Quite often during my first viewing of first-time writer-director Kogonada’s debut feature Columbus, I found myself transfixed, almost not believing that I was watching a film in which the visual emphasis was […]
Does being the child of Hollywood royalty count as an excuse to be discontented with your privileged life? This is one of the many non-problems addressed in the new Reese Witherspoon-led film […]
Whoever came up with the idea to produce a new version of Stephen King’s It (the first for the big screen) 27 years after the original television miniseries is a damn genius, […]
The following review contains spoilers. The first two seasons of Netflix’s Narcos were defined by the storyline of a single character: Pablo Escobar, as portrayed with magnetic charisma by Wagner Moura (who […]
When the PlayStation 4 was released in 2013, one of the few release titles it launched with was Knack. An action beat’em up with platforming and puzzle sections, it was meant to show off the PlayStation 4’s ability […]
It’s another great weekend in Chicago! The weather is starting to cool down and Twin Peaks: The Return has ended, but the events as always are going strong! Theater, jokes, music, street […]
City Lit Theater will celebrate Banned Books Week with Books on the Chopping Block, a series of reading from banned books at venues around the city September 23-October 1. This is the […]
Spoilers for the previous installment of Life is Strange follow: Developer DONTNOD Entertainment captured perfectly the angst, indecision and drama of teenaged life with its original five episode narrative adventure Life is […]
Studio Wildcard started developing action survival game ARK: Survival Evolved in 2014 as their debut title. Originally available on Steam through the Early Access program on June 2, 2015, it was released […]
Finally the North Coast Music Festival schedules aligned and gates opened 15 minutes before any of the performers began their sets. It doesn’t seem like much but after two day of scrambling […]
This weekend, we took a trip out to rural Harvard, Ill., where they were hosting over 20 balloons in the town’s second annual Harvard Balloon Fest. The petite hamlet of Harvard […]
There’s a particularly strange mood that accompanies the transition from summer to autumn. Life becomes paradoxically darker and heavier yet beautiful. Crisp nights come earlier and earlier along with an indescribable feeling […]