Review: Re:Turn–One Way Trip Is Sufficient Side-Scrolling Horror Fun
It’s October, and the time to play spooky games is upon us. I haven’t really gotten into the spirit too much this year—the rest of the year has been scary […]
Review: The Forty-Year-Old Version Makes Sharp, Funny, Authentic Work of an Artist’s Life
One of the great things about Netflix snapping up some of the best films of the year is how easily the platform can make an incredible film available to millions. […]
Button, Button: This Northside Activist Is Making Tiny Political Works of Art
Kimberly Walz’s first political activism was campaigning for the bluegill to be Illinois’ state fish in 1986. She was a fifth grader in Freeport, Illinois, when she realized she could […]
Review: Beautifully Humanizing Time Chronicles One Woman’s Lifelong Pursuit of Justice
There’s no shortage of true crime documentaries on streaming services lately, films and mini-series that chronicle the ins and outs of murders and heists and frauds that audiences eat up […]
Review: In Major Arcana, Momentary Beauty Is Lost in Clunky, Poorly Acted Independent Drama
As blockbuster after blockbuster gets bumped to 2021—or in some cases, all the way to 2022—film fans have the opportunity to discover movies that in other years might’ve been overshadowed […]
Review: Kane Rep Streams Young Love, Adam Szymkowicz’s Emotional Story of Love in Two Parts
Young Love by internationally acclaimed playwright Adam Szymkowicz and directed by Daniil Krimer streamed live on YouTube October 7. Isabel Arraiza and Philip Stoddard star in the digital workshop, a […]
Review: In The Wolf of Snow Hollow, a Boring Small Town, a Sheriff with Anger Management Issues and a Gem of a Movie
Two years ago, writer/director Jim Cummings released his feature film Thunder Road, an oddly charming and funny drama about a police officer (played by the filmmaker) having a breakdown after […]
Review: A Battle of the Generations in Sloppy, Cringe-Worthy The War with Grandpa
Someone genuinely trusts director Tim Hill with family-friendly entertainment. Not only is he also the director behind the COVID-delayed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (based on the TV […]
Interview: Filmmaker Tim Hill on the Subtext in The War with Grandpa, Reuniting Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, and the Next Spongebob Movie
You may not have your eyes trained on filmmaker Tim Hill’s newest release, The War with Grandpa (based on the very popular 1984 kids book by Robert Kimmel Smith, and […]
Review: Falcon Age Is Clunky Inside and Outside of VR
Some people would say that video games aren’t the best medium for invoking emotions, but nothing has made me feel connected to something as much as video games have. Brothers: […]
Miranda Winters of Melkbelly Steps Into the Spotlight on Her Latest Single
Melkbelly, the somewhat genre-less and thrilling Chicago-based band that Miranda Winters sings and plays guitar with, is truly a monster of the local scene (in all the good ways). So […]
Review: The Survivalists Throws Monkeys into the Survival Mix
Co-op and open world survival games are some of the best. Some of my best experiences have been playing with friends on some digital island, surviving by gathering resources and […]