One of the strongest and most consistently working black filmmakers for nearly 30 years has been Mario Van Peebles. His feature-film debut was 1991’s vital crime drama New Jack City, […]

By George J. Tanber Ah, the omelet. A favorite breakfast dish often poorly constructed. And, when dining out, it’s often worse. We’ve all ordered the Greek, the all meat, the […]

When Ohmme, the duo of Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham, announced the release of Parts on Joyful Noise Recordings, it was impossible not to be excited. The pair have been […]

I read a lot of short stories, of varied styles and themes. I like the stories of George Saunders, Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick and Hilary Mantel, among others. But […]

vridniX is a strange game. It has so many elements that will be familiar to anyone who has played a platformer before: tricky enemies and platforming, and some extra abilities […]

Early Polls Show Support for Emanuel, But a Runoff Election is Likely New polling shows Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel with a commanding lead over most of his potential challengers in […]

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” The famously acerbic journalist, A.J. Liebling, wrote that in the New Yorker in 1960. Although that may well […]

Sometimes you just want a game that you can quickly load up, play for a few minutes, and then quit. This is great when you’ve got some time in between […]

I didn’t know who Camille Bordas was until last summer, when her novel How To Behave in a Crowd was published. I learned she was a Chicago resident, and friends […]

We’re quickly careening towards Labor Day, kids are headed back to school and (hopefully) we’re looking at a cooldown from the hot hot heat of summer. But don’t despair, even as summer […]

Teenage girls are having a moment on screen, from Elsie Fisher’s beautifully real turn as a middle schooler in Eighth Grade to Kiersey Clemmons as a college-bound musician in Hearts Beat Loud […]

At first, it may be difficult to figure out what the common threads are in the various family stories being laid out in the new documentary Far From the Tree, […]