Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed Penguin Random House Reviewed by C.E. Archer-Helke I don’t often find a book that simultaneously transports me to the best parts […]

In the days of a life-destroying virus, it seems perverse to stage a production titled We’re Gonna Die. Yet Theatre Y bravely undertakes this work, a one-woman play by Young […]

A few years ago everyone was excited for Banished—a colony building game where you had to see a group of people create a home for themselves in harsh wilderness. The […]

She was the queen of Brooklyn although she wore no gold crown except in the public’s imagination and on t-shirts. Instead her apparel of choice was a white frilly lace […]

The practice of including a “trigger warning” in advance of sharing certain content can be seen as either a considerate editorial choice or an overly “woke” decision that coddles to […]

The last time we saw the gang from VGA Gallery, things were a lot different. It was January 2020 and we were crowding the VGA Gallery’s small space on Bloomingdale […]

For several years, writer/director Antonio Campos was part of a loose collective of filmmakers (that also included Sean Durkin, maker of this week’s The Nest, and James White director Josh […]

Generally speaking, I’m always open to a food documentary. The story of a masterful sushi chef who’s influenced a generation from his six-seat restaurant under a train station? I’m in. […]

I was somewhat leery when the synopsis for Antebellum described the first-time writing/directing team Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz as “advocacy filmmakers…best known for their pioneering advertising work engaged in […]

When we first meet Lily (Susan Sarandon), it’s during a long and seemingly painful exercise of getting up and out of bed, getting dressed, and making it down the stairs […]

If you’re playing a modern racing game, you should expect some sort of drift mechanic to come into play. In a more serious racing sim, then it might be possible […]

It’s fall and the time when Chicago theaters begin their new seasons. That’s the “old normal,” however, and nothing is normal these days. But although we can’t gather in small […]