Steppenwolf’s The Rembrandt: For Love of Art and Pudding
The Rembrandt slips back and forth in time from a contemporary art museum to a Renaissance-era artist’s studio, a Greek temple, and the room where an aging poet is dying. […]
Chicago Authors to Read from Notorious Banned Books at Censored! on October 2
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, will be an evening of readings by Chicago authors from their favorite banned books, sponsored by Third Coast Review and Kill Your Darlings Live Lit. Censored will […]
Film Review: Battle of the Sexes Is More Than the Average Sports Movie
Yes indeed, there was a 2001 ABC movie called (spoiler alert!) When Billie Beat Bobby, starring Holly Hunter and Ron Silver as the battling tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby […]
Film Review: Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger Impresses and Inspires
The two best films being released this week are based on high-profile true stories— ’70s tennis drama The Battle of the Sexes (see separate review) and the Boston Marathon bombing […]
Washed Ashore at Shedd Sends Important Message
Angela Haseltine Pozzi’s relationship with art was lifelong. She was born into a family of artists and grew up to be an art educator, with a Master’s Degree in Arts […]
The Toad Knew: A Fitting Opening for the Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
La Compagnie du Hanneton’s latest show The Toad Knew packed Chicago Shakespeare’s Yard, Chicago’s brand new theater on Navy Pier. People came to see this 90-minute captivating and morose fairy […]
TCR Mixtape No. 33: Kalamazoo Weekend
This mixtape was composed in tandem by Colin Smith and Emma Terhaar. Can two people work together to make one playlist? Has the broth been spoiled? Please let us know […]
Game Review: Minecraft: Story Mode-Season Two Episode 3 Important but Disappointing Addition
Moderate spoilers follow Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two is an episodic game with new episodes releasing monthly. Check out our review of episode 1 here and episode 2 here. […]
Chicago Production Could Be a ‘Hometown Hero’ Thanks to Seed & Spark
An independent filmmaker committed to seeing their movie get made will likely, at some point, turn to crowdfunding to make it happen. Services like Kickstarter and Indiegogo provide a platform […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/21 – 9/24
Before we get the events happening this weekend, I’d like to make a somewhat controversial recommendation. It took me about a week to settle my thoughts on the latest Darren […]
Film Review: Eye-Catching Animation, Witty Repartee Keep The LEGO Ninjago Movie Interesting
When I say this is my least favorite of the three Lego animated films, I don’t mean that as an insult; I just mean that the The LEGO Movie and […]
Film Review: Kingsman Sequel is Bigger, Not Necessarily Better
Kingsman: The Secret Service, the 2014 British adaptation of the Mark Millar-Dave Gibbons comic book series, felt subversive because it didn’t feel like it was trying to be subversive. The […]