The plight of Irani-born writer/director/producer Jafar Panahi (Taxi, The Circle, Three Faces) has become known around the globe: he has…
Part biopic, part history lesson, part English class, the documentary Turn Every Page explores the 50-year professional relationship and friendship…
I think COVID created a whole new audience of video gamers who want to play games that are peaceful and…
This year’s been off to a great start with plenty of events rolling in! So let’s keep that going with…
At one point in Mary Nighy’s assured feature film directing debut Alice, Darling, Anna Kendrick’s distraught and defeated titular character…
In 2018, writer Sev Ohanian and writer/director Aneesh Chaganty released a unique and tension-filled missing-person mystery calling Searching that features…
One of Shakespeare’s most-popular romantic comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, comes thrillingly to life on the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s largest…
I’ve been playing a lot of retro games lately, so when a game that’s “retro-inspired” comes across my desk to…
The Chicago Philharmonic mirrored the kaleidoscope of Chicago diversity of their performance of several works, including two concertos by composer…
Listening to Dry Cleaning feels like having the perfect background-noise playlist on; the music and lyrics mimic conversations that we…
Princess Ivona inspires Trap Door Theatre to show us what it does best: Take a clever script and turn it…
In Saint Omer, filmmaker Alice Diop applies her documentary skills to her first narrative film, based on an actual event that gripped…
From the opening titles of The Seven Faces of Jane: “In the summer of 2021, eight filmmakers were invited to…
There’s a fine line between ridiculous and stupid, and many of Gerard Butler’s movies dance along that line, often tripping…
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the largest of its kind in North America, begins next Wednesday, January 18,…
Matt Muse, the Chicago/LA-based rapper and poet is keeping his game on point. He’s been releasing singles consistently over that…
It’s a brand new year! Let’s kick off the second full weekend of 2023 with some fun events! While the…
The themes and subject matter covered in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest drama, a moving, gentle story of chosen family, desperate connection…
Admittedly, I’m a sucker for a Western, even if it’s a half-assed attempt at one using all the tropes that…
On paper, this film actually makes sense, even if it might not work out in the end. Actor Tom Hanks…
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