Nick Digilio

So with Scream 7   in theaters, I thought, okay… this is the moment. Not to talk about whatever corporate committee is keeping Ghostface on life support like a horror franchise CPR dummy, but to talk about the guy. The guy who mattered. The guy who actually had a brain, a point of view, a sense of humor, and a real filmmaker’s instinct for how to scare you and also how to mess with you while he’s scaring you. Wes Craven . The real deal. The master. And yes, before anybody gets mad, I’m...

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber!] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review six new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, March 6th, 2026. 1) THE BRIDE! I really wanted The Bride!  to work. I like Maggie Gyllenhaal . I admired her first film as a director, The Lost Daughter . The cast here is phenomenal. And the idea itself, revisiting Bride of...

It’s that time again. My favorite time of the month. The second Wednesday, when I get to take over the big house at the Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park , pick a movie I love, put it on the biggest screen possible, introduce it, and watch it the way it deserves to be seen. And now, on top of all that, these screenings have become book-signing nights too, which still kind of blows my mind. So yes, you can come see the movie, you can come talk movies with me, and you can also pick up a...