This time last week, over 62,000 people were participating in a massive meeting of minds at McCormick Place. The topic? Housewares. Each year, our behemoth of a convention center houses […]
Destiny of Desire arrives at the Goodman Theatre to bring its audiences a whole lot of flavor and not too much class. This play succeeds in both parodying the scandal […]
I’ve loved Cleveland since I went to the Westside Market during a road trip with my parents when I was in middle school. It was the first time I’d been […]
Regina Spektor couldn’t have chosen a better venue at which to represent herself and her music Friday night, as she performed her Remember Us To Life tour. I have followed […]
What I remember about the graphic novel Wilson by Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), from which the movie Wilson is adapted by the author, is that it’s a series of humorous, life-altering […]
Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Badlands) is stuck. More specifically, he’s stuck making the same movie over and over again. Even more to the point, he’s […]
The second feature from director/co-writer Hunter Adams (The Hungry Bull) is the kind of film that sneaks into a single screen somewhere in town and you wonder one of two […]
A B-movie with a largely A-list cast, the science-fiction monster movie Life probably works best as a place holder until Alien: Covenant comes out in about two months. There’s a […]
If I had to guess, I’d say that CHIPS writer-director-star Dax Shepard was going for an action comedy in the style of the Jump Street films but with even more […]
I’d certainly be within my rights to get long winded about the way director Danny Boyle uses clips from the original, 20-year-old Trainspotting to provide contrast between the drugged-out characters […]
Free People opened its doors on Randolph Street last week, marking the seventh Chicago area location of the Boho-inspired women’s fashion line. The brand, which sells apparel, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics, features an eclectic […]
Joi Ito often hears the same question: How did a two-time college dropout become the director of MIT’s Media Lab, one of the coolest jobs in media? By jumping from […]
