Film Critics

The Kansas City Underground Film Festival kicks off this week, offering an opportunity for movies produced locally and around the world to be screened in front of a Kansas City audience. "[We] really love independent, low-budget movies, especially ones that really highlight ingenuity and inventiveness," said co-founder Willy Evans.

The box office double-punch of "Barbenheimer" isn't the only thing worth talking about in movie industry. Two Kansas City movie critics discuss what's worth watching at home and in theaters. Plus, when viewers might feel the effects of the Hollywood strikes.

Our film critics share their favorite holiday movies that, even years later, still uphold the spirit of the season.

More people might be looking for a good film or series to watch as the weather begins to cool. Up To Date invited two movie critics to share suggestions of box office hits and movies and series worth streaming from home.

As the weather gets colder, it's a great time to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and watch a movie.

The funnyman on how he made it from Tipton, Missouri, to Hollywood, and some of the best pop-up and ghost kitchens in the metro.

A look at LGBTQ activism in Kansas City in the 1960s. Plus, with a Kansas City indie movie getting recognition in film festivals, the Film Critics update the pandemic status of festivals.

Film festivals mean a lot to independent filmmakers and to the cities and towns that host them.

2021 Academy Awards ceremony will have greater diversity than in the past.

A new survey reveals one impact the pandemic has had on Midwest artists. Plus, a look at the challenges and opportunities COVID-19 has provided the film industry.

CNN political commentator Bakari talks about race, Trump and the January 6 insurrection, and the Film Critics look at contenders for the movie industry's top prizes.

Shawnee Mission School District nurses have been tasked with contact tracing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and a new documentary follows the lives of four Johnson County, Kansas, transgender children and their families.