Blessed   Blessed are the dead and the dying. Blessed, the mourn-filled good-byes to loves behind glass, behind walls.   Blessed, neighborhoods of pain, grief communities, lightning-struck homes, annunciations […]

Like all our 250-some Chicago theaters, nothing’s on stage at Steep Theatre, that fine inventive company on Berwyn that, appropriately, used to be a grocery store. It’s one of those […]

I feel like I’ve been playing a lot of turn-based tactics and strategy games lately. There’s a new, excellent X-COM out, and I’m working my way through another title under […]

2020 was hard for us even before the pandemic. Save for a working vacation that was fulfilling on a professional level and fun because I got to do it with […]

I miss baseball. I’m okay with it being gone for now, especially if it helps stave off this pandemic, but that does little to soften the sting of missing one […]

In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and in-person instruction (as well as the yawning expanse of endless […]

Sometimes the most quiet and unassuming films pack the heaviest blow when it comes to messages about how those in society who are deemed outsiders—or even undesirables—should be treasured and […]

French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch’s latest film is a clever, original romance wherein the two leads, clearly meant to be together, are too busy living their lives as neighbors who never […]

We’re all using our time in self-isolation differently. For me, it’s a lot of watching films that—until a global pandemic had me home 24/7—were blindspots in my viewing history (or […]

In many ways, the latest work from director Justin Kurzel (whose last two films, Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed were collaborations with Michael Fassbender) is an equally brutal if male-centric companion […]

Contributing author: Antal Bokor With everyone forced to stay home for threat of disease, lots of conventions are either completely canceled, or attempting to find a digital solution. LudoNarraCon already […]

The stay at home ordinance continues and the days are getting all the more hard to track. Luckily there is still plenty to do while we’re stuck at home! Whether […]