[Editor’s note: Lisa Trifone also reviewed this film; you can read her take here. And check out Steve’s interview with Gary Oldman here.] Sometimes, the performance at the center of […]
There’s a sequence somewhere in the middle of director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro’s latest, The Shape of Water, in which the world turns black-and-white for just a couple of […]
The Block Museum of Art presents a comprehensive exhibition on William Blake (1757-1827) and the impact he had on American artists from the end of World War II through 1970. […]
Over the latter half of this year, Chicago’s Twin Peaks has been releasing a single a month under the Sweet ’17 Singles moniker. Today the group released the final single of […]
Winter has finally reared its chilly head. There is frost on the ground, temps are dipping below freezing, and the wind is as biting as ever. Luckily there is just […]
The Christkindlmarket has opened, the first weekend of Zoolights has come and gone, the Songs of Good Cheer holiday sing-along shows start at Old Town School of Folk Music next […]
The name Joe Wright might not ring a bell for the average moviegoer; he’s only got seven feature films to his name (and one of those is Pan, currently sitting […]
Gift-giving season is upon us, and with it the existential dread that comes with finding the perfect present. In our modern age of two-day shipping, free returns, and constant stream […]
Gary Oldman has been a fearsome force of acting for roughly 35 years, making his earliest mark in film with 1986’s Sid and Nancy, followed the next year by his […]
The Windy City Gay Chorus and Treble Quire, led by Artistic Director Dr. Eric Esparza, gave a festive and rousing annual holiday concert at St. James Cathedral on Saturday night. […]
Over the summer, I attended a show in a Humboldt Park backyard. The headliner of the evening was an artist called Fran. I was drawn in immediately to the melancholy-pop […]
Kia Corthron’s play, Breath Boom, makes us think twice about the nature of gender and violence. The tense and sometimes brutal story focuses on a Bronx girl gang and the […]
