Men Movies and Shakers May 18, 2022 Alex Garland creates a well-shot, poorly constructed, tense and grotesquely frightening film with searing sounds and visuals hard to forget.…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Men”

DOC10 Chicago – May 19 – May 22 Movies and Shakers May 18, 2022 THE JANES – Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes Chicago 1968. Abortion is illegal; women…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: DOC10 Chicago – May 19 – May 22”

Chicago Critics Film Festival May 13th – May 19th – 2022 Movies and Shakers May 12, 2022 The Chicago Critics Film Festival consists of films hand-picked by…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Chicago Critics Film Festival May 13th – May 19th – 2022”

Shining Girls Movies and Shakers May 10, 2022 Elisabeth Moss excels in playing tense, mysterious and intentionally confusing characters and this is no exception. Jamie Bell adds…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Shining Girls”

Candy Movies and Shakers May 6, 2022 How could someone as sweet as Candy be suspected of murder? Jessica Biel shows great range as the friendliest neighbor…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Candy”

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Movies and Shakers May 4, 2022 Like the multiverse, you’re dropped into an imaginative but jumbled timeline. The story as…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”

Tomorrow’s Hope – The Documentary focusing on Educare, the organization, still active today, that teachers formed to educate and inspire young children living in Chicago’s crime ridden…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Tomorrow’s Hope – The Documentary focusing on Educare, the organization, still active today, that teachers formed to educate and inspire young children living in Chicago’s crime ridden South Side housing project in the 1970’s.”

The Offer Movies and Shakers May 2, 2022 This star-packed series about this star-packed 1972 classic, The Godfather drew us in with the first episode, but falters.…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: The Offer”

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Movies and Shakers April 22, 2022 It takes a special kind of actor who’s willing to play a fictionalized parody of…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

The Northman Movies and Shakers April 18, 2022 This is a ghastly, grisly, ultra violent film that is hard to watch, but also hard to look away…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: The Northman”