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The title of Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark independent film “Compensation” comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1906 poem of the same name. The film follows the parallel love stories of two lovers—a deaf woman (Michelle A. Banks) and a hearing man (John Earl Jelks)—in both turn-of-the-century and modern-day Chicago. As the film crosscuts between the story of Malindy and Arthur, who …

There are problems with “A Muerte” / “Love You to Death,” Apple TV+’s new Spanish series. For one, the pilot is frustratingly slow, lacking future episodes’ heart, charm, and action. It’s all set up and done in such a perfunctory (aka boring) way that I imagine many viewers won’t get past it.  Particularly because we are entering into an emotionally …

We asked our team in Park City to pick out some of the best performances they saw out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This is in no way comprehensive as we limited ourselves to one performance per film and saw at least a dozen more we would have liked to include. While it may not have been the best …

CHAMPAIGN, IL (February 3, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the addition of three new films to this year’s festival: 40th Anniversary Screening of Susan Seidelman’s DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN starring Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, and Madonna Azazel Jacobs’ HIS THREE DAUGHTERS starring Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen Baltasar Kormákur’s TOUCH starring Egill …

Starting this month, we will highlight some of the biggest Hollywood releases launching on Netflix over the next four weeks, with links to our original reviews when available and a brief commentary. February 2025 sees Netflix adding a pair of animated hits by George Miller, a modern comedy classic, a Best Picture winner, an underrated horror gem, and two of …

With the state of Democracy a shambles and hope being sucked out of the country like helium from a balloon, I thought I’d offer a micro vision of hope, a poem about the humble beginnings of a man who would, one day, do great and terrible things, but who believed in whatever this country is. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency is a …