The most important part of director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 High and Low (which in turn was based on the Ed McBain novel King’s Ransom) was never the story of a […]
You are probably familiar with Dave Suh’s work, even if his name doesn’t immediately ring a bell. He’s been an integral part or leader of several groups over the years, […]
The great Roger Ebert used to say that if filmmakers wanted to remake something, they should remake bad movies rather than attempting to redo perfection. It would appear that noted […]
Following up his debut feature, Sequin in a Blue Room, New Zealand filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven gives us a different kind of ghost story with Went Up the Hill. The […]
The Grant Park orchestra played an excellent concert at Jay Pritzker Pavillion on Wednesday evening. Unfortunately, the ambient noises were worse than ever, with several sirens blaring, motorcycles screaming, and […]
On the subject of Internet scammers, I can only echo the words of Karen Hill’s mom in Goodfellas: “What kind of people are these?!” Faulty late fees, undeliverable packages, supposedly […]
A part of the success of the 2021 film Nobody likely had something to do with the novelty that it’s the story of a seemingly ordinary man fighting like a […]
It’s always a pleasant and refreshing surprise when a band or artist performs their album in its entirety from front to back; and last weekend’s BRONCHO show at Thalia Hall […]
Any time I hear the ol’ “rock is dead” conversation pipe up these days I immediately recuse myself. I’ve been around long enough to know that’ll never be true, and […]
General readers, beware! Tom Comitta’s new book Patchwork isn’t for you. Patchwork isn’t for someone who wants a novel that tells a story and has characters and settings and scenes. […]
There are a few more scorching hot days going on this weekend ready to warm you up for a full weekend of fantastic events! So get out there and enjoy […]
As my household library shifts from Brown Bear and Pig the Pug into Harry Potter, Unicorn Academy, and various heavy tomes about dinosaurs, there is one constant that remains, books […]
