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Review: Pixar Does It Again with Toy Story 5, Bringing the Franchise into the Digital Age

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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
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Review: Expert Sauces Pair with Classic Polish Street Food at Spoko

Written by Elizabeth Deneff. Just off one of the busiest streets that passes through Lincoln Park, Spoko resides on a quaint neighborhood corner a block off Armitage Avenue. With beautiful […]

  • Elizabeth Deneff
  • July 8, 2025
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: Bermuda Search Party Find Themselves Partying at Thalia Hall

    This article was written by Wendy Davis. Bermuda Search Party made their anticipated return to the Windy City in June, supporting their friends Cat Empire on their current tour run. […]

  • Guest Author
  • July 6, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Osmo Vänskä, Paul Huang, and the Grant Park Orchestra Give a Lovely Performance in Millennium Park

    The Grant Park Orchestra gave another lovely concert on another lovely evening at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park on Wednesday. This time, however, it was led by Osmo […]

  • Louis Harris
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Eva Victor on Making Their Filmmaking Debut with Sorry, Baby, Humor for Healing, and Being a Cat Person

    Eva Victor (they/them) has made a career—and a helluva feature film debut with Sorry, Baby—by never doing what’s expected. After working for the feminist satire website Reductress and MTV’s Decoded […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Heads of State Puts John Cena and Idris Elba on the World Stage—Then Strands Them There

    The funniest thing about the new action-comedy Heads of State is the casting, and I mean no disrespect to either John Cena (playing action star-turned-U.S. President Will Derringer) or Idris […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Television

    Review: A Brave Afro-Colombian Woman Faces the Powers That Be in Documentary Igualada

    Three years ago two outsiders broke the stranglehold Colombia’s right wing parties had over the country when they were elected president and vice-president: the former M19 guerrilla fighter and senator […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Afternoons of Solitude Takes an Unconventional Approach to a Bloody Tradition

    “It is impossible to believe the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure, classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal and a piece of scarlet serge draped […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Old Guard 2 Gets a New Director, Updated Cast But Can’t Recapture the Momentum of the 2020 Original

    One of the biggest early hits of the pandemic was Netflix’s 2020 film The Old Guard, based on the graphic novel by writer Greg Rucka and illustrator Leandro Fernandez. Charlize […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Franchise’s Seventh Entry, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Follows a Formula But Misses the Original’s Sense of Awe

    With seven films across more than three decades, the Jurassic Park/World installments have been all over the place in terms of quality, filmmaking prowess, and storytelling. But the elements that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/3 and Beyond

    It’s a big holiday weekend as the Fourth of July falls on Friday! I know lots of folks will be out and about celebrating Independence Day out of town but […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • July 3, 2025
    • Beer and wine , Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Where to Eat, Drink and Celebrate July 4th

    Tomorrow is July 4th and I am happy to shout that this holiday is about more than just hot dogs and hamburgers off a subpar grill in your neighbor’s yard. […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • July 3, 2025
    • Music , Reviews , Venues

    Review: The Roots and Nai Palm Give Ravinia Audience Exactly What They Want

    Before I even stepped onto the Ravinia Festival grounds, everyone around the area felt the energy that would be filling up the Pavilion stage Friday night. “Who’s playing tonight?” a […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • July 2, 2025
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