Review: Windbound Sails Past a Sea of Troubles with Style and Spirit
Taking on too much all at once is usually a bad idea. That said, it doesn’t usually stop creators. This can lead to a great triumph, a catastrophe, or, in […]
Review: The Nest Impressively Observes Family Dynamics, Solitude, Ambition and Greed
With his first feature Martha Marcy May Marlene, writer/director Sean Durkin told a harrowing story about sisterhood—both blood relations and the kind you choose (in the case of that film, […]
Review: The Suicide of Rachel Foster Is a Mysterious if Mixed Bag
Editor’s note: This review contains some story spoilers. Contributing author: Mariel Bokor Sometimes, a story has all the right pieces, but still somehow manages to miss the mark. The Suicide […]
Review: Through Pete Souza’s Lens, a Unique View of the Presidency in The Way I See It
There are some who have a front-row seat to history, yet we never know their names and rarely notice them in the photos that depict such moments. And that’s for […]
Review: Spinch Is a Visual Delight
We’re huge advocates of video games as art—we cover video game art galleries, and have advocated many times for games to be recognized as the art form they are. And […]
After Brief Postponement, 36th Chicago Latino Film Festival Goes Virtual for Ten Days of Cinema from Over Two Dozen Countries
Like so many other live events, the Chicago Latino Film Festival—which typically takes place in the spring—had to rethink their program in the era of Coronavirus. With time to adjust […]
The Complete (Chicago) Beer Course: Czech Pilsner
When COVID-19 closed taprooms and cancelled festivals, I looked for ways to still engage with Chicago’s craft beer scene. I therefore decided to finally work my way through The Complete Beer […]
Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/17 and Beyond
It’s another great weekend in Chicago with plenty of things to do at home from a long list of amazing virtual plays to watching live streams of music and so […]
Review: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos Is an Unexpectedly Good Comedy RPG
For the last year or so I’ve been getting into tabletop gaming. When I first started out, I had a weird notion of what it was about—super serious people pretending […]
Review: A Somewhat Familiar Story, The Secrets We Keep Finds Tension in a Search for the Truth
The flawed but still compelling latest feature from director/co-writer Yuval Adler (The Operative, Bethlehem) takes the somewhat familiar story (at least in movies) of a former Nazi soldier found in […]
Review: Exhibition by ACLU and Weinberg/Newton Gallery Explores Voting Rights in Multiple Media
The Weinberg/Newton Gallery in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) presents an exhibition on voting rights that is particularly relevant in this presidential election year. Anthem can be […]
Review: Prequel Dungeon Crawler Vaporum: Lockdown Is a Solid Follow-Up
As I found myself getting deeper into tabletop role-playing games, I started to understand the draw behind grid-based dungeon crawlers. Those dungeon crawlers were ever-present growing up, and it wasn’t […]