‘The Golden Gloves Story’: When it ventured into the boxing movie business, the Tribune learned it wasn’t so easyThe massively obscure 1950 Chicago-made indie, "The Golden Gloves Story," is a scrappy boxing genre entry, more heart than finesse. March 10, 2023
Review: Orson Welles’ ‘The Trial’ opens at the Music Box, looking great and wracking nerves as never beforeIf Orson Welles wasn’t the director for “The Trial,” then no one was. It's back in a razor-sharp 4k digital restoration, opening Friday at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. March 10, 2023
A look at Oscars 2023: Who will win, who should win and some thoughts on the nominees“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is about velocity, while “All Quiet on the Western Front” is methodical in its assault. Yet both films do not let up for a moment. March 09, 2023
‘UnPrisoned’ review: Kerry Washington leans into her comedic instincts as a woman reconnecting with her estranged dadCo-starring Delroy Lindo, the Hulu series allows Kerry Washington to show off her looser side in a story of a father-daughter reconciliation. March 09, 2023
‘Champions’ review: Woody Harrelson is the coach of Special Olympics hopefuls in a movie with hits and missesNeurodivergent moviegoing factions are so starved for screen representation, "Champions" is sure to be embraced. I only wish the side characters here weren’t treated as such. March 09, 2023
My worst moment: ‘Abbott Elementary’ writer Brittani Nichols wishes she knew about the spit bucketIt was her first time on a professional TV set and everything was new, including how to eat — or rather not eat — on camera. March 07, 2023
‘History of the World, Part II’ review: Mel Brooks’ giddily irreverent style of comedy is emulated in this new series from HuluComedy stalwarts Ike Barinholtz, Nick Kroll and Wanda Sykes team up to breathe new life into a concept based on the 1981 Mel Brooks movie. March 06, 2023
‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ review: On the road with a fictional ‘70s rock band, with echoes of Fleetwood Mac The 10-episode Amazon adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book “Daisy Jones & The Six” is about a fictional rock band that became huge in the late '70s. March 03, 2023
‘Perry Mason’ review: The HBO legal drama starring Matthew Rhys is better in Season 2The show doesn’t feel quite so glum this time out, but Perry Mason remains a man eluding his destiny until finally a wrong must be righted. March 02, 2023
‘Creed III’ review: Better than ‘Creed II’ — and Jonathan Majors keeps the champ on his toes"Creed III" is the ninth installment in the "Rocky"-spawned franchise. Stallone’s out, Jonathan Majors is in, and it’s a fine trade, dramatically speaking. March 02, 2023
Column: ‘Creed III’ is ‘right on time,’ says stars Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors "Creed III" actor-director Michael B. Jordan: "We’re encouraging these kids coming up to dream bigger. Because we see examples of what can happen when you do." March 01, 2023
My worst moment: When the highly versatile Zoë Chao met her match"Party Down" star Zoë Chao recalls a disastrous audition that went awry because she interpreted the instructions too literally. February 28, 2023
‘Return to Seoul’ review: An adoptee searches for roots in a place she never knew in this terrific drama“Return to Seoul” transcends the average “problem” drama: It treats the young Frenchwoman at its center not as a problem to be solved, but as a peripatetic life to be followed. February 27, 2023
‘Cocaine Bear’ review: A movie high on its own supply of mediocrityUltraviolence is a funny thing, unless it’s not: Here, watching Margo Martindale’s ranger character getting her face ripped off while being dragged along a gravel road is just a drag. February 24, 2023
Jesse Lee Soffer explains his ‘Chicago P.D.’ exitSo is the door to visit “Chicago P.D.” completely closed? “Definitely not,” Soffer says. February 23, 2023
Column: 1989 was a pivotal year for Black film. A new podcast goes deep and looks back.From "Driving Miss Daisy" (best picture winner) to "Do the Right Thing" (not nominated), 1989 was a watershed year. February 23, 2023
Review: Netflix’s ‘Cunk on Earth’ is the funniest mockumentary aroundThe invention of cinema, Philomena Cunk says, had the advantage of ending “the written word’s centuries-long era of tyranny.” February 23, 2023
‘Party Down’ review: After a 13-year gap, Adam Scott and his fellow Los Angeles cater-waiters are backMore than a decade later, the old gang is back with one exception: Lizzy Caplan’s scheduling conflicts mean she is nowhere to be seen. February 22, 2023
My worst moment: Hope Davis and the enormous sweaty balls of sweater fuzz stuck to her underarms during an audition“All auditions are lessons in humiliation," says "Your Honor" star Hope Davis. She tells Nina Metz about a particularly cringey one. February 21, 2023
Worst movie made from a good book? Or what’s the best movie adapted from a lousy novel? Author Kristen Lopez on page-to-screen adaptations: “You have to please people who love the source material. but you also have to entice people who’ve never read the book." February 17, 2023