There are times watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald that feel like directing rush hour traffic at a four-way stoplight that is green on every side. With dozens of […]
I recently had a conversation comparing bands to food. If Dirty Projectors were edible, I decided they would be Pop Rocks, that explosive candy you melted on your tongue as […]
Earlier this week, the world lost Stan Lee, aged 95. Hailed for his role as the creator of such characters as Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Fantastic Four, Lee had […]
Thick fog blurs your vision leaving only the outline of your body visible below. A strange sense of nostalgia for a foreign time and place is the only thing occupying […]
Comptroller Mendoza Formally Announces Mayoral Bid Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza finally formally declared her candidacy for mayor of Chicago Wednesday morning, releasing the full version of her first campaign video […]
The effect for which the latest Tetris title Tetris Effect is named is one that I’m very familiar with. It refers to the sort of image burn that can exist […]
I’ve been playing the Battlefield series since its inception. It was released in the heyday of World War 2 shooters and had a heavy influence on grand battle-type shooters. Now […]
I admire experimentation in theater, whether it’s setting a familiar Shakespearean tale behind a vinyl screen in some post-modern setting (as Gift Theatre did with Hamlet recently) or telling the […]
Although it’s not director Matthew Heineman’s first time chronicling people in war-torn regions of the world, A Private War does mark his narrative feature debut (his earlier credits include the […]
The Vic Theatre welcomed Mitski when she performed at the venue for the Chicago-leg of her latest tour. The singer and songwriter toured in promotion of her latest album, Be […]
Following his critically acclaimed directorial debut The Gift, writer/director/star Joel Edgerton was searching for a story that was far removed from his own experience when he was given a copy […]
Opening for the pop trio AJR at the beloved Aragon Ballroom, Robert DeLong did not fail to hype up the crowd for what ended up being a very energetic night. […]
