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In appearance, Bob Newhart, who died Thursday morning at the age of 94, looked very much like what he had been before becoming one of the most beloved comedians and comic actors of our times: an accountant. But along with a new generation of comic artists that included fellow Chicagoans Mike Nichols, Elaine May and…

In the deeply felt new drama “Crossing,” a retired Georgian teacher named Lia (Mzia Arabuli) is on a mission. Her sister passed away recently, and at her deathbed, Lia promised that she would find the sister’s estranged daughter Tekla, a trans woman who was disowned by the family. Lia’s search takes her to the home…

With “Oddity,” Damian McCarthy has crafted one of the year’s most delightfully spine-tingling horror films, a supernatural whodunit that’s equal parts EC Comics and Edgar Allan Poe in its high-speed collision of cursed curios, haunted houses, restless spirits, and murder mysteries. In theaters this Friday from IFC Films, which will then partner with Shudder for…

The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with a sly, subversive streak that set it apart from the usual family-friendly, action-comedy fare. Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman had solid chemistry, with Kristen Schaal serving as a wonderfully weird sidekick. And it came out on streaming a few months into the pandemic, so…