Dear Cinnamon: Yes, and Adopt a Pet
Dear Cinnamon is our monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
Review: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Fail the RomCom Spark Test in Otherwise Charming, Clever A Family Affair
It would seem the romcom is having a moment. Not that it’s ever really gone away, of course. But in the post-Nancy Meyers era (she’s still very much alive, just […]
Review: A Unique Take on Vampire Lore, The Vourdalak Is an Unsettling Watch and Welcome Addition to the Genre
Adapted from an Aleksei K. Tolstoy novella that predates Bram Stroker’s Dracula by more than 50 years, director/co-writer Adrien Beau’s The Vourdalak is an 18th century vampire story that remains […]
Review: Set Almost Entirely Inside a Taxi, Daddio Is an Enjoyable Ride with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn
Sometimes the simplest idea is the most effective. Case in point: the feature debut from writer/director Christy Hall, Daddio, about two people in a New York City yellow taxi swapping […]
Review: Grant Park Festival Offers an Evening of Bliss
Following a stormy day filled with ominous clouds, a surprisingly blissful evening offered the perfect setting for a blissful performance by the Grant Park Orchestra on Wednesday evening. French conductor […]
Review: Yorgos Lanthimos Follows Oscar-Winning Poor Things with a Challenge in Well-Cast Anthology Kinds of Kindness
For those who have been on the journey with Yorgos Lanthimos since films like Alps and Dogtooth (and yes, even his early English-language days of The Lobster and Killing of […]
Review: A Quiet Place: Day One Offers a Tense, Emotional Glimpse into the Start of an Alien Onslaught
Less a terrifying thrill ride and more of an introspective examination of emotional extremes, the prequel story A Quiet Place: Day One shifts the action of the first two films […]
Chicago Is Lit: July Author Events & Book Releases
Chicago’s literary scene is, in a word, “lit”: from the Midwest’s largest free outdoor literary festival to pop-up typewritten poetry encounters to the nation’s only museum devoted to American writers, […]
Preview: With Its Closed Beta Period Over, Here Are Our Impressions of Arena Breakout: Infinite
The extraction shooter is a niche genre of first person shooters that seems to be gaining popularity with the hardcore shooter community. Even so, there hasn’t been one to break […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/27 and Beyond
It’s the last weekend of June and the Pride events are in full force! So take part in the wonderful LGBTQ+ festivities and discover all the amazing things to do […]
Chicago on Foot: We Tour the New Old Post Office and You Can Do the Same
We Chicagoans have memories of the old post office. You know, the building you drive through on the Ike when you’re heading into the Loop? The one where you walk […]
Review: In Janet Planet, a Mother and Daughter Navigate a Shifting Gravitational Pull
In some ways, it’s a wonder a film like Janet Planet, a quiet but quite lovely rumination on mother-daughter relationships, can even get made these days. Writer/director Annie Baker, in […]