Critics' Picks
AddThe QueenRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Told in quiet scenes of proper behavior and guarded speech, The Queen is a spellbinding story of opposed passions. ... Read More
AddSlumdog MillionaireRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time. ... Read More
AddGone Baby GoneRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A superior police procedural, and something more -- a study in devious human nature. ... Read More
AddGood Night, and Good LuckRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Clooney's message is clear: Character assassination is wrong, McCarthy was a bully and a liar, and we must be vigilant when the emperor has no clothes and wraps himself in the flag. ... Read More
AddThe Girl with the Dragon TattooRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story. ... Read More
AddInceptionRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's said that Christopher Nolan spent ten years writing his screenplay for Inception. That must have involved prodigious concentration, like playing blindfold chess while walking a tight-wire. ... Read More
AddThe Hurt LockerRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Hurt Locker is a spellbinding war film by Kathryn Bigelow, a master of stories about men and women who choose to be in physical danger. ... Read More
AddUp in the AirRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Up in the Air takes the trust people once had in their jobs and pulls out the rug. It is a film for this time. ... Read More
AddInglourious BasterdsRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he's the real thing, a director of quixotic delights. ... Read More
AddThe DepartedA new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams. ... Read More
