Review: Beautiful and Poignant Kena: Bridge of Spirits Surprises With Tight Combat
Okay, so it took me a bit longer to get through Kena: Bridge of Spirits than I anticipated. I was surprised. Its first few hours were a breeze, and gave […]
Review: Chicago-Made Documentary The Road Up Highlights a Job Training Program That Builds Character
Documentary film is a unique art form, in that it aims to harness the power of another genre––narrative cinema––to convey objective truths. At its best, documentary is akin to great […]
Review: Isolation, Grief and (What Might Be) an Agent of God Create a Stylistic, Memorable Lamb
In a film I can only describe as the most A24 of all A24 movies, the Icelandic-set Lamb tells the story of an isolated sheep farm, where husband Ingvar (Hilmir […]
Review: No Time to Die Is a Fitting, if Slightly Too Long, Farewell to the Best Bond of the Franchise
I spent a long time trying to figure out how to tackle a review of a film that is less a traditional James Bond movie and more a victory lap, […]
Review: Steel Assault Is a Fun Throwback
I’ve been playing a lot of retro games lately, especially arcade brawlers and run and gun style games. There is a certain feel to classic arcade-style games that modern games […]
Review: SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium, One of The Best Handheld Fighting Game of Its Generation, Is Now on Steam
Okay, that headline might read like hyperbole, but if you have any knowledge of SNK’s arcade fighting game dominance, you might not be surprised that the NeoGeo Pocket Color, despite […]
Review: NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 Steam Edition Is a Great Retro Collection, but it’s Missing a Favorite
I think I might be in love with a retro handheld I’ve never had a chance to actually play. And that’s what’s so great about the Neo Geo Pocket Color […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/7 and Beyond
While everything seems to be open like the old days, there is still that looming presence of the Delta variant in the background threatening all we’ve done to get back […]
Interview: Australian Actor Danielle Macdonald on Becoming an Opera Fan for Falling for Figaro, Working with a Legend and Living Your Dream
At the beginning of the last decade, 30-year-old actor Danielle Macdonald packed up her belongings and moved from her native Australia to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding acting […]
Review: With the Franchise Return, V/H/S/94 Brings Back the Scares with a Few New Filmmakers in the Mix
In the early part of the 2010s, the world was treated to a trio of horror anthology films under the V/H/S banner (V/H/S, V/H/S/2, and V/H/S: Viral), which gave us […]
Review: Teen Slasher There’s Someone Inside Your House Gives Audiences a Reason to Care
Staying in the wheelhouse of horror films that focus on high schoolers, Netflix’s latest horror entry is There’s Someone Inside Your House, based on Stephanie Perkins’ New York Times best-selling […]
Preview: Lala Lala Shares “Utopia Planet” Ahead of Her Album Release Show at Thalia Hall
This Friday, Oct. 8, is a big day for Lillie West. Not only will she be releasing her latest album under her Lala Lala moniker I Want The Door To […]