It is a really good time to be a fan of Chicago music right now. Our scene is always vibrant, but we appear to be in another of those mini-movements […]

Not yet 30 years old, filmmaker Kantemir Balagov directs Beanpole, a film that is perhaps the opposite of what his contemporaries are drawn to create. Instead of something of-the-moment, something about frivolous […]

In 2011, I saw a wonderful documentary about New York Times “On the Street” photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham called Bill Cunningham: New York. At the time, Cunningham was […]

I’ll fully admit, I happen to think The Band is one of the greatest musical acts of all time, with one of the most fascinating backstories ever told. Hell, they […]

Ever since I saw this new version of The Invisible Man, I keep erroneously referring to it as The Invisible Woman, but the mistake is understandable. Aside from the film’s […]

Nearly every scene in Emma., the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel about a selfish young woman who sees the error of her meddling ways, looks as if it would be […]

I love pixel-art, I love exploration, and if something has the description of “Zelda-esque” I almost immediately go for it. When I got the chance to play a press demo […]

The best horror isn’t about gore, shock, or jump scares—it’s a manipulation that gets into your mind, and unsettles you down to your core. The best horror will stick with […]

Tender’s show at Lincoln Hall was the third time the electronic duo performed in Chicago. A lot of things have changed for the band since they first performed here. Tender, […]

How will you be spending these last few days of February? Movies! Birthday parties! Concerts! Conventions! There are so many great events going on this weekend ready to delight, so […]

Here we are, already facing the final curtain. We’ve had a lot of fun so far,  haven’t we? As we promised, there’s been a little something for every kind of […]

Here in Chicago, we think we get winter. Our unique understanding of the nuances of lake-effect snow and our ability to gripe endlessly about dibs surely preps us for the […]