Josephine Lohoar Self’s stop-motion animated “The Fabric of You” tells the story of a grieving tailor who has lost what may have been the love of his life. Michael (voiced by Damien Molony) works alone in a little shop where “everyone always wants the same thing.” When Michael (voiced by Iain Glen) enters the store,…

The “Star Wars” universe expands even further today to include “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” a spin-off of sorts of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the hit animated series that started life on the Cartoon Network in 2008 before ending on Disney+ last year. Created by “Star Wars” kingpin Dave Filoni—one of the men behind “The…

A Chicago production that’s on Amazon Prime this week after a brief festival run and limited release back in February, “100 Days to Live” gets over some sketchy writing through sheer momentum and the power of a charismatic performance from its leading lady. Potential viewers should be warned that suicide is a main theme of…

I once asked the great British filmmaker John Boorman if he still believed that “the occult and the cinema are natural companions,” as he once told the indispensable French film critic and historian Michel Ciment. Boorman (“Deliverance,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic”) didn’t hesitate to correct himself: instead of “occult,” he should have said “magic.” “I…

Remix culture found new life during the pandemic as creators looked for ways to express themselves while quarantining at home. Enter Jeff Baena, whose new show “Cinema Toast” on Showtime remixes public domain film footage into all-new stories using overdub voice casting and new edits. Each of the ten episodes have different directors including indie…

A lot of people remember when it became clear to them what exactly cinema is, and for me, it was watching “Elephant” at around the age of 15. The silence, the longueurs, the fumbling sexuality, the palpable, tactile sense of the end of life, the realness of it. The kids in his movie pulled the trigger…