Review: House Theatre’s Verböten Adds a Lot of Heart to “Three Chords and the Truth”
The old rock trope says that punk music is “three chords and the truth.” That holds true for the fact-based story about a kid punk band from Evanston in the […]
Review: Court Theatre’s The Mousetrap Proves a Timelessly Enjoyable Murder Mystery
Perhaps best known as the longest-running play ever (notching north of 28,000 performances and counting), Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been continuously on stage in London’s West End since 1952. […]
Review: Toro Y Moi Throws House of Vans An Art Show and Party
“Let’s have a party, Chicago!” From the moment people trickled into the House of Vans Warehouse upon opening, Chaz Bundick greeted fans with a smile and his charismatic presence. The […]
Review: We Believe in Dinosaurs Details the Fight Over Creationist “Ark Park” in Kentucky
We Believe in Dinosaurs is the title of the handsomely made documentary feature directed by Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross, but it’s also a statement repeated by several of […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? A Unique Chili to Remember and Savor
By George J. Tanber What! Another chili recipe? And you’re going to tell us it’s the best ever, right? It may not be the best ever in your book, but […]
Preview: System Link: Video Games as Memoir Illuminates the Impressive Intimacy of Interactive Storytelling via Video Games
Good art is about connection. Art is personal, to both its creator and observer. When we look at a painting hanging in a gallery, we see what it plainly is […]
Review: The Thrust of Once On This Island Is Gone, But the Heart, Wonder Remain
Just a few blocks north of the heart of Times Square and next door to the massive Gershwin Theatre (capacity: 1,900) is a more intimate space, an 800-seat theater built […]
Review: Without a Why, The Song of Names Lacks a Reason to Be a Film At All
The biggest problem with The Song of Names, in a film with many of them, is that it lacks a driving why behind any of the proceedings, anything to signal to […]
Review: Don’t Think, Don’t Question, Just Embrace the Weird of Color Out of Space
If all you seek out of your movie-going experiences is a freaky technicolor narrative that features Nicolas Cage going full-tilt unhinged along the way, allow me to direct you toward […]
Review: Vampire: The Masquerade–Coteries of New York is a Great Primer to the World of Darkness
Vampire: The Masquerade has been a tabletop staple for decades now. Though, when I was first introduced to the lore-rich setting of Vampire: The Masquerade it was ironically from […]
Review: Film Nerds Revel in the Connection, Nostalgia of At the Video Store
This one hit me right in the heart, probably because you have to be in a particular age bracket and love movies of every size and shape to remember the […]
Review: Citizen K Traces One Man’s Rise and Fall in Putin’s Russia
Perhaps one of his more complicated and layered profile documentaries, the latest from filmmaker Alex Gibney (an Oscar winner for Tales to the Dark Side), Citizen K explores the bizarre […]