Film & TV
REVIEW: Mercy
A compelling and innovative whodunit featuring an ill-timed pro-AI message
REVIEW: Return to Silent Hill
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Silent Hill 2’ with a faithful yet flawed adaptation
REVIEW: Dooba Dooba
An unsettling and bizarrely hilarious breath of fresh air to found footage horror
BRWC REVIEW: A Private Life
Check out our review of A Private Life at Battle Royale with Cheese
‘Sinners’ Dominates the 10th Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards with 10 Awards
‘Frankenstein’ follows with 3 Windie Awards
REVIEW: The Rip
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon re-team for a convoluted crime thriller
REVIEW: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
One of the best horror sequels of the century
Film Obsessive REVIEW: Night Patrol
Check out our review of the vampire thriller Night Patrol over at Film Obsessive
‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ Total 30 Nominations at 2026 Windie Awards
Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) announce the nominees for their 9th annual Windie Awards
REVIEW: Dead Man’s Wire
Gus Van Sant’s first movie in six years is a crowd-pleaser with something timely and timeless to say
Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
Greek epics, superhero team-ups, and zombie flicks are among 2026’s must-see movies
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘We Bury the Dead’ Writer/Director Zak Hilditch Talks Intimate New Zombie Thriller
This January, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple isn’t the only zombie film worth watching.
REVIEW: The Housemaid
A faithful (and hilarious) adaptation of the hit novel
REVIEW: Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron masterminds a monumental cinematic achievement with the best Avatar film yet
15 Most Underappreciated and Overlooked Movies of 2025
Here are some great movies that didn’t get the attention they deserved
REVIEW: The Testament of Ann Lee
An unremarkable film about a remarkable woman
Top 10 Best Movies of 2025
A frenetic sports drama, a sprawling horror epic, a reimagining of a tale over 200 years old, and more feature on our Top 10 list
‘The Last Jedi’ Director Rian Johnson Explains His Timely Star Wars Joke in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
Anyone else remember the time Trump tweeted a picture of him as a Sith lord?
’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ First Reactions Tease “One of the Best Horror Movies of the Last Decade”
“Phenomenal.” “Gnarly.” Brutally Audacious.”
REVIEW: The Secret Agent
This year’s acclaimed movie that fails to resonate with us
2025 Golden Globe Nominations Full List
‘One Battle After Another’ secures the most nominations with 9 nods
REVIEW: Script Tease
Starving artists’ desperation for validation is satirized in this clever new short
REVIEW: Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
Another convoluted visit to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘Influencers’ Writer/Director Kurtis David Harder Discusses His Topical Thriller Sequel
AI, deepfake technology, and Red Pill subculture are the backdrop for this twisty new thriller
REVIEW: We Bury the Dead
Daisy Ridley triumphs in an intimate yet routine zombie thriller
Film Obsessive REVIEW: Influencers
Read our review of ‘Influeners’ over at Film Obsessive.
REVIEW: Is This Thing On?
Will Arnett delivers a career-best performance in Bradley Cooper’s intimate dramedy
REVIEW: No Other Choice
Magnetic, visually striking, and timely, Park Chan-wook’s latest is a must-watch
REVIEW: Zodiac Killer Project
The most fascinating true crime doc in years exquisitely deconstructs the over-saturated genre
‘Is This Thing On?’ Stars Will Arnett, Laura Dern & Andra Day Discuss Director Bradley Cooper’s Touching New Dramedy
Bradley Cooper’s third directorial effort hits theaters on December 19, 2025
10 Best Needle Drops in Movie and Television History
By George & Josh Bate Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film One Battle After Another features one of the best needle drops in recent years, with Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work” perfectly arriving as movie makes an important time jump. That got
REVIEW: Wicked: For Good
Messy and disjointed, this sequel fails to capture the magic of its predecessor
REVIEW: Hamnet
Prepare to have your heart broken and then pieced back together again