Review: In Risky Cheney Biopic VICE, Former VP is the Supervillain
Whether or not you enjoy this biopic on former Vice-President Dick Cheney may depend a great deal on how much you enjoy snark, skimming the surface of a subject who […]
Review: Barry Jenkins Creates a Masterpiece in Adapting James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk
To those with just a passing awareness of such things, Moonlight may only be known as that film at the center of Envelopegate at the 2017 Academy Awards; the cast […]
Review: On The Basis of Sex Is an Approachable Biopic for an Ambitious American Icon
It could be reasonably argued that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most important American woman alive today. In a deeply divided political climate, she sits in a […]
Review: Pink Crosses Mark the Graves of the Desconocidas in Isaac Gomez’ Powerful La Ruta
Pink crosses spread across the front of the stage. Many of them are marked “Desconocida” (unknown). Unmarked graves of young women who wanted to better their lives by working in […]
GALLERY: Christkindlmarket–A Chicago Christmas Can’t Miss
When I was about sixteen years old, I got the opportunity to visit Germany. On that trip, I found myself in Saxony, in a small former mining town called Schneeberg. […]
Review: Despite Hiccups, Touring Fiddler on the Roof Remains Poignant, Relevant
Fiddler on the Roof premiered on Broadway in 1964, and it was a smash hit. It ran for more than 3,000 performances (a record at the time) and won […]
Review: Jennifer Lopez in Second Act Doesn’t Deserve a First Look
In a true Christmas miracle, everything about Second Act, the new Jennifer Lopez film, manages to scream that it’s both trying too hard and not trying hard enough. Foregoing any real […]
Review: Hairy Who? 1966-1969 Still Has the Power to Shock, Offend and Delight
Knock KnockWho’s there?HAIRY —Hairy Who!!! That silly kid joke is the text on a cocktail napkin used at a Hyde Park Art Center exhibition in 1966-67. And it’s emblematic of […]
SUE’s New Suite Open for the Holidays at the Field Museum, Starting Today
It wasn’t all that long ago we heard the news that the Field Museum’s chatty, sarcastic murderbird SUE the T. Rex was going on a little hiatus from the limelight. […]
Review: Just Cause 4 — Lots of Explosions, Little Impact
Developer Avalanche has made a name for themselves with the Just Cause series. Since 2006, Rico Rodriguez has been explosively liberating small countries that have been oppressed by dictators, sowing […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Doesn’t Exactly Reinvent the Wheel, But Did We Really Want it to?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It marks the 15th game in the Call of Duty franchise and the fourth […]
Review: Transformers Franchise Surprises with Friendship, Heart and Heroism in Bumblebee
Taking what is essentially the kid-and-her-pet scenario that is as old as time and applying it to a sci-fi adventure story that acts as a prequel to director Michael Bay’s […]