Rebecca Fons, the former Education Director of Cinema/Chicago, has a pressing question. “What changes when you’re watching a film you know you’ll never be able to see again?” To find an answer, she and local artist Jack C. Newell have…
Wicker Park may be continuing its inevitable path towards total gentrification, but some residents are trying their very best to keep eccentricity alive in the neighborhood. The latest example of this? Wormhole Coffee is helping put together a summer long Nicolas…
Pokemon Go. Remember that craze from last summer? People aimlessly walked around the city while staring into their phones in futile pursuit of a digital Bulbasaur. A girl in Wyoming found a dead body while on the hunt for a…
You may want to prepare yourself and get a blanket and freshly baked baguette ready. Summer is here and along with it, a bunch of free screenings of your favorite movies at parks throughout the city. For those who don’t know,…
Steve Harvey just can’t catch a break it seems. First, he made a bit of a fool of himself announcing the wrong winner while hosting Miss Universe a few years back. Then last month, a nasty email where he yelled “I…
Elle broke the news earlier this week that the locally based web series, “Brown Girls,” is going prime time. HBO has inked a developmental deal with the show’s creators, director Samantha Bailey and writer Fatimah Asghar, to produce an adaptation of…
After only two seasons, the latest project from Chicago-based filmmakers Lana and Lily Wachowski is over. Netflix announced yesterday they have decided to cancel “Sense8,” the LGBTQ-inclusive sci-fi thriller. “[Sense8] is everything we and the fans dreamed it would be: bold,…
When it comes to watching movies, you have plenty of options nowadays. Yeah, you can stream The Shining on Netflix and it’ll look and sound pretty good, but nothing compares to the quality of seeing your favorite film at the…
After a few days of uncertainty, we finally know the fate of this locally based courtroom drama. Deadline is reporting that NBC has decided not to renew “Chicago Justice” for a second season, making it the only thing within Dick Wolf’s…
Historically, the middle of May is when the major broadcast networks figure out what shows to bring back for the upcoming fall season and what underperforming shows to cancel. We’re still waiting on news of a few stragglers, but we’ve…
Last year, hell froze over and the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series to end a drought of 108 years. Game 7, with its palpable tension and rain delay, was extraordinarily cinematic. In all honesty, all that game really…
The highly anticipated Chicago Critics Film Festival may start tomorrow, but that’s not the only news making waves. On Tuesday, it was announced that Mimi Plauche has been promoted from Programming Director to Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival effective…
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