Pitchfork Music Festival is back to its original mid-July dates and was met with an incredible wet welcome. The rain came in right from the get go, possibly knocking out the WIFI and delaying entry to the fest. The rain…
Festivals are back on their usual schedules, so that means we’re massively excited for Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend! As always, PMF is bringing some of the best acts going today with a nice highlight of local acts, diverse sounds…
Fan Expo Chicago on Saturday was a beautiful day. Aside from the fantastic weather, there was a healthy sized crowd of fans making their way to the Donald E Stephens convention center to celebrate their favorite fandoms. We ran into…
Contributing authors: Marielle Bokor and Antal Bokor Rolling up to Fan Expo Chicago we knew we were in for a weekend of great panels from across all fandoms, and as Friday began, we began our yearly endeavor to bring you…
Convention time has officially begun with Thursday’s kickoff to Fan Expo Chicago. Wizard World aficionados will surely see the similarities between this year and prior, but that familiarity isn’t unwelcome. Fan Expo Chicago is the con you know and love,…
Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival, Doc10, has truly established itself over the last seven years as one of the top-tier non-fiction festivals in the nation. Taking place this year primarily at the Davis Theater, May 19-22 (hopefully it will eventually…
Star Trek Mission Chicago continued at McCormick Place today, and if you’d been waiting for things to really kick off, Saturday was the day for it. The lineup of guests and panels was immense, and the weekend brought the…
Some cons sort of amp up to their main day, with a short bit of weeknight programming or a full day that’s got a lot of room to breathe. Not so for Star Trek Mission Chicago, which hit warp…
Featuring films from across the European Union, the Chicago EU Film Festival continues through March 17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center on State Street. As for films to check out over the festival’s second (and last) weekend, our critics…
This year’s Chicago European Union Film Festival continues at downtown’s Siskel Film Center through March 14, and if you’re looking for a film to see on a weeknight, our critics share two options. One might be worth your time…the other,…
Now in its 25th year, the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Chicago European Union Film Festival returns to in-person screenings March 4-17, this year with France claiming the opening night slot (with Lost Illusions, review below). The cinema on State Street…
Yes, the Sundance Film Festival ended more than two weeks ago. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t still thinking about the films we saw during this year’s all-virtual event. In fact, we’re still writing about them, too. Here, a few…
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