Closing out the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Belgium-centric Chicago European Union Film Festival is the latest work from writer/director/actor Dany Boon. He plays 50-year-old Tridan, an open-hearted man who grew […]
While my memory tells me that I moderately enjoyed the previous three installments of the Kung Fu Panda franchise, I couldn’t tell you a blessed thing about their plots. I […]
Director Peter Farrelly (he and brother Bobby created Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, and Kingpin, among others) returns to comedy after leaving the partnership and devoting his time […]
It’s the calm before next week’s St. Patty’s Day celebrations, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t great events going on this weekend. Markets, concerts, food, movies, and more are waiting […]
Playing a thaumaturge as the main character in a game doesn’t sound like it would be that impressive. Thaumaturges are basically magicians that perform parlor tricks, and I’ve gotten used […]
You know it’s going to be a great day when an amazing band like Finom releases a new single and announces a brand new album. Finom, formally known as OHMME […]
Composer/violinist Jessie Montgomery hosted the latest installment of Music Now on Sunday afternoon at Symphony Center. Montgomery is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Mead Composer-in-Residence. Using CSO musicians and conductor Lidiya […]
We live inn interesting times. Contrary to popular belief, that is not derived from a Chinese saying but from an American politician. In any case, it is a good basis […]
Once in a while, a theater production comes along that does better on tour than it does on Broadway. Mrs. Doubtfire, by the songwriting team of Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick […]
After more than 25 years of March featuring the upcoming slate of films released from the nations of the European Union as part of their Chicago European Union Film Festival […]
It’s the first Friday of the month and it’s another Bandcamp Friday! Things have certainly changed since Bandcamp first announced their initiative to help bands affected by the pandemic shutting […]
The latest from filmmaker Sacha Polak, Silver Haze, re-teams her with her Dirty God star, Vicky Knight, who plays Franky, a 23-year-old nurse living at home in East London with […]
