Like the film it parodies, Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw is not for the faint of heart. Playing at The Den Theatre, Saw the Musical is coming […]

Anna Castellani, founder of Local Culture Management, is known for seeing what a city has to offer, seeing what the city needs, and creating spaces that enhance and reflect the […]

Chicago’s largest and longest-running horror convention, Flashback Weekend, is throwing the spotlight on four legendary horror directors and three massive cast reunions for its 2024 outing, August 2-4 at the […]

Examining both the dehumanizing experience of being in prison and the healing power of the creative arts, writer/director Greg Kwedar’s deeply moving drama Sing Sing is based on the real-life […]

This article was written by Tory Crowley. Watching The Bohemian is like entering another world. In a sense, we are entering the world of real-life Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, who […]

Celebrating its 10th annual event, Chicago’s Lincoln Park hosted the 2024 Dîner en Blanc last week, a summertime tradition celebrating the city, gastronomy, community and the crisp look of all […]

Based on the 2019 book by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is a horror story that will unnerve and confuse viewers, leaving them to unravel the film’s threads late into […]

It took J.R.R. Tolkien three books, 62 chapters and more than a half-million words to tell his legendary story of Frodo Baggins and the quest to save Middle Earth. Adapted […]

This article was written by Nick Glover. A sensual Quebecois romance, The Nature of Love is full of comments on high society, snobbery and love. The two leads are complex […]

This article was written by Nick Glover. Director Chris Skotchdopole’s feature debut Crumb Catcher shows promise but ultimately lacks the substance it needs to make it successful. With enough technical […]

This essay was written by Anthony Miglieri. The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer set off a literal countdown to shave away the moments until the film arrived in […]

When I read the plot synopsis for the new film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, How to Make an American Quilt), my first thought was “Who does Diane Keaton play […]