Have you ever watched a movie in which there’s a funeral scene near the end, and the only people in the front row of mourners are the cast members of […]

There are few filmmakers working today who have a more consistent track record at making interesting, thought-provoking treatises on the human condition than Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska). […]

This exquisite biopic from director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, The Finest Hours) asks you to consider—or perhaps “reconsider” is the better word—everything you think you know about […]

Last year, Chance the Rapper and Jeremih dropped a surprise holiday themed mixtape Merry Christmas L’il Mama. It was truly a joyous wonder, and brought some genuinely new holiday cheer […]

Need plans for this pre-Christmas? We have you covered (for the most part)! There are concerts, pop-ups for all your last minute gifts, and even a holiday costume contest to […]

It’s been more than 20 years since a group of kids unleashed the characters and creatures from an adventure board game called Jumanji onto an unsuspecting world. With this loosely […]

I’ll admit: I’ve been conditioned to assume that if a studio doesn’t screen its film in time for certain groups’ awards consideration, there’s probably a reason for that. As a […]

Sometimes, you read something that makes you stop. It clings to you. A few of our writers spoke of the books that have stripped them of their expectations. Here are […]

In 2013, Chicago author Arnie Bernstein published his fifth book. Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund is the 1930s history of a small […]

As I sipped a Lil’ Sumpin Sumpin and chatted with my friends by the bar at Lincoln Hall, I was already brainstorming witty opening lines for my review of the […]

This year, I went Black Friday shopping for the first time. The reason? Beer. Specifically, for Goose Island’s annual limited release of Bourbon County stouts. The Chicago brewery first started […]

We are getting closer to the end of the year and the holidays are zooming past. But don’t let the slowdown of the year get you down, there are plenty […]