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Column: The reality show ‘Stars on Mars’ is ‘Big Brother’ meets ‘The Martian’ — and a whole lot of propaganda

Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is also an avid consumer of reality TV and, in her view, "Stars on Mars" is more than just entertainment.

An appreciation: Treat Williams was a triple threat, just shy of Hollywood stardom

What-ifs are inevitable, and painful, when an actor dies suddenly. Treat Williams might’ve done so much more, given the chances and the material.

‘The Flash’ review: As DC’s running man goes in circles, Michael Keaton’s Batman periodically saves the day

The character who describes himself as “the janitor of the Justice League” runs so fast he can revisit the past. This discovery leads to his big idea.

My worst moment: Why Steppenwolf co-founder Terry Kinney doesn’t perform on stage anymore

Steppenwolf co-founder Terry Kinney began in theater, but he is strictly a TV and film actor these days. There's a reason for that.

Column: Cliffhangers in the streaming age and the death of regularity once promised by the TV schedule

What purpose does a cliffhanger serve if you don’t know when a show will return — or if it will return at all?

‘Based on a True Story’ review: My podcast host, the serial killer

Starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina, the Peacock series is a satire of the exploitative cottage industry of true crime podcasts.

Filmmaker Celine Song talks about ‘Past Lives’ and how this gem of a movie addresses conflict differently

Celine Song's "Past Lives" is about people “trying to treat each other like adults, with care and maturity. It happens all the time in life.”

Column: 5 things to love about ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ — and one to dread

Sony’s developing a live-action Miles Morales “Spider-Verse” movie since the animated "Spider-Verse" triumphs hit two-for-two. Recycling is inevitable.

‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ review: Amid the banging and Optimus Priming, a pretty zippy movie

In “Rise of the Beasts” the Autobots have been stranded on Earth for seven years and seven films. This one’s a time-traveling movie, flashing back to 1994.

‘Past Lives’ review: A delicate romantic triangle forms the year’s most gratifying film so far

“This is where I ended up,” Nora tells her husband in Celine Song's delicate wonder of a debut feature.

My worst moment: Patricia Arquette, the temporary hair dye and a sweaty audition

"It was like ‘Carrie’ but it was hair dye instead of pig’s blood," Patricia Arquette said, describing a memorably cringey audition.

New adventures in 70mm at the Music Box? Yep! And ‘Nope.’ And ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’

Next month's Music Box Theatre "Adventures in 70MM" will offer "the finest quality you can get with a projected image, in terms of light, and color, and sharpness," says technical director Julian Antos. "The depth of the image has this wonderful texture and weight to it."

Young Chicago filmmakers get a trip to Cannes Film Festival with Chaz Ebert

Isis Gullette, Unique Moore and Christal Westmoreland are CHA residents that have been studying filmmaking at DePaul's "Become a Filmmaker" program for years. This Memorial Day weekend they came back from their first Cannes Film Festival experience thanks to Chaz Ebert.

‘Joe Pickett’ Season 2 review: A rustic wasteland of murder that benefits from the long tail of ‘Yellowstone’s’ popularity

The new season of the Paramount+ series starring Michael Dornan as a Wyoming game warden is perfectly fine, a tick-above-mediocre TV viewing.

‘Burn It Down’ author Maureen Ryan has a suggestion for the Hollywood power structure. It’s right there in the title.

"Burn It Down" author Maureen Ryan: “Opportunities to paint on the big canvases and scream at the little people are not distributed equally.”

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 finale: What a long, strange, uneventful season it’s been

The Apple TV+ series starring Jason Sudeikis says goodbye after three seasons, hinting at how it might reboot without Sudeikis.

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ review: Embracing all the right comic book traditions in a dazzling sequel

It’s like reading a dozen different Spidey comic books, in between glugs of Mountain Dew and Dots.

My worst moment: William Fichtner didn’t know how to ride a horse. Then he was asked to do a horse-riding stunt.

A moving train. An open door. And a horse galloping outside with an empty saddle William Fichtner was meant to jump onto and ride away.

Column: ‘Succession’ series finale: The Roys’ desires and anxieties always outweighed critiques of their influence

Pour one out for the Roy siblings, who take their leave of the TV landscape as unhappy and misguided as they were when “Succession” premiered on HBO in 2018.

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ review: Can a marriage survive an overheard insult? Julia Louis-Dreyfus answers that in a deft new comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ unerring comic-dramatic inflections really are the best in the business. She's the linchpin of "You Hurt My Feelings."

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