Art on the Street: Get Over to Halsted for Hello, Helios, an Homage to the Sun in Greektown

Chicago is known for its public art and you usually find it in high-traffic areas like Michigan Avenue or on Loop office building plazas. But this summer, we suggest you […]

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Truman and Tennessee

Review: Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation Parallels the Lives and Work of Two American Literary Icons

Though 13 years apart in age, mid-century American writers Truman Capote and (the elder) Tennessee Williams were longtime contemporaries, often friends and sometimes rivals. Both gay men in the midst […]

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I Carry You With Me

Review: I Carry You With Me Charts a Decades-Long Love Story in Dreamy Jewel Tones

Filmmaker Heidi Ewing is best known as one half of Loki Films; with her co-director Rachel Grady, the two have helmed some of the most interesting and human-centered documentaries of […]

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Summer of Soul

Review: A Celebration of Music, Culture and Black Joy in Summer of Soul

Editor’s Note: this review was first posted as part of Third Coast Review’s Sundance Film Festival coverage. Starting my 2021 Sundance Film Festival off exactly how I needed to: with […]

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Fear Street 1994

Review: Part 1 of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street Film Adaptations Brings Scares, but Not Much New in the Teen Horror Genre

Based on the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine (although not a direct adaptation of any one of them) and adapted by first-time feature directors Leigh Janiak and Phil Graziadei, […]

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The Forever Purge

Review: The Forever Purge Concludes a Brutal Series on a Relevant, Prescient and Terrifying Note

The fifth and supposedly final Purge movie, The Forever Purge begins not with the annual, 12-hour violent crime spree that is the focal point of this series but with a […]

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The Tomorrow War

Review: A Time-Traveling, Alien Invasion Action Flick, The Tomorrow War Is Good for an Evening In with the Sound Up

The Tomorrow War is the latest sci-fi action film in which the time-travel math doesn’t quite add up (which didn’t keep me from enjoying the film, I’m just saying). Chris Pratt […]

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Review: Dodge Prodigious Purple Projectiles in Arcade Classic Mushihimesama

There are some games that can be described as, or describe themselves as “bullet hell” but I haven’t played a game that matched that description quite as much as Mushihimesama, […]

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The Complete (Chicago) Beer Course: Hefeweizen

When COVID-19 closed taprooms and cancelled festivals, I looked for ways to still engage with Chicago’s craft beer scene. I therefore decided to finally work my way through The Complete Beer […]

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Preview: Red, White and Blue Return for the Grant Park Music Festival

The Grant Park Music Festival opens its 2021 season with flag-waving flair at 6:30 tonight, with the first of two presentations of its long-popular Independence Day Salute. The second concert […]

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America Motion Picture

Review: Netflix Animated Feature America: The Motion Picture Pokes Boisterous Fun at America’s Founding

It’s safe to say, I don’t believe your high school history classes taught you the version of the Revolutionary War that is presented in the animated action movie America: The […]

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Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/1 and Beyond

Chicago is currently fully reopened and a new normal is slowly coming. And since there are more and more in-person events being featured, we’re going back to our original “Chicago […]

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