The Witches

Review: Over-Acted and Over-Produced, Remake of Roald Dahl’s The Witches Fails to Capture Any Magic

The first thing you notice about the new, Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel The Witches is that the focus is on the children, who are very […]

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Review: Disruption, Hilarity and Even a Little Tenderness at the Expense of the Unsuspecting in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

In the lead-up to receiving an early look at Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the followup to the 2006 comedy Borat, the notes from publicists insisted that we keep certain aspects of […]

Steve Prokopy /

Review: Invasion from Mars, A War of the Worlds Radio Play by Theatre in the Dark—Memories of 1938

The Chicago company Theatre in the Dark is offering a new adaptation of H. G. Wells’ classic 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds, as a live 90-minute virtual audio […]

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Lit,

Dialogs: 2020 CHF Panel—A Scholarly Conversation on Author Elena Ferrante’s Transnational Appeal

The Chicago Humanities Festival recently hosted a conversation among Katherine Hill, Merve Emre, and translator Ann Goldstein, all scholars of elusive Italian novelist Elena Ferrante. The discussion is available to […]

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Preview: Per Aspera Aims to Put Players Among the Stars

I would be shocked if since humanity’s first moments space hasn’t awed each of us at least once. Even the most serious-minded individuals, necks craned toward a night sky must […]

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Springsteen Letter To You

Review: The Boss Explores Mortality, Reflects on a Long Career in Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You

In the first 10 years or so of Bruce Springsteen’s recording career, a common criticism about his albums is that he had a tendency to underplay and over-sing, undoubtedly the […]

Steve Prokopy /
Radium Girls

Review: The Worthy True Story of Radium Girls Gets Lost In One-Dimensional Characters and Unclear Stakes

Something I’m seeing more and more of as the pandemic continues to make it impossible or unlikely for an array of new movies to open in physical theaters are films […]

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Review: Airplane Mode Doesn’t Get off the Ground

When I found out there is a game simulating a trans-Atlantic flight, I couldn’t help buy think of Desert Bus, a game off of Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors—a […]

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Lit,

Dialogs: 2020 CHF Panel Discusses Art as a Means to Social Change

Art in the Moment Reported by C.E. Archer-Helke Speaking from separate corners of Chicago, Chicago artists Bob Faust, Edra Soto, and Sadie Woods and art historian Greg Foster-Rice brought warmth, […]

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Review: Crown Trick Is Charming but Difficult

  I feel like I play more roguelikes than any other type of game. That’s okay, because roguelikes can deliver some of the most satisfying gameplay and some of the […]

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Review: Drone Swarm Never Amounts to More than a Tech Demo

When PlayStation 4 debuted almost a decade ago, one of its main features was its ability to handle particle effects. It was something I’ve seen on PC, but games like […]

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Review: Falcon Age Doesn’t Soar on Nintendo Switch

Guest author Alex Orona is a contributor to the Super GG Radio Podcast, which you can find here. Falcon Age is a first person action adventure game, originally for VR, which […]

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