Michael Wilmington

Adultery, that most dangerous game of America's intellectual classes, is the subject of "We Don't Live Here Anymore," a chamber drama based on two of Andre Dubus' short stories and...

Japanese horror stories--and horror movies--have a long, scary tradition, partly because Japanese cinema has often excelled in spooky atmosphere and abnormal psychology. But I wouldn't rank "Ju-on" with classics like...

"Alien vs. Predator" (PG-13) Who's in it: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner What's it about: The discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends scientists and...

"Intimate Strangers," the latest gem from France's Patrice Leconte ("The Man on the Train"), is a psychological drama that reminds us how sexy and charged with romance a simple conversation...

"Festival Express," a documentary shot in 1970, forgotten and finally edited decades later, is one of the great rock 'n' roll movies, a treasure trove of music and a wildly...

CLASSICAL BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST Grant Park chorus master Christopher Bell will lead the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, and the National Collegiate Chorale of Scotland, in William Walton's "Belshazzar's Feast," in...

Michael Mann's "Collateral"--an expertly-made thriller about an L.A. night ride with an immaculate hit man (Tom Cruise) and a smart, funky cab driver (Jamie Foxx)--is really two movies: a taut,...

ART AMERICAN JEWISH ARTISTS CLUB "Engaging With the Present: The Contribution of the American Jewish Artists Club to Modern Art in Chicago, 1928-2004," a 75th anniversary exhibition of paintings, sculpture,...

"Father and Son," the latest film from Russia's Alexander Sokurov, is a dreamlike examination of parental and filial love: the second in a "family" trilogy after his moving 1997 "Mother...

"The Manchurian Candidate," Jonathan Demme's remake of the classic 1960s cold-war thriller about a brainwashed political assassin and a rigged presidential convention, is a chilling, very smart melodrama that seems...