Last year, Lauren Mayberry stepped out from Chvrches to release her debut solo album Vicious Creatures. While in the past solo albums have gotten a bad rap, something Mayberry seemed […]
Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Black Phone, Doctor Strange) is an established force in the horror space, but you always hope a filmmaker has aspirations in other genres as well. Well, […]
It’s Valentine’s Day Weekend! I know there are some last-minute planners out there that may need some suggestions so let’s take a look at what’s coming up this weekend including […]
Daisies is a restaurant in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood that offers Italian cuisine with a warm familial influence. Joe Frillman, Daisies’ chef and owner, works closely with his brother Tim […]
In what is being described as a docu-concert film, Becoming Led Zeppelin is technically the first sanctioned film about the seminal rock band. Directed by Bernard MacMahon (American Epic) and […]
Every year, fifteen films with runtimes under 40 minutes are handpicked by the Academy for one of three Oscars: Live Action short film, Animated short film and Documentary short film. […]
The script of Sam Shepard’s romantic drama Fool For Love begins with the stage direction, “This play is be performed relentlessly, without a break.” The superb actors at Steppenwolf Theatre […]
Review by Mitchell Oldham. Coupling innovation and exploration in the sciences with those of the arts represents an enlightened approach to advancing childhood and adolescent development. And for more than […]
There’s no getting around the truth that Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino (an Oscar-winner for 2014’s The Great Beauty; The Hand of God) is in love with beauty. Often, he focuses […]
I have always viewed dance as an art of structure and discipline. Traditional ballet has an ethereal quality—tulle and tights with hands just so. Complexions Contemporary Ballet performed at the […]
Spend this season of love at the stylish and colorful cocktail bar and restaurant in the heart of RiverWest: The Dandy Crown. I got a chance to preview the love-themed […]
There’s simply no way that Oscar-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul) would mess up a documentary about rock/funk/soul icon Sly Stone (real name Sylvester Stewart). But SLY LIVES! […]
