Over the last decade or so writer-director Scott Cooper has amassed an impressive filmography of stories that are so bleakly human as to almost be horror films (or more precisely, […]

Taking a similar approach to earth-shattering news events as 2015’s Spotlight, Steven Spielberg’s The Post barrels through a lot of information, a small army of characters, and enough twists and […]

When we think of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, clichéd images come to mind such as Elvis impersonators, showgirls, tough-looking mobsters and lounge lizard entertainers. Many of these images have […]

The Divvy bike-sharing program had a big year in 2017, with riders biking 7.3 million miles in 3.8 million trips. More than 37,000 annual members joined, up from 33,000 in […]

The Chicago History Museum is processing about 35,000 nitrate negatives of images taken over the past 200 years. The images will be available online as part of the museum’s collection […]

Bob Daiber of Madison County runs against J.B. Pritzker, Chris Kennedy, Daniel Biss, Tio Hardiman, Alexander Paterakis and Bruce Rauner, for Illinois Governor. Daiber expressed frustration and belief that his […]

Austin Labritney, 29, has been charged in shooting a 27-year-old following an argument Wednesday in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood. The woman streaming live on Facebook is the victim in the […]

Five years ago, Jose Rodriguez Jr. of Aurora suffered a stroke known as locked-in syndrome, that allowed him only to control his eyes. This type of stroke caused Rodriguez to […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy struck out at Rahm Emanuel Wednesday afternoon, accusing Chicago’s mayor of having a “strategic gentrification plan being implemented by the city of Chicago to push […]

When we look back at the gaming landscape of 2017, what will we see? Will it be the turning point for Nintendo with smash hits like Zelda: Breath of the […]

When Siskel Film Center re-opens tomorrow, they’re doing it with all guns blazing. The arthouse cinema on State Street took a month off at the end of the year to […]

Well, would you look at that. It’s no longer 2017! Hopefully your New Year celebrations didn’t take you out of commission for too long since it’s now the first weekend […]