: Hello muddah, hello faddah, camp is pretty entertainingThis one stretches itself a little thin, for reasons more to do with wit than plot. But those feeling a little roughed up by “No Hard Feelings” this summer now have a PG-13 comedy option. July 14, 2023
Column: Hollywood actors are on strike — here’s what you need to knowA strike means no TV or film work from actors for the foreseeable future. But also no promotional appearances and interviews. July 13, 2023
Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Contempt’ — his provocative 1963 movie about a marriage — screens in a 4k restoration at Siskel CenterIt remains as peculiar, sullen and gorgeous a film today as when Godard had the profoundly conflicted experience of making it 60 years ago. July 13, 2023
‘Project Greenlight’ review: In Season 5, Issa Rae and friends take over for Matt Damon and Ben AffleckPast seasons resulted in unwatchable movies and careers that never flourished. Maybe that’s why "Project Greenlight" has been moribund for nearly a decade. July 13, 2023
Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: ‘How do we overcome the convenience that exists on the couch?’ Gene Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: "When we all quarantined, I think a lot of us realized the value of shared cultural experience." July 13, 2023
‘Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake’ review: Two ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small town IllinoisLuann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan, the Frick and Frack of Bravolebrities, star in this "The Simple Life" meets "Schitt's Creek" ripoff. July 12, 2023
‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: I choose to accept the year’s most satisfying action movie"Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One" is the one franchise action blowout this year that knows what it's doing. July 12, 2023
My worst moment: ‘The Bear’ star Liza Colón-Zayas and the bloody stage mishapSometimes on stage actors momentarily lose place of where they are in the story. Here's what happens when you're covered in blood. July 11, 2023
‘Revoir Paris’ review: After a terrorist attack, a survivor searches for closure but the movie stays on the surfaceIn "Revoir Paris" Virginie Efira is as economical and effective as ever. But the movie uses tragic events for its protagonist’s personal growth and well-being dubiously. July 07, 2023
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 2 review: The ongoing misadventures of a lawyer neither noble nor sleazy, but somewhere in betweenBased on the novels of Michael Connelly, the new season on Netflix is less assured in its second outing. July 06, 2023
‘I’m a Virgo’ review: Superhero fatigue? This fierce, funny, politically aware Amazon series about a 13-ft. giant provides the antidoteIt tells the story of a literal giant, twice the size of the average human male. Played by Jharrel Jerome, Cootie is raised in Oakland, California. July 06, 2023
‘Joy Ride’ review: Meanwhile, back at the raunch ... this ensemble comedy is a galloping joyride indeedThere's a reason “Bridesmaids” worked, and “Girls Trip” worked, and on a further, more determined shore of raunch, “Joy Ride” works July 05, 2023
My worst moment: When Željko Ivanek alarmed Mary Tyler Moore — multiple timesWe all think about meeting our idols. But "Walking Dead: Dead City" star Željko Ivanek warns: Be careful what you wish for. July 04, 2023
Alan Arkin appreciation: Keep calm and carry on toward the edge of certain disasterAmong the world’s great comic minimalists, or mini-maximalists, let’s say, no one more than Alan Arkin captured so much recognizable reality inside so much insanity. June 30, 2023
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ review: Indy eyes retirement with minimal benefits — for the audience"Dial of Destiny" proves one thing above all: CGI makes anything possible, but does not make everything advisable. Or fun. June 30, 2023
‘Hijack’ review: Idris Elba is cool as a cucumber, at gunpoint, in the unfriendly skiesThe Apple TV+ airborne thriller unfolds in real time as Idris Elba tries to salvage a hijacked seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. June 29, 2023
Column: Judy Greer, now in ‘Another Marriage’ at Steppenwolf, talks movie roles and the pleasure of forcing Michael Shannon to listen to Beyoncé before he’s had his coffee“When I got to Chicago,” she says about the start of her career, “I zeroed in on Steppenwolf immediately. And now I’m here, and it only took 25 years!” June 29, 2023
‘The Bear’ viewership spikes 70% with season 2 launchFans spent a lot of time out of the kitchen and in front of the TV over the weekend, saying “Yes, chef,” to the second season of FX’s “The Bear.” June 28, 2023
‘Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed’ review: The double life of a Hollywood star“He was a great performer, not only in acting but in life.” A Rock Hudson documentary that struggles to capture what he was like in private. June 28, 2023