Michael Wilmington

Capsule reviews of movies new to DVD/videos released Tuesday (subject to change by studios): Boogeyman (star)1/2 As a there's-something-awful-in-the-closet thriller, "Boogeyman" is about as scary as a trip to the...

Who's in it: Sandor Csanyi, Zoltan Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Eszter Balla. What it's about: This romantic thriller filmed in the tunnels and trains of Budapest's subway system sets loose its...

`The Aviator' ((star)(star)(star)(star)) Martin Scorsese's flamboyant, brilliantly crafted bio-drama on Howard Hughes, visionary airplane tycoon, unbuttoned movie mogul and one of the great, wild American figures. With star Leonardo DiCaprio...

Who's in it: Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Almaric, Catherine Deneuve. What it's about: Ismael (Almaric) fouls up his relationships, finances and professional life with dizzying speed, yet ex-wife Nora still seeks...

Long, long ago, in a galaxy pretty much like this one but with older carpeting, Tribune movie critic Gene Siskel first beheld the "Star Wars" franchise. In honor of yesterday's...

Bill Murray, always a Chicagoan in his heart, has become the darling of international film festivals recently. At this year's Cannes, he's a best actor candidate for his role in...

Jim Jarmusch's latest film, "Broken Flowers"--with Bill Murray--premiered Tuesday at Cannes. The director, who owes a lot of his critical standing to his popularity overseas, was asked how he felt...

Woody Allen faced Cannes Film Festival journalists after a successful screening Thursday of "Match Point"--a non-comedy that may bring the writer-director his best reviews in years--and revealed why he shot...

Jane Fonda may have been absent from the screen for 15 years, but she hasn't lost her skills, her fine, nervous touch for comedy or her radiant movie-star looks. In...

`Hoop Dreams' ((star)(star)(star)(star)) A richly detailed, completely absorbing look at William Gates and Arthur Agee, two local inner-city high school boys, and what happens to them, their families, schools and...