Gallery: Friday at Fan Expo Chicago 2022
Day Two is already in the books for the everything old is new again Wizard World turned Fan Expo. So far, as we’ve explored the floor we’ve seen that it’s […]
Gallery: Thursday at Fan Expo Chicago 2022
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. […]
Dialogs: Female Rock Talk with Kim Gordon, Laurie Anderson, Sinead Gleeson at Chicago Humanities Festival
The Music Box Theatre hosted music royalty as part of the spring Chicago Humanities Festival: Sonic Youth’s frontwoman Kim Gordon, her co-author, music journalist Sinead Gleeson, along with feminist electronica pioneer Laurie […]
Review: French Filmmaker Céline Sciamma Returns with Petite Maman, a Moving Portrait of Motherhood and Grief
French filmmaker Celine Sciamma had her work cut out for her in following up her own masterpiece; 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire was one of the most sensual, romantic […]
Review: A Contemporary Tom Clancy Adaptation, Without Remorse Excels with Straightforward and Satisfying Action
Because my maternal grandfather was in the Navy during World War II, he was naturally drawn to the early novels of the late Tom Clancy, whose spy thrillers are often […]
Dialogs: Young Activists Discuss Grief, Action, Hope, Radical Love in CHF Panel
Four Chicagoans—and one cute and persistent dog—joined together in the Chicago Humanities Festival panel “Youth Leading Change” to discuss grief, collective action, hope, and radical love. The panel began in […]
Review: Flashes of Wry: Fast Funny Women, edited by Gina Barreca
Note: Gina Barreca, the editor of Fast Funny Women, and Chicagoan Nicole Hollander will read from the collection of 75 essays of flash nonfiction in a Zoom event at 7 […]
Review: Body Brokers Tracks a Revolving Door of Addicts, Treatment Centers and the Scheme to Profit Off Both
The latest from writer/director John Swab (Run with the Hunted), Body Brokers opens with a statement about the Affordable Care Act made in the law that health insurance companies must […]
Review: A Madcap Noël Coward Play Gets a Problematic, Loveless Adaptation in Latest Blithe Spirit
Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit, I’ve always counted it as one of my favorite early […]
Review: The White Tiger Loses Some of its Bite in Adaptation From Novel to Screen
Based on the novel of the same name by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (directed by Ramin Bahrani, who adapted the script with Adiga) is a dark and cynical send-up […]
Review: The Busiest Man in Action Movies, Liam Neeson Returns in Serviceable Border Story The Marksman
Few actors have had as many of their films come out during the last year or so as Liam Neeson. I’m guessing if there hadn’t been a pandemic, films like […]
Preview: Music Institute of Chicago to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Music Institute of Chicago will be streaming free events this weekend to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the following Sunday the MIC will be […]