Review: Residual Is a Survival Game That Takes a Few Too Many Missteps

At first glance, Residual looks a little like Starbound—and that’s not too far off. Residual is a sidescrolling survival game. Your ship has crash landed on a procedurally generated world, […]

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Come to Chicago’s Cabaret: Past and Present

When most people hear the word “cabaret” they likely think of Berlin and the Weimar republic and, of course, the theatrical musical and film Cabaret. But Chicago also has a […]

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Review: Dice Legacy Is an Occasionally Fun, Somewhat Unwieldy Experiment

I’m always extolling the virtues of video games, especially when they take risks or even blend genres. Dice Legacy takes a few genres that you’re probably familiar with, smashes them […]

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The Card Counter

Review: Oscar Isaac Plays a Complicated, Compelling Game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter

William Tell (Oscar Isaac), the central character of writer/director Paul Schrader’s latest work, The Card Counter, may seem more pulled together and in control of his actions than many of […]

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Martyr's Lane

Review: Powerfully Intimate Martyrs Lane is Anchored by Two Extraordinary Performances by Young Actors

Featuring two of the most captivating child performances I’ve seen this year, this British horror offering, Martyrs Lane, from actor-turned-writer/director Ruth Platt (The Black Forest), centers on 10-year-old Leah (Kiera […]

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Blood Brothers

Review: Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali Explores the Bond Between Two Influential, Controversial Figures

It’s something of a companion piece to Regina King’s 2020 directing debut One Night in Miami (although I’ve gone back and forth on which you should watch first)—or perhaps the […]

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TCR Mixtape No. 41: Pitchfork Music Festival 2021

It’s two years since we’ve been able to put together a Pitchfork Music Festival playlist! And quite honestly, 2019 feels way further away that it truly is. But thankfully the festival […]

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Review—Jane of Battery Park Escapes Evangelicalism and Finds Love

Jane of Battery Park By Jaye Viner Red Hen Press Jane, a nurse who escaped an ultra-conservative evangelical upbringing to live in hiding in LA, runs into her college crush […]

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Preview: Fall Beckons and Chicago Gets Its Circus On (with Two Tours—CirqueUs and Midnight Circus)

“High-flying, knot-tying, gravity-defying aerialists, loopy jugglers, musicians that pull at your heartstrings, and comedy that will leave you in stitches!”  It happens every summer now for the past few years […]

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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 […]

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Preview: Music Lives Here Pays Tribute to Chicago’s Legendary Music History by Marking 50 Historic Sites

Chicago now has a set of historical landmark markers arrayed all over the city that pay tribute to the spaces, places and people in the grand history of music in […]

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Anna U Davis, Shark-cuteri

Review: A Dynamic View of Social Justice Issues at the Swedish American Museum

In the latest exhibition, Reality Check, at the Swedish American Museum, Anna U Davis explores the concept of diffusion of responsibility and how it relates directly to social justice issues […]

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