Too many role-playing games take themselves seriously. There’s the strange, tongue-in-cheek moments from the first two Fallout games, and the Bard’s Tale series is known for its humor. But it’s […]

For longer than I care to admit, before seeing All In: The Fight For Democracy, I referred to it in shorthand as “the Stacey Abrams documentary.” I meant no offense by […]

While I don’t have much reason to interact with “incels” (involuntarily celibate [usually] men), like anyone who spends any time online, I’m familiar with the trope. Rent-a-Pal, written and directed by […]

Remasters and remakes are nothing new to video games. Sometimes classics get new life like in Halo: The Master Chief Collection or the recent run of Resident Evil remakes. Sometimes […]

It’s been three years since Chicago-based group Growing Concerns Poetry Collective released their fantastic debut album WE HERE: Thank You For Noticing. That album was not only an immensely enjoyable […]

After winding its way through film festivals around the world since premiering at Cannes in 2019, Justine Triet’s Sibyl is now available to screen in the United State through limited-capacity theaters […]

As part of its Out Back Summer Sessions, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts will be hosting the Chicago Philharmonic Chamber String Quartet and Music of the Baroque […]

The first thing you realize about the new Netflix drama The Devil All the Time is that it’s several smaller films in one, all of which eventually collide by the […]

I’m as susceptible to a halfway decent rom-com as the next human being; I’m more easily sucked in by a straight-up romantic drama, but have no objection to having a […]

In a truly unique and appropriate way to view politics of the 1970s, filmmaker Mary Wharton has made a film about the campaign and one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter that […]

It’s another great weekend in Chicago with plenty of things to do at home from a long list of amazing virtual plays to watching live streams of music and so […]

Team-ups, crossovers, and other collaborations between franchises are fun. It’s a pretty common phenomenon in fighting games, where crossover can almost be its own subgenre. It’s always fun to play […]