It opens with Kristin Scott Thomas pointing a gun at you, so you know the latest from Sally Potter (Orlando, The Tango Lesson, Yes), The Party, is going to be […]

Thanks to a smarter-than-expected script (from Mark Perez) and a cast of both funny people and terrific actors (not always mutually exclusive, as it turns out), the new adult comedy […]

[soliloquy id=”24310″] About 5 years ago, I lied to my employer about being sick because Above & Beyond was playing nearby and all I could think was, “This is my […]

Editors Note: this is a repost of an article from Third Coast Review’s Chicago International Film Festival coverage The second feature from Italian-born director/co-writer Andrea Pallaoro (Medeas) is the French-language […]

From Chicago-based director Kyle Henry (Fourplay) and screenwriter Carlos Treviño comes Rogers Park, a relationship drama about the two couples living in the northside Chicago neighborhood over the course of […]

Here’s hoping that we have enough Star Wars and superhero movies in our yearly science-fiction regimen to satiate that base-level need, and that there’s room in our movie diets for […]

Two Chicago newspapers have endorsed candidates in the Democratic gubernatorial race. The Tribune has endorsed Chris Kennedy and Crain’s Chicago Business has endorsed J.B. Pritzker. The Tribune, Crain’s and the […]

Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed Chuy Garcia for Congress at a rally in Chicago Thursday afternoon. “I am here this afternoon because we are living in […]

A Republican candidate for an Illinois State House seat is facing calls to drop out of the race amid allegations he used racial and homophobic slurs during a conversation with […]

Local chamber ensemble Picosa gave a spirited performance in the PianoForte Studio’s intimate South Loop setting on Tuesday evening. Formed in 2014, Picosa has earned a reputation of having a […]

After a long week of work, why not relax with some of Chicago’s coolest events! There are plenty of festivals going on around town like the always interesting Frequency Festival […]

Chicago regulations require that food trucks stay at least 200 feet away from restaurants, and Laura Pekarik, owner of Cupcakes for Courage, a mobile vendor, is appealing her case to […]