It’s Time for Another Bandcamp Friday
Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way: earlier this week Bandcamp announced that it would be joining Epic Games. A big emphasis was placed on the […]
Review: Intimate and Endlessly Moving, After Yang Navigates the Intersection of Humanity and Technology
Editor’s Note: this review was originally published during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival After his quiet 2017 masterpiece Columbus, filmmaker Kogonada moves tangentially into the world of heartfelt science fiction with After […]
Review: Directed by Amy Poehler, Lucy and Desi Explores the Personal and Working Relationship of the Famous Couple
From director Amy Poehler comes the meticulously researched Lucy and Desi, which explores not only the work of the well-known married comedy team of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, but […]
Review: Hints of Thriller, Sci-Fi Permeate The Long Walk, an Artfully Crafted Examination on Grief and Loss
Grief, missed opportunities and the lingering love of those we’ve lost all combine in Mattie Do’s The Long Walk, a surreal, time-warping fable about the choices we make and their ripple […]
Review: 15 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Present Variety of Styles, Emotions and Artistry
It’s probably impossible to know how many short films are made in a single year. From student films to viral TikToks, the format is often a filmmaker’s way in to […]
Review: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Stars as a Moody Explorer in the Frigid Arctic of Against the Ice
The movie industry never seems to tire of making films about people traveling to and/or stuck in the Arctic. Many of these works are quite good, including Against the Ice, […]
Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater—Passion and Grace Wrought from a World in Chaos
We are living in a time of chaos and war while—maybe—emerging from a plague. There is no better balm for my soul than an evening in meditation on movement by […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/3 and Beyond
We’re all looking for something to do on the weekend, with pandemic numbers slowing down and it feeling a little more normal to go out. Especially since Chicago dropped the […]
Review: Roguelike RPG Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes Is Fun, but It’s Not a Good Pinball Game
Sometimes the best or most exciting games I’ve played were mash-ups of genres. Surprisingly, when I heard about Zombie Rollerz and its mash-up of pinball and roguelike, I wasn’t very […]
Review: Homecoming for South Side’s Anthony McGill Gives Special Impact to Music of the Baroque’s Mozart Concert
When a performer’s name is in the title of a symphony’s concert, it is not surprising that their performance ends up as the evening’s most memorable highlight. That was certainly […]
Review: Elex II Delivers on Its Jet Pack Promise, Little Else
2022 is really shaping up to be a great year for video games. Games like Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West look like early game of the year contenders, and […]
Preview: With Its Latest Update Session: Skate Sim Feels Like a Whole New Game
While I skateboarded a bit when I was younger, I never really did much more than balance on the board. The most I learned about skateboarding was through video games. […]