When COVID-19 closed taprooms and cancelled festivals, I looked for ways to still engage with Chicago’s craft beer scene. I therefore decided to finally work my way through The Complete Beer […]

I’ve been fortunate enough over the years to have interviewed Julie Delpy two times prior to last week, and all three times were in promotion of films she wrote, directed […]

There are a lot of crappy mobile games out there—those that use monetization more like a game mechanic than just as a way to sustain their studio. I never heard […]

Though it may be stating the obvious, stay with me here: filmmaking is, at its core, storytelling. Fictional or otherwise, a film is grounded in its narrative; every other creative […]

Sometimes, it’s absolutely possible to make too much movie for one subject matter. The gold standard for films about the scope and damage of the drug trade has always been […]

Writer/director Keith Thomas makes a solidly creepy feature film debut with The Vigil, set in the cloistered, insular world of Hasidic Judaism in Brooklyn. Jakov (Dave Davis) has recently left the […]

As a musician and performer, Andra Day deserves far more attention than she’s yet to receive. Her 2015 debut album, Cheers to the Fall, introduced her as a force to […]

Julie Delpy is one of those rare talents who sparks internal debates about whether she’s a better actor or a better writer/director. I’m guessing most people would say actor, but […]

Of course it’s too early in the career of Billie Eilish to devote two hours and 20 minutes to a documentary to her accomplishments. She’s only in the midst of […]

It’s especially ambitious of the Russo Brothers (Anthony and Joe, who made the last two Captain America and Avengers movies) to follow up literally the biggest movies ever made with […]

Things aren’t fully ok in the world yet as the continuing pandemic is still keeping certain establishments closed and that means you should take precautions seriously. If you’re going out […]

“What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows….” “The Shadow” was a midcentury radio mystery that sometimes kept a little girl from sleeping. My mother finally tried […]