One of the most impressive feature debuts I’ve seen in quite some time is Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap, about three boys growing up in Rockford, Illinois, and bonding […]
There’s a moment in the footage presented in the documentary John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection in which McEnroe dives for a ball he knows he has no chance […]
Mixing genres can be a tricky thing in the movies, but in the last couple years, some of the finest exercises in horror—The Babadook, A Quiet Place, The Witch, Hereditary—have […]
The Bookshop, a bittersweet, fragile drama set in 1959 England based on the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, centers on Florence Green (the always great Emily Mortimer), a widow who has spent months […]
The Holocaust. Armenia. Cambodia. Darfur. Bosnia. Rwanda. South Sudan. Native Americans. Rohingya. Whether or not you had family or ancestors in those hellish genocides, you may find it hard to […]
We’re giving away a copy of Strange Brigade for Steam. Click here to check it out for your chance to win. Developer Rebellion is best known for their Sniper Elite […]
Sleigh Bells’ shows are nothing if not utterly fun. From start to finish, very time I’ve seen Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller it was been a nonstop party. Even […]
Labor Day Weekend is upon us! While the last remaining days of summer are looking a little rainy, that shouldn’t stop you from exploring all the events our city has […]
The metroidvania genre has had a resurgence in recent years, though it was something that was never quite gone. Developers have been trying to shake up the familiar formula with […]
Wizard World Chicago has wrapped up and the pop culture playground that existed in Rosemont is no more. This can create a sense of ennui if you’re a pop culture […]
Another day, another debacle of diplomacy from the current administration, amiright? Whether it’s his former campaign manager and personal lawyer both guilty of crimes, a fumbled conference call with the […]
There are times when telling a story simply and with as few frills as possible results in a film with the greatest dramatic impact. Such is the case with director […]
