Riz Ahmed’s career choices of late have seen him star in everything from the world’s biggest franchise (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) to an impressive indie drama about a […]

Pitchfork Music Festival is finally back! After one year away due to the pandemic, the indie focused festival has made its return to Union Park. The weather was utterly perfect, […]

As more and more films arrive that have been made during the last tumultuous 18 months (and counting), it’s interesting to see the many approaches filmmakers have adopted in order […]

Dating & New York, perhaps the first true romantic comedy of the roaring ’20s, very much wants to be the When Harry Met Sally for the Tiktok generation. It nearly gets […]

Mellencamp By Paul Rees Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Release date September 14, 2021 The first music he loved was Motown soul music that he listened to on AM radio stations […]

Not unlike the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo (whose subject, Alex Honnold, is featured prominently in this film), The Alpinist is not just about a solo climber and what motivates […]

The topic of masculinity has been a common one in many movies made over the decades, almost to the point where I’m not sure anything new can be said about […]

There is a street in the South Loop—Dearborn from Polk to Harrison is only one block long—that is one of the most charming blocks in the city. I say the […]

I need to preface this review by saying Encased isn’t a bad game—but it’s a strange game. It’s not strange in the sense that it’s a pretty standard isometric CRPG […]

As the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approach, there’s no shortage of documentaries, limited series, news specials and more made now to remember the tragic event a generation […]

I came to Axiom Verge late, only playing the first game in series just a year or so ago. I knew it was considered one of the best retro-inspired modern […]

The word jazz evolved over many decades into so many innovations and sub-genres that it is hard to encompass in a multi-day festival.   Yet the three performances presented over two hours […]