Update: Chicago’s Music Box Screens 'Inception,' AMC ReOpens, Plus Gene Siskel At-Home Series
Chicago – An exciting opening on Friday, August 14th, 2020, for the historic Music Box Theatre (which was the first movie house to open with safety precautions last month). They will be the Only movie ...
Netflix will let customers express a deeper affection for TV shows or movies that they love — not just like — with the launch of a new ratings option: two thumbs up.
According to Netflix, the new ...
Exclusive: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert are to be the subject of a narrative documentary podcast series.
The Spotify Original series Gene & Roger comes from Bill Simmon’s The Ringer and host Brian ...
The latest in our series of writers sticking up for maligned movies is a defense of the Sandra Bullock-starring action sequel
When Jan de Bont’s Speed 2: Cruise Control was released in 1997, there ...
It was thirty years ago, on Valentine’s Day. A love affair with Oscar was about to begin. The psychological thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” opened in movie theaters to widespread critical acclaim. ...
Argentine-born Brazil-based director Hector Babenco wasted little time making his mark on the world of cinema. In just his first handful of films he was recognized by the likes of the Cannes Film ...
Before A Simple Plan, there was One False Move – a neo noir that was underrated from its very inception. Relegated to the direct-to-video market, it secured a theatrical run through glowing word of ...
We all know the saying that “misery loves company.”
But does Oscar love misery?
That was the question being asked three decades ago, when the much-anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1987 ...
Albert Hughes takes us on a wild journey through the movies that made him, then explains why he’s not a cinephile (Spoiler: He is). Heads up – you’re going to hear some words you’ve never heard on our ...
As the Venice International Film Festival is winding down, the Toronto International Film festival kicks off Sept. 10 and continues through Sept. 19 in a Covid-19 hybrid version with physical ...
Roger Ebert often paraphrased what his onscreen sparring partner Gene Siskel said about films he didn’t enjoy: Wouldn’t it have been better to watch a documentary about the same actors having lunch ...
When Tron was first released in 1982, it was a box-office disappointment. Despite glowing four-star reviews from America’s reigning movie critics, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, audiences were seemingly ...
On the heels of an overwhelmingly successful virtual premiere attended by close to 6,000 people, National Geographic Documentary Films announced today that it will move forward with release plans for ...
Chicago – Using safety-first precautions, the Music Box Theatre of Chicago has reopened as of July 3rd for limited seating (see link below for details). The Gene Siskel Film Center continues “Film ...
This week marks the 35th anniversary of the release of St. Elmo’s Fire. For some, that milestone might rekindle thoughts of a certain formative time of their lives, and 80’s nostalgia. For others, it ...
1986’s Labyrinth flopped on its original release and made back just half its budget. It also received very mixed reviews from critics, with Gene Siskel calling it “awful” with a “pathetic story” and ...
When “Showgirls” opened in the fall of 1995, it was mocked and damned with more derision than the usual movie debacle. That’s because, according to the conventional view, it was not just a bad movie ...
Back in 2016, the Twitter account for French studio Pathé Films released a Nsfw trailer for the DVD and Blu-ray release of Paul Verhoeven’s much-reviled, T&a-fueled camp classic, Showgirls. This ...
Chicago – Both the Music Box Theatre and the Gene Siskel Film Center have continued their at-home screenings, due to the physical theaters having to close during the pandemic quarantine. Below are the ...
Chicago – Reviving a film from local cinema treasure Michael Glover Smith is always welcome at any time, but especially now. The Gene Siskel Film Center is enhancing their “From Your Sofa” ...