Michael Wilmington

There's an old cliche of movie history that really fits this year's movies: The films of 2005 -- especially the best ones -- kept shifting between the two great movie...

Who's in it: Peter Falk, Don Meredith, Blythe Danner (left), Erick Avari, Merle Kennedy, Maggie Walker, Joey Bilow, Michael Santoro What it's about: Six tales show the desperation, conflict and...

"Pulse" is a modern Japanese ghost film from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a classy horror movie that avoids the predictable mayhem and gory cliches of most American supernatural shockers to summon...

Who's in it: David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friedlander, Dick Cavett What it's about: Alcoholic casino pit boss Duane (Schwimmer) is a failed family man who bickers with his ex-wife...

The National Society of Film Critics is a 57-member group comprising critics from major newspapers and magazines across the U.S. Movies and DVD/videos in their first national release (some of...

If David Schwimmer has a real physical treasure on screen, it's that sensitive shlub mug propped atop his lanky jock's body. Schwimmer exploited his basset-hound melancholy to the max as...

I'm on vacation this week (though a vacation at home with two toddlers in diapers is stretching the definition a bit). So in my stead, Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington...

In "The Weather Man," Nicolas Cage, a great oddball movie star who sometimes takes enormous risks, has a good, risky part again. Cage plays star Chicago TV weatherman Dave Spritz,...

The Tribune's wrap-up of the Chicago International Film Festival schedule, by Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington and the movie reviewing staff, appears each day; - indicates a personal appearance by...

This year's top Chicago International Film Festival prize--the Gold Hugo for best picture--has been awarded to the Polish film "My Nikifor," director Krzysztof Krauze's portrayal of a brilliant, impoverished and...