In the new comedy from first-time director/co-writer/co-star and SNL alum Kyle Mooney (who co-wrote the impressive Brigsby Bear in 2017), the collective anxiety surrounding potential disasters occurring as 1999 became […]

As our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival continues, our critics encountered a few of the event’s less remarkable, or at least less memorable, offerings. Krazy House They can’t […]

In Jennifer Reeder’s latest, Perpetrator, both women and blood feature quite prominently. It’s a stark pairing, and it plays as a reclamation of sorts. Even if the filmmaker is never […]

We’ve finally reached the end of the biggest pop culture, comic and entertainment event within city limits, and this year it was bigger than ever, with Saturday selling out entirely […]

The great thing about being a nerd is that there are many things you can be a nerd about. Maybe you love comics, knitting or Dungeons & Dragons. Or maybe […]

While we’re still a few months out from the beginning of Chicago’s con season, that doesn’t mean we’ve been lax about keeping up with what’s to come. C2E2 is only […]

I loathed this movie—every scene, every joke, every performance, every idea. And the shame of it is, I could envision a film in which the template of a book club […]