Film

Revolutionary Road serves up a platter of powerhouse performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio — so why the Oscar snub? Jamie Newell suspects the film is just too smart for the Academy. 

Introducing a new column, Collin takes a trip back to his undergrad days, when he learned to look beyond labels to see the not-exactly-art within.

Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe for her performance in Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, but does the film match her brilliance? Suzanne Lewandowski gives us her take.

Several years ago, I had the opportunity to go to Australia. Lest you think that this was a sexy vacay with a special someone or even a fun trip with friends, let me clarify — …

“These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene 6). The public’s consumption of Twilight has …

Tickets are still available to see actor Bruce Campbell live screening his new film, My Name is Bruce at the Avon Theater in Decatur, Ill., on Dec. 1. You know Bruce. As a cult and …

This is our submission to the University of Illinois’ 49-Hour Film Competition from last weekend in which we had 49 hours to make a five-minute movie incorporating balloons, an extreme close-up and the line, “It …

About four years ago, Michael Moore crafted another addition to his filmmaking collection to little response. The film was called Captain Mike Across America, which premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007. The …

The atmosphere in the Savoy Theater before I viewed W. could be likened to that of the Colosseum during the Roman empire, clamoring with an audience that seemed more than a little eager for the …