The Chicago International Film Festival begins its first full day of screenings on Thursday, October 16; here are the highlights our film critics recommend. Follow along for all our latest […]
Something unusual happened Monday night as we entered Goodman’s Owen Theatre. We were offered ear plugs. And I thought to myself, yes, this is going to be good—and loud. The […]
Tom Arnold knows what you’re thinking—or rather, who you’re thinking—when you hear that his latest comedy tour is titled My Crazy X-Wife. But, he says, Roseanne Barr is “not even […]
With Nicholas Kraemer directing from the harpsichord, Music of the Baroque gave an interesting if incomplete performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at Harris Theater on Monday night. It […]
When we spoke with Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché a year ago, she was on the verge of launching the landmark 60th Chicago International Film Festival at various venues across […]
Most Survivor episodes conclude with host Jeff Probst snuffing an unfortunate contestant’s torch after they’ve been voted out of the game. Though some contestants offer the remaining contenders a quick […]
The 8-year-old inside me perked up early in my reading of Leaf Town Forever when two friends are hired by Lucinda at the Treasure Shop to search for treasures, such […]
Heading into its 61st year, the Chicago International Film Festival shows no signs of slowing down. From October 15 through 26, the festival will pop up at venues across the […]
Three ageless witchy sisters live together in a basement apartment in Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood something like Edgewater or Andersonville. Wyrd is a 2018 play written by Matt Minnicino that […]
Editor’s Note: the following may contain small spoilers for the film Roofman. Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance is best known for a string of very serious, very grown-up films that explore the […]
Ear Taxi Festival 2025 delivered another excellent concert on Saturday night, this one an Anchor Performance at Gannon Hall in DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center. There, the William Ferris Chorale, […]
The Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its 2025/26 season with a blockbuster with Italian composer Luigi Cherubini’s Medea. Just hearing the name evokes a dark tale of obsession, misogyny, and […]
