Review: Antonball Deluxe Is a Retro-Inspired Hybrid Throwback
Retro is definitely an approach to take when it comes to game development. Often, retro implies pixel art and a genre popularized in yesteryear, most likely platforming. It’s rare to […]
Review: Norwegian Disaster Drama The Tunnel Is Most Gripping in Its Darkest Moments
With the city on the brink of springtime (truly, it feels so close), a wintry disaster drama from Norway opens via virtual cinemas this week that makes our very snowy, […]
Review: Original and Unpredictable, Happily Puts a Perfect Marriage, and the Two People in it, to the Test
To celebrate making his first feature, entertainment journalist-turned-filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski decided to write and direct a movie that defies categorization. Most will call Happily a dark comedy with splashes of […]
Review: Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker Star in City of Lies, The Story of Revisiting A Notorious Murder 20 Years Later
Don’t ask me why this film has been delayed since 2018, or why it’s finally coming out now, but City of Lies, the dramatized, estate-sanctioned look at the murder investigation […]
Review: Humanity Takes Center Stage in British Spy Drama The Courier
When is a spy drama not a spy drama? One answer might be: when the spy in question isn’t really a spy. Thus is the true-life story of British businessman […]
Review: Operation Varsity Blues Gives the College Admission Scandal the Documentary Treatment
From the great documentary filmmaker Chris Smith (who has given us everything from American Movie to Netflix’s FYRE: The Greatest Party that Never Happened) comes Operation Varsity Blues, a complex […]
The Plague Year: We’d Rather Not Celebrate This Anniversary
Everyone is observing this one-year anniversary of the day our world changed. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a stay-at-home order to take effect at 5pm on Saturday, March 21, 2020. […]
Review: A Pride Parade on Paper, Queer Legacies, by John D’Emilio
Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives John D’Emilio University of Chicago Press Reviewed by Carr Harkrader Who doesn’t love a parade? It wouldn’t be completely wrong to describe Queer […]
Your One Year Anniversary of #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 3/18 and Beyond
And here we are. It’s the one year anniversary of the #StaytheFHome Curated weekend. While tons of venues began closing down the weekend before our inaugural edition, this week represents […]
Review: The Truffle Hunters Sends Us Nose-First into a Dream-like World of Secrets, Scarcity and Purpose
It’s easy enough (if pricey) to pick up truffle oil at any grocery store; some neighborhood restaurants even feature truffle oil fries on their menu as a sort of “elevated” […]
Preview: Bach Week Festival 2021 and Fundraiser Set to Return Following Pandemic Hiatus
Planning continues for an abbreviated version of Evanston’s Bach Week Festival to celebrate the music of the baroque master, Johann Sebastian Bach. Last year’s event was a COVID-19 casualty. This […]
Review: Steppenwolf’s Duchess! Duchess! Duchess! Skirts Issues in Favor of Entertainment
Many Americans seem to have a British-Royals obsession that has never made sense to me. Steppenwolf Theatre’s newest online production in its Steppenwolf NOW streaming series plays on that royals […]