Review, Stages, Talk show

Chicago Ideas Week in Review: Radical Creators and Tackling Taboos

If you haven’t been to Chicago Ideas Week yet, you’re missing out. I’ve been lucky enough to attend for the last four years, and I’ve been inspired by some of […]

Sarah Brooks /
Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: How Boots Riley Fit All His Best Ideas into Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You

As much as many have written stories about how Sorry To Bother You writer/director Boots Riley “hacked” the Hollywood system to get his debut film made, the truth is he […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Visual Flair and A Hint of Sci-Fi in Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You

If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to films about the black experience in present-day America, you’ve probably figured out that the city of Oakland plays a central role […]

Steve Prokopy /