Review: Jupiter String Quartet is Masterful at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

  The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]

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Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Day One—An Anticipated Adaptation and Gibney’s Latest Documentary

Hello, everyone. As is tradition in my life, I’m attending the Sundance Film Festival once again, and I’m on deck to see close to 30 movies in the week that […]

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Review: Colorful, Crazy Cult Classic Katamari Damacy Reroll Returns

The Nintendo Switch has increasingly been home to some unforgettable games from the past. Whether that’s with things like Nintendo’s Nintendo Entertainment System on Nintendo Switch Online or with the […]

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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Is An Odd Duck, But a Good Duck

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the third game in the No More Heroes series of action-adventure hack-and-slash  games, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and headed by Goichi “Suda 51” […]

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On Her Shoulders

Review: A Young Woman Rises to the Occasion in Powerful On Her Shoulders

Following an attack by the Taliban while on her way to school, Malala Yousafzai became a global advocate for peace, equality and education. Her name is known around the world, thanks […]

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Being Frank

Review: Being Frank Gives a Misunderstood, Under-Appreciated Genius His Due

Although the feature film Frank was only loosely based on a damaged musician who still managed to function with his band enough to make freaky, trippy music, the real life Frank […]

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Silicone Soul

Review: Compassion for Companionship in Silicone Soul

To make a film that examines people who have turned silicone companionship into an actual loving relationship seems almost too easy as a way to mock and belittle those who […]

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Kid Who Would Be King

Review: Fun for Everyone in Spirited, Adventurous The Kid Who Would Be King

It’s almost impossible to believe that it’s been eight years since writer/director Joe Cornish gave us the thrilling sci-fi action work Attack the Block, which was as much about alien dogs […]

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Serenity

Review: Serenity Serves Up Too Much Style and Not Enough Substance

This one might literally be too difficult to dissect even a bit without running the risk is confusing you or unintentionally ruining something. The truth is, I can hear the […]

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30th Annual RhinoFest Brings 41 Fringe Productions: Our Capsule Reviews

The Rhinoceros Theatre Festival, created for the 30th year by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, is presenting a full schedule of 41 plays in a six-week performance marathon in […]

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Review: Battlefield Gothic: Armada II Offers Satisfying Capital Ship Combat

  In the grim darkness that is the future of Warhammer 40,000, perpetual war is the way of life through the cosmos. The Imperium of Man fights an endless war […]

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Lit,

Review: Hamilton Is the Star in Tribune Critic Chris Jones’ Broadway Book Rise Up!

The Capitol building in Washington DC is sometimes referred to as the People’s House, a great gathering place where the exchange of ideas (some new, some radical, some contradictory) is […]

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