There are two types of people in this world: those who associate Lisa Ann Walter with Chessy from the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, the most beloved pop culture […]
The exhibition City in a Garden: Art and Activism in Chicago is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA). The show is an archive, a meditation, […]
Continuing the CheckOut’s Opening Festival, the Palomar Ensemble performed an interesting program before a nearly full audience on Wednesday evening. Founded by Access Contemporary Music, the CheckOut is a new […]
Based on the wildly popular Netflix series created by some of the creators of Blue’s Clues back in 2021, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie is an extension of the show that […]
In any other action movie, the emphasis on a revolutionary would be on his/her glory days of radical acts, like blowing up buildings, freeing political prisoners, etc. But in writer/director […]
Lawrence Fish Market has been operating in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood for over 40 years. It’s a mainstay on the west side for its take-out sushi platters, which are perfect […]
June Squibb is having a moment. At 95 years old and with an acting resume that dates back to the mid-1980s, the longtime character actor is finally becoming a leading […]
In what could easily have been an entry-level thriller set in a frigid climate, the filmmakers behind Dead of Winter did an astonishing thing and hired Emma Thompson to play […]
In something that is more of an interesting experiment than an actual event worth celebrating, director Renny Harlin and screenwriters Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freeland announced they were taking […]
Riot Fest‘s 20th year was truly something special. Day one was wonderfully weird. Day two was wild and frantic. Both days delivered on everything you could want from a festival […]
Well will you look at that! It’s the fall season in full effect as some wonderful autumnal festivities are starting to take over the events around the city. So let’s […]
Beast of War Shockingly enough, there are still a few fresh takes on the killer shark story, and the Australian film Beast of War gives us one of the stronger […]
