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Review: A “Bad Woman” or a Free Woman, Two New Editions of Fidelity, by Susan Glaspell

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Review: The Poetics of Remembrance—Warm Numb, Jagged Spiral, Hey Teddy, by Thomas Holton

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Review: Now Streaming on Shudder, Glorious Succeeds as an Emotionally Dark Morality Play

Some days, a horror film concept just sells itself on paper. In Glorious, the new offering from Rebekah McKendry (All the Creatures Were Stirring), Ryan Kwanten plays a disturbed young […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 18, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Whatever Path Your Life Takes, May it Lead You Away from the Dull, Uninspired Multiverse Rom-Com Look Both Ways

    From director Wanuri Kahiu (Rafiki) and writer April Prosser comes another one of these stories that looks at a key moment in someone’s life and considers two possible paths that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 18, 2022
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Midnight Fight Express Is a Brilliant Isometric Beat ‘Em Up

    I think the beat ‘em up genre needs a resurgence, much like old school shooters enjoyed after 2016’s Doom. I’m not saying that Midnight Fight Express is going to be […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 18, 2022
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: A Worthy Sequel, Red Matter 2 Is More of the Same, but Has Some Surprises

    Red Matter was a surprise for me when I first played it. It mostly flew under my radar until I stumbled across it after getting my Meta Quest 2. It […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 18, 2022
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Meet the Faux News Forebears in TimeLine’s World Premiere Campaigns, Inc. 

    Jill Lepore wrote about America’s first political spin doctors ten years ago in The New Yorker. She called the California political consulting team of Leone Baxter and Clem Whittaker “The Lie […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 18, 2022
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 8/18 and Beyond

    We’re getting to the final weeks of the month and there are tons of really fun events for everyone to do this weekend. It’s feeling a little more normal to […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • August 18, 2022
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Clumsy Soulslike Thymesia Has Some Good Ideas, Poor Execution

    Ah, yes. Another action role-playing game taking place in a devastated land full of insane people with gameplay mechanics involving a dodge with i-frames and difficult combat. That’s good and […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 18, 2022
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review:  Even Giving Golf Roguelike Elements Couldn’t Stop Cursed to Golf From Being Boring, Disappointing

    Being cursed to golf doesn’t sound too horrible, honestly. Ironically, What the Golf? , which is a sort of “anti-Golf” game, rekindled my love for video game-based golf. I was […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • August 18, 2022
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    Preview: Broken Nose Theatre Tees Up Its 2022 Bechdel Fest With Eight Plays That Pass That Test

    You may know Alison Bechdel as the author and subject of the memoirish musical, Fun Home. But she’s also the source of the well-known Bechdel Test, which requires that a work of […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • August 17, 2022
    • Architecture , Chicago history , Chicago history , Design , Lit , Nonfiction , Reviews , Sculpture

    Essay: Walking Graceland Cemetery with—and Without—Adam Selzer’s New Book

    Near the end of my hourlong walk around Graceland Cemetery the other day, I went past a stone obelisk, maybe 30 feet tall, and noticed this on the side: SANDRA […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • August 17, 2022
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: A Dreamy Night with Iron & Wine and Andrew Bird

    The hits just keep on coming at the Salt Shed. This past Friday the venue’s outdoor stage welcomed a sold-out crowd for a trio of wonderful performers for a cool […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • August 16, 2022
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: The Wild Hearts Tour Gets the Salt Shed Emotional

    It had been a little over a week of shows at the Salt Shed when the Wild Hearts tour came rolling in. Consisting of Julien Baker, Sharon Van Etten and […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • August 15, 2022
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