Winter Museum Update March 2021
Welcome to 2020 Continued, Chicago! Or at least that’s what 2021 has been seeming like. But while 2021 has had its moments of darkness already, things are at least attempting an upturn, […]
Review: Undermine Is Worth the Time Commitment it Demands
I’ve been playing Undermine a lot. It’s a fun game, and one I really committed myself to in ways I often don’t when I’m reviewing a game. With Undermine, it’s been a […]
Review: As Scary Movies in Old Farmhouses Go, Honeydew Doesn’t Cover Any New Ground
At this point, the hillbilly-in-the-woods horror sub-genre has become less about which films can be the most violent and shocking and more about production designers outdoing themselves when it comes to making […]
Review: Knight Squad 2 Is Party Game Goodness
I didn’t get to the original Knight Squad until about last year or so when it released for the Nintendo Switch. I thought, back then, that the party game was fun but […]
It Takes Two Is a Fantastic Adventure for Couples
Simply put, It Takes Two is the best cooperative video game I’ve ever played. That may sound like hyperbole; a grand statement that defies explanation. But the polish and attention that Hazelight […]
Review: Eric Rohmer’s Four-Film Series Charts Both the Seasons and Ever-Engrossing Interpersonal Relationships
I regret to say I have not spent the last year getting into the best shape of my life or launching a new side-hustle or doing any other monumental work some have […]
Dialogs: We Examine the Short Story with George Saunders and Four Russian Masters in CHF Event
As if to prove his versatility as a writer and creator, George Saunders’ latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, is not a work of his own creation but […]
Review: The Brutality and Vulnerability of Conscripted Service in 1980s-Set Moffie
Back when the Apartheid regime was alive and well in South Africa in the 1980s, any boy over the age of 16 was made to complete two years of military service to […]
Review: Ben Falcone’s Thunder Force Only Forces Melissa McCarthy into Tired, Unfunny Gags
Can Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone just stop working together? It’s not that their films together just aren’t very good (Superintelligence, Life of the Party, The Boss, Tammy); it’s that they’re actively, […]
Review: Teens Discover the Human Condition on a Journey to Outer Space in Sci-Fi Thriller Voyagers
On the one hand, the latest from writer/director Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist, Divergent), Voyagers, is a science fiction story that exists in a familiar scenario—the earth is soon going to become […]
Review: Oscar-Nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin Delivers Affecting, if Uneven, Political and Cultural Critiques
In many ways, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin defies categorization. Set within a very recent timeline during which Syria’s war-torn cities purged millions of refugees into Europe […]
Review: A 1970s-Set Creep-Fest, The Power Finds Scares in Shadows and Trauma
From writer/director Corinna Faith comes The Power, a mid-1970s-set creep-fest about nurse trainee Val (Rose Williams) who arrives at a dilapidated East London hospital on her first day in the midst of […]
Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 4/8 and Beyond
Things have been looking a little brighter as the vaccine rollout continues to help the new case numbers stay low (although fears of a 3rd wave haven’t been completely stifled). More venues […]
