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- Film, Movie Feature Mar 5, 2021
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Raya and the Last Dragon’s representation dilemma
Even with Asian-American talent on and off the screen, the film reflects back a myth of monolith.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 3, 2018
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Drury Lane's Beauty and the Beast revival is showing its age
An attempt both to transcend repetition and please audiences results in a show that won't fully satisfy anyone.
- Film, Movie Review Jan 5, 2016
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Quentin Tarantino is still out of ideas
It’s more of the same hatred for human progress in The Hateful Eight.
- Film, Movie Feature Dec 16, 2015
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The dark side of Star Wars
The franchise's troubling place in our culture has little to do with the movies themselves.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 14, 2015
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Inside Out has a small but significant Chicago connection
The ideas behind Disney-Pixar's new film about emotion have local roots.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2015
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Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella is an unexpected lesson in economic history
The latest Disney spectacle considers the myth of the bourgeoisie.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2015
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This year's Oscar-nominated animated shorts are consistently, modestly enjoyable
An 80-minute compilation of Oscar nominees and honorable mentions opens this weekend at the Landmark Century.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2015
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Galavant is just what the singing, dancing doctor ordered
A little frivolity never killed anyone.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2014
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How Hollywood drains the subversion out of Into the Woods
Disney's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's stage musical extinguishes much of the show's power.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Sep 4, 2014
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Peter Max isn't a fad, he's a great artist
In defense of the acid-age designer and painter.
- Film, Movie Review Jan 29, 2014
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Why can't grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?
The nominated short films screen this week at Landmark's Century Centre.
- News & Politics, What the hell is this place? Dec 30, 2013
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What the hell is this place? Dulcelandia
Find just the right lucha libre wrestler to bash until all the chile candy spills out.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 27, 2013
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The Dead Prince has trouble coming to life
Strange Tree Group's new musical plays down the dark themes that characterize the best fairy tales.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2013
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The boys who made The Jungle Book sing
The Boys, a documentary about Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman, is a surprising and fascinating adjunct to Mary Zimmerman's new stage production.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2013
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"That felt wrong": Mary Zimmerman on The Jungle Book
The director on why she cast André De Shields as King Louie in The Jungle Book, and how she felt about a recent flap over her use of Silk Road stories.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 8, 2013
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The Jungle Book sets off another rumble
Silk Road theater's Jamil Khoury took aim at Mary Zimmerman, only to be disarmed.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 3, 2013
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The Jungle Book wars, onstage
Mary Zimmerman's best answer to her critics is this flawed, defiant show.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2012
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Now playing: Barfi!
First impressions of the hit Bollywood comedy currently playing in town
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2012
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Pole dancers and playground injuries: the Reader's latest performing arts reviews
Fresh opinions from Reader critics
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2012
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Wholesome entertainment
Heartwarming family movies deserve more respect. A fancy prize will bring it
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2011
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Hand Held
Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll's journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary "Hand Held," screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2009
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This movie sucks, heh-heh-heh
- Film, Movie Critic's Choice Nov 1, 1990
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Allegro non troppo