Review: Redtwist Theatre’s The Normal Heart—Riveting Drama Still Beats Strong
“Who cares if a bunch of faggots die?” Larry Kramer did. And, more than 40 years ago, that’s what caused him to write that caustic question in his remarkable play […]
Review: A Shadow Bright and Burning by Black Button Eyes Productions Has Some Bright Spots in a Sorcery Story Rehash
I once attended a church that used the Harry Potter stories as a means of telling the hero’s journey in spiritual terms. The minister once came out dressed as a […]
Review: Friko Crashes Through at Their Lincoln Hall Lollapalooza Aftershow
Review by Annie Keller. As much as I hate to admit it, I sometimes catch myself longing to live in Chicago during the ’90s indie rock boom—all analog technology and […]
Review: The Olde School Shakespeare Collective Presents The Taming of the Shrew (Brat-Tamer Version)
A raucous night of theater just as the bard intended awaits audiences of the Olde School Shakespeare Collective’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Hosted at My Buddy’s bar, […]
Review: Close Your Eyes Is a Poignant Meditation on Memory, Identity and Film
Much like Terence Malick’s return to feature filmmaking after a 28-year hiatus with 1998’s The Thin Red Line, the return of celebrated Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice to our big screens […]
Review: Greedy People Is a Whodunit Where the Whole Quirky Town Is After the Truth…or At Least the Money
When we first meet small town cop Terry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he’s telling a joke so tasteless and ill-advised for the workplace that we know exactly who this guy is and […]
Review: Zoë Kravitz Directs Blink Twice, a Glossy, Creepy Thriller with a Dark Center
For reasons that don’t quite make sense even to me, the prospect of actor Zoë Kravitz directing/co-writing a film (with E.T. Feigenbaum) has filled me with excitement since I heard […]
Review: A Gender-Swapped Remake of His Own Classic, The Killer Misses the Target
As much as I tend to cringe at the idea of most film remakes, for some reason, the thought of legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (Face/Off, Broken Arrow, Hard […]
Review: Horror Creature Feature Hell Hole Unearths More Than Expected Under the Surface
From the highly entertaining and inventive horror filmmakers The Adams Family (last year’s Where The Devil Roams, and 2021’s Hellbender) comes their take on and love letter to classic sci-fi-driven […]
Review: The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat Chronicles Three Friends Over Decades and Through Years of Tribulations and Triumph
Based on the best-selling 2013 novel by Edward Kelsey Moore (adapted by Cee Marcellus, which is actually a pen name for Gina Prince-Bythewood, with revisions by director Tina Mabry), The […]
Quick Spins: Charly Bliss and Psymon Spine
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. Charly Bliss – FOREVER FOREVER by […]
Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Was All About the Vibes at Outset
“I’m not trying to get you on the first listen, at all.” This is the ethos of Ruban Nielson, frontman and principal architect of psychedelic rock outfit Unknown Mortal Orchestra. […]