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“Tulsa King,” and Stallone, Start to Show Their Age in Season 4
Of the universe of Taylor Sheridan AARP-for-aging-’80s-guys dramas aimed squarely at the silent majority, “Tulsa King” is by far the most charming.
"Tulsa King," and Stallone, Start to Show Their Age in Season 4
8 hours ago What’s new on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more? We've got you covered. Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even …
The Revolution Is My Boyfriend: On the Queercore Provocations of Bruce LaBruce
If you like your arthouse pornography with a heaping ladle of leftist agitprop (or “agitporn,” as he’d call it), Bruce LaBruce is a name that should be on your lips. As our very own Scout Tafoya once put it, Bruce is “one of the most fearless filmmakers alive,” a man who’s spent the last thirty years making more than a dozen motion pictures both in and out of the adult filmmaking scene, pushing boundaries and wearing his politics (and his libido) on his sleeve along the way.
“Star Wars: Galactic Racer” May Not Be Podracing (Mostly), But It’s Pretty Close
One of the joys of the Star Wars universe is that, really, you can imagine yourself being whatever you want to be.
NYFF 2026: Bardi, Heil Jupiter!
This year’s New York Film Festival has, for my money, had one of the strongest festival lineups in ages. Granted, I’ve only been able to sample a handful of titles from the week I spent huddling outside Walter Reade Theater in the pouring rain (amid a Nor’easter, no less) with all the other poor press and industry folks, burdened by the agony of getting to watch free movies early and write about them for money.
Adult Swim’s “Get Jiro” Serves Up Bloody, Sloppy Culinary Revenge
It’s funny, looking back on 2026, that we’ll have gotten two televisual glimpses into the mind of the late, great chef and food writer Anthony Bourdain. One, Matt Johnson’s wry, tender biopic “Tony,” gives us a glimpse of the man’s larval form, the insecure, manipulative boy before he became the Tony we all knew and loved. The other?
‘Reacher’ Spinoff ‘Neagley’ On Prime Video Makes Chicago Its Home
CHICAGO — Where Prime Video’s hit action series “Reacher” prides itself on centering a new location each season for its beefy, itinerant protagonist to find trouble, spinoff series “Neagley” puts down deep roots in the Windy City. The series centers on fan favorite character (and staunch ally to Alan Ritchson’s Jack Reacher) Frances Neagley, a fellow soldier and former member of the 110th Special Investigations Unit, who’s set up shop in Chicago as a private investigator.
Obama Center Hosting Black Harvest Film Festival Shorts Tuesday
WOODLAWN — At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Elie Wiesel Auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center, 6001 S. Stony Island Avenue, will host a series of shorts from Black Chicago filmmakers. “Shorts from the Block: Black Harvest’s Chicago Stories,” presented in conjunction with the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Public Library, is a special program of five Chicago-made short films curated from the Black Harvest Film Festival.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Are Just Alright, Alright, Alright in Apple TV’s “Brothers”
If you were to ask A-list movie stars (and “True Detective” co-stars) Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, they’re close enough to be brothers. So close, in fact, that they’ve long stoked a theory that they might be biological siblings in real life; after all, McConaughey’s mother has alleged to be intimate with Harrelson’s dad around the time baby Matthew was conceived.
A Dog with a Bone: Maria Sten on “Neagley”
Danish-Congolese actor and Maria Sten has some big shoes to fill (literally). Granted, she’s spent three seasons on Prime Video’s hit action series “Reacher” playing no-nonsense private investigator Frances Neagley, frequent ringer and closest companion to Alan Ritchson’s itinerant titan Jack Reacher. She’s a fellow MP and compatriot who can throw down just as easily as Reacher can with half of Ritchson’s bulk, and her appearances in the flagship show have made her a household favorite.
10 Queer Titles to Look Out For At the 2026 Reeling International Film Festival
Every year, Chicago’s preeminent queer film festival—the second-longest-running in the world—gears up at the height of festival season to highlight the best in queer independent cinema.
Charmingly caustic indie plays all the right notes
Writer-director Isabel Hagen, and by extension her debut feature, “On a String,” understands the comic value of a good ugly cry. There’s nothing funnier or sadder than watching someone reduce themselves to a puddle in front of your eyes, especially when the other party can’t quite bring themselves to match that energy. That simple principle, of finding the humor in the quotidian sadness of modern existence, sits behind every note of Hagen’s incredibly personal film, and is all the better for it.
Don’t Dream It, Be It: Tim Curry (1946-2026)
It’s hard to imagine a more impactful presence in the millennial mind, particularly the outsider, queer, or cinephile, than that of Tim Curry, the veteran actor of stage and screen who passed this Wednesday at the age of 80. Tony Award nominee, voice actor extraordinaire, honorary Muppet—all of these descriptors fit Curry’s decades of work, a body of acting best characterized by his resonant purr of a voice, deep, piercing eyes, and a flamboyance from which it was impossible to look away.
Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival Returns In September. Here’s The Lineup
LAKEVIEW — Chicago’s preeminent LGBTQ+ film festival — and the second-longest-running festival of its kind in the world — is gearing up for its 44th edition. The Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, presented by Chicago Filmmakers, 1326 W. Hollywood Ave., has been showcasing queer independent cinema since Chicago Filmmakers executive director Brenda Webb founded the festival in 1981.
22 Years Later, Dave Matthews Bus Poop Incident Makes Chicagoans Laugh — And Groan
RIVER NORTH — Dave Matthews’ relationship with Chicago is a storied one. Last summer, Matthews was spotted in the infield seats at Wrigley Field, with an unsuspecting fan in a DMB T-shirt sitting in the bleachers, nary the wiser. But not every Chicagoan has had such a near-miss with Dave.
Fantasia 2026: Wrapping Up
And so the doors close on another year of the Fantasia International Film Festival—my seventh or eighth year covering in general, and the third covering for this site (and, blissfully, in person).
Fantasia 2026: Ferine, The Eyes, The Mutation
Identity, and our anxiety around it, is a ripe battleground for horror: Are we who we think we are, and are we terrified of the things we’re becoming? Or, conversely, should others be terrified of us? In one way or another, the next three films on our Fantasia Festival journey explore those neuroses: two in bloody, suspenseful fashion, the other in quiet, sensitive contemplation.
Want To See ‘The Odyssey’ In 70MM Or IMAX? Here’s Where To Go
CHICAGO — After a mere twelve days in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s historical fantasy epic “The Odyssey” has grossed over $700 million globally. Much of that is due to the massive scale of the nearly three-hours-long film, which adapts Homer’s 3,000-year-old Greek epic about the hero Odysseus and his epic journey to return home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War.
Fantasia 2026: Permanent Damage, Godhead, Sour Minnows
After a verrry long and fruitful week in Montreal, I’m now back in Chicago. Festivals can wear and tear on even the most sleep-deprived critic, especially at a fest like Fantasia, where the sheer volume of films on display can be downright overwhelming. Even so, I was grateful for my time there, catching up with old critic friends, meeting distant faces for the first time, and most importantly, partaking in some crucial Fantasia Fest traditions.
Movies Aren’t Therapy: “Mike Mills” on Parents, Children, and Filmmaking
In concept, Mike Mills is a comprehensive chronicler of his own fractured family dynamics. Three of his most recent (and well-known) films—2010’s “Beginners,” 2016’s “20th Century Women,” and 2021’s “C’Mon C’Mon”—tap into Mills’ anxieties around his strained, challenging relationships to his parents and the neuroticisms that come from the impossible act of parenthood.
Fantasia 2026: You Are the Film, Someone’s Daughter, Los Vampires
As Fantasia chugs mightily along its first full week, its selections grow ever more niche and specific. That’s nothing new; Fantasia is nothing if not a pure genre festival, less concerned with attracting A-list talent than offering film dorks like myself a taste of the offbeat, the microbudget, the locally endorsed.
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
As a “Star Trek” fan, it’s hard not to feel the bittersweet sting of another set of Wilderness Years coming. With Paramount feeling the sweet sting of budget cuts and an impending merger with Warner Bros., it feels like the higher-ups at the Big Blue Mountain are closing up shop on the Final Frontier.
Fantasia 2026: Our Effed Up World, Zsazsa Zaturnnah, Dance Freak
The Fantasia International Film Festival is its own tricky beast; every year, more than 125 features, hundreds of shorts, and a whole lot of genre film freaks descend on the University of Concordia in Montréal, Québec, to celebrate the weird, the wild, the queer, and the coarse.
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Freaks, Samurais, and Vampires: Our 10 Most Anticipated of Fantasia 2026
The 30th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is upon us, perhaps the largest genre film festival in the world (and, for my money, my favorite), setting nearly three weeks aside at the tail end of July to descend upon Montreal with over 125 buzzy, strange, experimental, and just plain weird features (and more than 200 shorts) that should appeal to genre hounds of several stripes.
A Leaning Tower of Camp: John Early on “Maddie’s Secret”
The first thing you need to know about comedian-turned-actor-turned-filmmaker John Early‘s performance in “Maddie’s Secret” is that it is, at its core, deeply serious. It is also, at least in Early’s estimation, not drag, despite the central character at the heart of Early’s feature directorial debut being played by Early in a wig and women’s clothing.
Tom Skilling Improvises His Way Through Cameo On ‘The Bear’
Editor’s note: The following article reveals some details about the final season of “The Bear.” CHICAGO — The final season of “The Bear” skipped the show’s usual culinary tour of Chicago for a tightly focused bottle season set almost entirely in the walls of the titular restaurant — but Chicagoans still got a taste of home with an extended cameo from a television fixture.
Lavender Cowboys: Andrew Sa And Chicago’s Thriving Queer Country Scene
CHICAGO — Country music is often associated with conservatism and heteronormativity — but Chicago has a thriving subculture of queer country music. At the center of this scene is queer country artist Andrew Sa, whose debut album, “American Rough,” releases Friday on Bloodshot Records. Sa has sold-out album release shows Friday at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., and Sunday at Evanston SPACE.
Chicago’s Played A Key Role In LGBTQ+ History. Here Are 9 Historical Sites
CHICAGO — Chicago has played a critical role in LGBTQ+ history. And this Pride Month, the Illinois Office of Tourism has highlighted a number of LGBTQ+ landmarks in Chicago that illustrate the many voices and movements crucial to the infrastructure and community, however imperfect, that many queer Chicagoans enjoy. These buildings, parks and places, found all across the city, represent important chapters of queer history — not just for Chicago, but for the nation at large.
“The Bear” Closes Its Doors With a Trimphant Final Service in Season 5
When Season 4 of FX’s “The Bear” premiered last year, nobody really knew whether that season would be the show’s last. Creator Christopher Storer’s tale of the fractious Berzatto clan, and their extended work family of chefs, Faks, and brainy accountants with names like “Computer,” has, over the course of its run, grown into a bona fide phenomenon—one which, like the flagging Chicago eatery at its center, felt like it was growing a bit too big to sustain itself.
Out of the Mouths of Cutlery: Tony Hale on “Toy Story 5”
It’s hard to think of a contemporary actor more attuned to the frequency of the oddball than Tony Hale.
Once More, With Feeling: Anthony Head (1954-2026)
It all started, funny enough, over a cup of coffee. Anthony Stewart Head, the venerable British actor who spent generations on our televisions in one iconic role after another, passed last week at the age of 72 from complications from pneumonia. And yes, he left behind a variety of unforgettable performances in numerous long-running TV shows (and at least one cult-favorite film).
Cannes 2026 Video #11: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Her Private Call, Hope
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival starts Tuesday, May 12th, running through May 24th. The Ebert team returns this year with coverage of all of the major films in review and video form. In this video dispatch, Scott Dummler interviews correspondent Isaac Feldberg about three of his favorites from the latter stretch of the film festival. Plus, a Cannes Flashback to a Billy Baxter segment on a previous Cannes featuring Roger.
Open Space Arts Queer Film Series Celebrates Pride With Online And In-Person Screenings
LINCOLN PARK — Queer cinephiles in Chicago and elsewhere have a new outlet for enjoying LGBTQ+ cinema during Pride Month, as local arts organization Open Space Arts presents its Summer 2026 Queer Film Series. The online series, dubbed “Queer Expression Best of the Fest — Summer 2026,” features three separate streaming programs. These include one program of short films shorter than 15 minutes, and two mid-length programs featuring two 20-30 minute shorts.
“For All Mankind” Spinoff “Star City” is One Small Soviet Step Backward
In the wake of five seasons of “For All Mankind“‘s alt-history time-jumping—currently, we’re in an alternate 2012 where we’ve colonized Mars, and a still-alive John Lennon teamed up with Jay-Z to produced “The Grey Album”—it’s easy to forget the show started as a simple 1960s period piece, with a twist: What if the Russians got to the moon first?
Netflix Turns Up the “Heat” With Its Own “Power” in Hokey Crime Thriller “Nemesis”
The first thing you need to know about “Nemesis,” the latest from “Power” creator Courtney A. Kemp and her partner Tani Marole, is that it is deeply silly.
Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)
The works of Lucrecia Martel have long felt like a single, all-encompassing political project to explore the social and colonial politics of her home nation, Argentina. Her Salta trilogy (“La cienaga,” “The Holy Girl,” “The Headless Woman”) tied the sexual and social freedoms of bourgeois Argentine women to the nation’s broader history of colonialism; 2018’s “Zama” probes the long-standing history of indigenous oppression through scintillating historical drama.
The Onion’s Chicago Owners Make Deal To Take Over Infowars, Alex Jones’ Conspiracy Website
CHICAGO — After two years of offers, negotiations and hearings, Chicago-based satirical news site The Onion looks to have finally acquired Alex Jones’ far-right media outlet InfoWars.
Prime Video’s “Kevin” Won’t Help With the Existential Felines
“What if animals acted like people, and those people were sad and horny?” It’s an old chestnut at this point in the realm of adult animated comedies; after all, sometimes it’s novel, and even cathartic, to see our very human foibles reflected in the furry friends we love so unconditionally. Prime Video’s “Kevin,” to its mild credit, hangs its premise on a very relatable spin on a familiar impulse: How do you find yourself again after a painful breakup?
Despite Trump Funding Cuts, Doc10 Film Fest Returns With Films That ‘Speak Truth’ To Power
LINCOLN SQUARE—Chicago’s longest-running documentary film festival, Doc10, returns for its 11th year with an expanded lineup of features, shorts and events, spanning 10 days of screenings and special guests. The festival runs April 24-May 3 at its perennial home, the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave.
“Jury Duty: Company Retreat”‘s Unsuspecting Hero On Life After Rockin’ Grandmas
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9 Titles to Grab in the March 2026 Criterion Flash Sale
Every six months, The Criterion Collection conspires to steal money from the wallets of hard-working cinephiles everywhere, as they serve up a 24 hour flash sale of 50% off all 4K UHDs, Blu-rays, and DVDs. Whether you’ve obsessed over their Criterion Closet videos, or had the rare chance to pop into one of their mobile Criterion Closet vans at one film festival or another this past year (including Chicago’s own Chicago International Film Festival!), there’s a chance you already have your...
Alex Grelle Honors Female Film Stars Of The ’80s And ’90s In ‘Best Actress’ — His Biggest Show Yet
WICKER PARK — Jessie Buckley may have just won Best Actress at this year’s Academy Awards for “Hamnet” — but Chicago-based actor, comedian and performer Alex Grelle is paying homage to the divas who sought Oscar gold in the past with his new “Grelley Duvall” show. “Best Actress” officially opens at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., Thursday and runs until April 12.
Scrubs Is Back, So Pour Yourself an Appletini and Revisit 20 Iconic Music Moments
Scrubs (NBC), Illustration by Steven Fiche This article was originally published in October 2021, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Scrubs. It has been republished for the occasion of the show’s recent revival on ABC and Hulu. For its long (some might say too long) original nine-season run on NBC, Scrubs was probably the best sitcom on television.
"The Self You Have is Created": Amanda Kramer and Robin Tunney on "By Design"
“What if Juliette Lewis switched bodies with a chair?” isn’t the kind of logline you hear every often. But in the universe of indie filmmaker Amanda Kramer, it fits like hand in glove.
Doomsday Clock Puts Us Closer Than Ever To 'Global Disaster,' UChicago Scientists Say
HYDE PARK — The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest in history the clock has ever been to midnight. That’s four seconds closer to midnight than the clock was set in 2025. The Bulletin, founded by Manhattan Project scientists in 1945 and housed in the Keller Center on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, alerts humanity to the danger of nuclear catastrophe.
It's A 'New Era' For The Chicago Reader As Iconic Alt Weekly Shifts To Monthly Magazine
CHICAGO — After a brief hiatus in December, the Chicago Reader is finally resuming print publication this week. The alt-weekly, which has struggled in recent years amid funding gaps and changes in administration, has spent the past few months under the ownership of Seattle-based media company Noisy Creek. Now, after a few months of online-only publication, the paper returns to print — as a monthly magazine.
School Spinoff "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" Boldly Goes Through Growing Pains
"Star Trek" has always touted its desire to explore strange new worlds; what "Starfleet Academy" supposes is, what if college is the strangest world of all? Glib as that may sound, it's the premise behind Paramount+'s latest (and potentially last, unless more shows get greenlit) bid to keep the final frontier flowing.
Hulu's A Thousand Blows Season 2 Punches Even Harder: Review
Between "Peaky Blinders," "A House of Guinness," and now Hulu's "A Thousand Blows," creator Steven Knight seems to have the market cornered on gritty, grimy tales of the dark side of the United Kingdom at the turn of the century.
Cute Chaos: Penny Lane on "Happy And You Know It"
Whether you have kids or have been around kids at all throughout your life, chances are you both know about children's music and you have a very strong opinion on it and the sickly-sweet artists who create it. But documentarian Penny Lane is counting on that, just as she has with so many of her prior works.
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