"Community" was the TV show that made Gillian Jacobs famous and a number of projects followed, including the Netflix series "Love." Next she stars in the forthcoming adaptation of R.L. Stine's "Fear Street" book series. But first, you can see her in the indie comedy "I Used to Go Here" (rentable via streaming) from Chicago writer-director Kris ...Read more

It's one of the greatest jazz documentaries ever made and perhaps the most sumptuously ever filmed.

For Bert Stern and Aram Avakian's "Jazz on a Summer's Day" does more than chronicle highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Unlike uncounted jazz films, it ignores the usual jazz cliches, refusing to portray its cast of musicians as victims...Read more

I remembered the music immediately; it's been floating in my head for 20 years. At the center of Wong Kar-wai's hypnotically beautiful film "In the Mood for Love" is an unforgettable waltz. Its tempo is slow, as if dripping with dark syrup; its melody, played by solo violin, is all plangent longing and eloquent wandering -- it wraps itself ...Read more

CHICAGO -- You can't miss Illinois native Coree Woltering -- or his Speedos -- on "World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji."

"The Speedo became a thing back in (2016) when I was in Florida for a 50-kilometer race, and I forgot my racing shorts, but I had Speedos with me," Woltering told the Tribune by phone. "I ended up winning that race, and...Read more

From the makers of the hit TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" comes ... a whole slate of new podcasts.

Untangle your ear buds and flash back to your morning commute, because Shondaland Audio and iHeartMedia are teaming up for three new original podcasts this month, with more to come in the months ahead.

In October, TV producer titan ...Read more

Actor LaKeith Stanfield has released a statement reassuring the public that he is OK after a series of Instagram videos caused many to worry about his well-being.

On Monday night, the "Get Out" and "Sorry to Bother You" star posted multiple alarming clips and captions suggesting possible self-harm. After several people expressed concern on ...Read more

A family tries to use words to fill a void in their lives in the top new DVD releases for the week of Aug. 18.

"Sometimes Always Never": Emotionally distant but idiosyncratic Alan (Bill Nighy) embarks on an awkward long car ride with his son Peter (Sam Riley). It's clear Peter's dreading the trip, as Alan taps away on a game on his phone. When ...Read more

An unaired episode of ABC's "black-ish" featuring a reference to President Trump as America's "shady king," NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem and numerous other hot-button political issues, which was pulled by the network in 2018, is now streaming on Hulu, series creator Kenya Barris announced on Twitter on Monday.

The ...Read more

Even in the best of times, August has long had a reputation for being Hollywood's dumping ground for middling movies.

The late-summer box office usually is dominated by a handful of big-budget franchise titles released earlier in the season. But since the coronavirus pandemic shut down theaters in mid-March, the rule book has been thrown out ...Read more

This week, the most popular movie on the film social networking site Letterboxd is a 57-minute horror film called "Host," available to stream on the horror-specific streaming service Shudder (take it for a spin with a weeklong free trial). "Host," directed by British filmmaker Rob Savage, takes place entirely on Zoom, the video-conferencing ...Read more

As Wynonna Earp, Melanie Scrofano has faced demons, family drama, complicated romantic entanglements and even a mysterious being in the Garden of Eden.

Sunday's episode of "Wynonna Earp" saw Scrofano tackle a new challenge, this one behind the camera: Season 4's "Look at Them Beans" was the first time the Syfy series' star has served as the ...Read more

Celebrity chef and talk-show host Rachael Ray is safe after a fire broke out Sunday in her upstate New York home.

The "30 Minute Meals" maven thanked first responders on Monday "for being kind and gracious and saving what they could of our home."

"Grateful that my mom, my husband, my dog ... we're all okay. These are the days we all have to be...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

AUGUST

11: Archive

11: Are You Afraid of the Dark?

11: G-LOC

11: Gold Digger, Season 1

11: How to Build a Girl

11: I Am Vengeance: Retaliation

11: Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

11: NCIS: New Orleans: The Sixth Season

11: The Blacklist –...Read more

Between the musical moments of Beyonce's "Black Is King" are snippets of spoken word, one of which was written and performed by Joshua Abah.

"When it's all said and done, I don't even know my own native tongue," he said in the piece, which went viral in 2013. "And if I can't speak myself, I can't think myself. And if I can't think myself, I can...Read more

"THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL": Steffy confides to her doctor that she's in agonizing pain. Flo tells an anxious Sally that Wyatt will decide her fate. Steffy regains consciousness only to realize how severely she's been injured. Sally passes out after unveiling her true intentions and feelings to Wyatt. Thomas returns home and learns that Steffy ...Read more