Writer and director Céline Sciamma created a masterpiece with her highly anticipated French historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The film had its..
Numb. That is how some of Warden Bernadine Williams’ (Alfre Woodard) subordinates at the prison might describe her as she walks from her office to..
A Girl Missing, directed by Koji Fukada, shown at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 15, doesn’t live up to the plotline’s potential. Instead..
Content warning: this piece discusses child abuse and domestic violence Bing Liu did not want to make a personal documentary. Minding the Gap, Liu’s second..
It was the fall of 2004 and moviegoers everywhere were captivated by a murderous puppet who uttered the phrase “I want to play a game.”..
When thinking about the deep history of Chicago a few things come to mind: the Great Chicago Fire, Al Capone and his Prohibition-era bootleggers, and..
On May 2, 2017, a small but mighty group of Yale students completed production on a 70 episode web series called “Middlemarch: The Series.” The..
Happy Halloween from The Netflix Club! This month, we’ll be doubling down on our output, focusing exclusively on horror movies with a new essay every..
Welcome to The Netflix Club! Every other week, we’ll check out a noteworthy film that’s currently available to stream on Netflix. By considering how a..
