Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Relative, a Genuinely Chicago Film, Tells the Story of a Rogers Park Family Going Through Change

Relative weaves together the stories of a Rogers Park family–the progressive parents, their adult children and their children–as change affects them all.

Nancy S Bishop /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Dreaming Grand Avenue Features a Chicago Dreamscape With a Criss-Crossed Plot and Strong Ensemble

Dreaming Grand Avenue

Jimmy (Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone) and Maggie (Narcos’ Andrea Londo) keep meeting. Not in real life, mind you, but in each other’s dreams. They’ll bump into one another in waking life […]

Matthew Nerber /
Stages, Theater

Northlight’s Beauty Queen of Leenane A Quietly Devastating Dark Comedy

Northlight Theatre’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonagh’s quietly devastating dark comedy, takes place in the provincial town of Leenane. Directed by B.J. Jones, the Tony Award-winning […]

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