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Dialogs: Nick Hornby Talks About His Latest Novel, the Writer’s Viewpoint and Writing for Film and TV

Chicagoans may think of Nick Hornby as one of our own because of the 2000 film, High Fidelity. It’s set in a grungy record shop in Wicker Park and features […]

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Chicago’s Slow Pulp Takes You to the ‘Moveys’ on Their Long-Awaited Debut

The buzz on Slow Pulp reached me via friends before their traditional publicity push, and the snippets I heard excited me, but none of that could have prepared me for […]

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Recap: 56th Chicago International Film Festival Wraps with Final Films, Award Winners

The 56th Chicago International Film Festival officially wrapped up on Sunday, October 25 after more than a week of virtual screenings and events, not to mention a handful of in-person […]

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Preview: Horror Co-Op GTFO Is Atmospheric, Difficult

It’s spooktober, and everyone’s doing the scary thing. I’ve been having a hard time getting into the spirit of the holiday—which is too bad, because Halloween has always been my […]

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Fall Museum Guide, Part Two: More on How to Enjoy Chicago’s Museums Safely This Fall

UPDATE: Due to the sharply rising number of COVID-19 cases in Cook County, the city of Chicago is returning to Tier 3 mitigation beginning Friday, November 20th. Details of what […]

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Review: Invictus Theatre Offers Emotional Mother-Daughter Story in ‘night, Mother

It’s far more than a beautifully written mother-daughter conversation. Over the course of an evening at home, a young woman explains to her mother the list of things she will […]

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Review: Point and Click Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure Comes to Switch

When I was a kid, if I wasn’t playing some sort of first-person shooter, I was playing point and click adventure games.  These games, at the time, were some of […]

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Preview: Dwarf Management Game Hammerting Wants You to Dive Deep

“The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep” is a line that’s always stood out to me from The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. That single line […]

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Review: Noita Is Dynamic, Explosive, Perfect

When I was a kid and games started to feature more destructible objects and terrain, I dreamt of a game with fully reactive environments. I wanted a game where fire […]

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Preview: History Museum to Celebrate Halloween With “Lovecraft Chicago: History, Horrors & Afrofutures”

“Lovecraft Chicago: History, Horror & Afrofutures” is the theme of Chicago History Museum’s Halloween celebration on Saturday, October 31. Virtual tours and events will focus on the HBO series, “Lovecraft […]

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Review: The Signifier Has You Step Into Memories to Solve a Mystery

I love a good mystery—I think most people do. But the idea of going into a dead (or dying) person’s thoughts or memories has always made me feel uncomfortable. Memories […]

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Review: Goodman Theatre Reprises Death of a Salesman,  a Shattering Theatrical Experience–Thru 10/25

You may have seen Arthur Miller’s midcentury masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, many times. You may have seen some of the great versions. But even if you saw the 1998 […]

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