Review: Sunda’s Curated Menu Offers a Delicious Trip Around Asia
Sunda New Asian restaurant spans a sunny corner in Fulton Market, sharing a warm and cozy space that offers warm and cozy dishes. In addition to this location at 333 […]
Review: Evil Dead Burn Keeps the Franchise Going with a Relentless Pace and Darkly Serious Stakes
The latest chapter in the decades’ old Evil Dead franchise might be its nastiest and meanest yet, and while that’s not inherently a bad thing, it does seem to stray […]
Review: Poet Mary Oliver Gets Worthy and Thoughtful Doc Treatment in Saved by the Beauty of the World
I’ll fully confess to knowing nothing about the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet Mary Oliver before watching this truly moving portrait of her: Mary Oliver: Saved by the […]
Review: Sci-Fi Alien Drama Outer Threat Is a Little Film with Big Ideas
Canada. What makes so many of its genre films so different than your run-of-the-mill American nonsense? I wish I knew, but a prime example of that subtle but noticeable approach […]
Review: Just a Decade After the Original Animated Version, Disney Presents Moana in a Live-Action Retelling
Live-action remakes of beloved animated films are a mixed bag at best and totally unnecessary in every case. That doesn’t mean that a few of them aren’t good, but without […]
Review: In Romería, Director Carla Simón Finally Comes to Terms With Her Parents’ Tragic Deaths
The final shot of six-year-old Frida crying her heart out, as she finally realizes that her mother is dead, in Carla Simón’s moving autobiographical debut Summer 1993 (2017) is perhaps […]
Review: Third Coast Percussion Joins Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Festival Orchestra for an Astonishing Performance Despite Sirens and Fireworks
Carlos Kalmar returned to the helm of the Grant Park Festival Orchestra at Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday night. He and the orchestra were joined by Chicago’s own Third Coast […]
Review: Suffs Puts the Rage into the Musical History of the American Suffrage Movement
Menses are syncing up at the CIBC Theatre in downtown Chicago, both with the strong women and non-binary-presenting performers in the cast of 22 (some playing male parts) and in […]
Beyond: Brookfield Zoo Chicago Gets Jurassic with Dinos!, a Months-Long Exhibit that Brings Prehistoric Beasts to Realistic Life
Last year, the Brookfield Zoo announced a rebranding, adding the word “Chicago” to the end of its name; it makes sense, as the zoo is best known for being here […]
Review: Bacewicz and Haydn Pairing Highlights Varo Quartet’s Musical Range
What draws a critic to one performance over another is entirely subjective. For me, it is sometimes the chance to hear a specific performer; other times, it is the opportunity […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/9 and Beyond
We are smack dab in the middle of summer and the atmosphere is perfect! There are so many street fests, concerts, and amazing literary events happening all month long! So […]
Review: Warhammer 40,000—Darktide’s New Skitarii Class Features Interesting Synergies and Powerful New Weapons
“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.” This line from the trailer for the game Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is something I probably quote way […]