
Review: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Sends a Loud, Clear and Essential Message with Remarkable No Bears
The plight of Irani-born writer/director/producer Jafar Panahi (Taxi, The Circle, Three Faces) has become known around the globe: he hasโฆ
The plight of Irani-born writer/director/producer Jafar Panahi (Taxi, The Circle, Three Faces) has become known around the globe: he hasโฆ
Part biopic, part history lesson, part English class, the documentary Turn Every Page explores the 50-year professional relationship and friendshipโฆ
I think COVID created a whole new audience of video gamers who want to play games that are peaceful andโฆ
This yearโs been off to a great start with plenty of events rolling in! So letโs keep that going withโฆ
At one point in Mary Nighyโs assured feature film directing debut Alice, Darling, Anna Kendrickโs distraught and defeated titular characterโฆ
In 2018, writer Sev Ohanian and writer/director Aneesh Chaganty released a unique and tension-filled missing-person mystery calling Searching that featuresโฆ
One of Shakespeareโs most-popular romantic comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, comes thrillingly to life on the Milwaukee Repertory Theaterโs largestโฆ
Iโve been playing a lot of retro games lately, so when a game thatโs โretro-inspiredโ comes across my desk toโฆ
The Chicago Philharmonic mirrored the kaleidoscope of Chicago diversity of their performance of several works, including two concertos by composerโฆ
Listening to Dry Cleaning feels like having the perfect background-noise playlist on; the music and lyrics mimic conversations that weโฆ
Princess Ivona inspires Trap Door Theatre to show us what it does best: Take a clever script and turn itโฆ
Inย Saint Omer,ย filmmaker Alice Diop applies her documentary skills to her first narrative film, based on an actual event that grippedโฆ
From the opening titles of The Seven Faces of Jane: โIn the summer of 2021, eight filmmakers were invited toโฆ
Thereโs a fine line between ridiculous and stupid, and many of Gerard Butlerโs movies dance along that line, often trippingโฆ
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the largest of its kind in North America, begins next Wednesday, January 18,โฆ
Matt Muse, the Chicago/LA-based rapper and poet is keeping his game on point. Heโs been releasing singles consistently over thatโฆ
Itโs a brand new year! Letโs kick off the second full weekend of 2023 with some fun events! While theโฆ
The themes and subject matter covered in Hirokazu Kore-edaโs latest drama, a moving, gentle story of chosen family, desperate connectionโฆ
Admittedly, Iโm a sucker for a Western, even if itโs a half-assed attempt at one using all the tropes thatโฆ
On paper, this film actually makes sense, even if it might not work out in the end. Actor Tom Hanksโฆ
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