Riot Fest 2021: Friday in Review
Riot Fest Friday attendees experienced an epic display of scorching sun, dramatic lightning, and rain shower to close the night. Entering the gates around 1 p.m. I noticed that the crowds […]
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: Day 3 in Review
Another perfect day, another reason for Pitchfork to truly consider moving the festival to September (I will not let this go). Pitchfork Music Festival ended it’s three day run at […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: Day 2 in Review
Day two of Pitchfork Music Festival started off as a slightly warm day before turning refreshingly cool by late afternoon. The genuinely pleasant day with a stellar lineup had pretty […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: Day 1 in Review
Pitchfork Music Festival is finally back! After one year away due to the pandemic, the indie focused festival has made its return to Union Park. The weather was utterly perfect, […]
Who We’re Excited to See at Pitchfork Music Festival 2021!
It may be coming a little later than usual this year, but we’re massively excited for Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend! As always, PMF is bringing some of the best […]
Preview: Chicago’s Documentary Film Festival DOC10 Returns with a Weekend of Must-See Non-Fiction Films
After taking a year off due to the pandemic, Chicago’s premier documentary film festival, Doc10 (June 17-20), kicks off with one of the year’s most musically joyous offerings, Ahmir “Questlove” […]
Dispatch: Award Winners and A Few More Films as Sundance Film Festival Wraps
The Sundance Film Festival wrapped last week, and even though it was entirely virtual this year, it turns out it still takes just as long to recover from long days […]
Dispatch: Four Days In, Premieres at Sundance Film Festival Remain (Mostly) Strong
Sundance Film Festival’s slate of films was drastically pared down for this year’s virtual iteration, but it still feels like there’s no shortage of great films to discover on any […]
Dispatch: A Saturday Filled with Films at Day 3 of Sundance Film Festival
By this point in most film festivals, there’s typically been a lot of take-out food, very little sleep and more movies in a single day than some people see in […]
Dispatch: A Second Day of Films at Sundance Brings Hits…and One Big Miss
When you’ve got two film critics with nothing to do but watch films from home during the Sundance Film Festival, daily dispatches turn into hefty reading material. On the second […]
Dispatch: Highlights from Day One at a Virtual Sundance Film Festival
The winter storm that blew through Chicago this week might not have been welcomed by some, but for those of us used to heading to the snowy mountains each January […]
2020 in Review: What We Liked in Music
Much like everything else in 2020, music was a little weird. Amazing albums came out bereft of the typical touring cycle and songs got lost under the weight of COVID […]