The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Akira Kurosawa's classic, Ran, overtook Thunderbolts* at the box office with an impressive per theater average.

John Maclean remixes the samurai genre with dark humour, a blustery British backdrop, and a fiercely relatable teen lead to ...

As one waits, seated, for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s world-premiere production of “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies ...

Spike Lee confirmed Highest 2 Lowest will likely be his final film with Denzel Washington, closing out a legendary five-film ...

Julia Izumi’s self-absorbed solo show offers weak humor, clunky staging, and little emotional payoff beneath its quirky ...

June 6Spooky Action Theater1810 16th St., N.W.Pay-What-You-Can: May 2All other performances: $35Spookyaction.org For Lucy ...

Kristen Stewart's directing debut got the cold shoulder while Mubi, the distributor behind 'The Substance,' ponied up for ...

Helmer Spike Lee's forthcoming film Highest 2 Lowest starring Denzel Washington, tops all the rest of the rankings within the ...

Netflix will pay Denzel Washington $35 million to star in 'Here Comes the Flood,' matching the paycheck for Spike Lee’s 'Highest 2 Lowest.' ...

The presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or took Denzel Washington by surprise at Cannes, where he and Spike Lee unveiled their latest collaboration, the thriller ‘Highest 2 ...

The reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s masterful 1963 police procedural about an abduction and ransom plot also stars ...