Review: 3100: Run and Become Intrigues More Than It Inspires
It’s easy to be impressed by someone who completes, or even runs, a traditional marathon. Now try to imagine running one that is 3,100 miles long and takes more than […]
Review: Actress Judy Greer Disappoints in Directorial Debut, A Happening of Monumental Proportions
The title of this film betrays its true nature, but the fact that A Happening of Monumental Proportions marks the directing debut of actress Judy Greer is something to celebrate. […]
Review: A Comedian Gone Too Soon Remembered Fondly in Love, Gilda
Love, Gilda, a documentary about the life and way-too-early death of “Saturday Night Live” cast member Gilda Radner, is almost too easy a subject to make a film about. Naturally, anyone with an […]
Review: Life Itself Lacks Any Signs of Actual Human Life, or Heart
If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to advance reviews on this film, then you know that it’s one of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018—and deservedly so. Writer/director Dan […]
Review: Michael Moore Explores the Path to Trump in Fahrenheit 11/9
The latest from documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9 (the date refers to the day in 2016 when we all learned that Donald Trump would be America’s next president and […]
Review: A Few Scares, a Few Fart Jokes Make for an Uneven House With a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls is a very bad title for a movie. The unfortunate tagline—”This house knows what makes you tick.”—is even worse. Fortunately, the film to […]
Review: Inside Noname’s Room 25
“Maybe this the album you listen to in your car When you driving home late at night Really questioning every god, religion, Kanye bitches Maybe this is the entrance before […]
Review: Rolling Blackouts at Lincoln Hall
Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever ran through a rollicking set to a sold-out Lincoln Hall crowd which bounced along. The Australians are touring on the back of their debut full-length “Hope […]
Reeling 2018: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
With 31 features and 19 short film programs being screened—all of them Chicago premieres—the 36th edition of Reeling (the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world) runs Sept. 20-30 at […]
Bit Bash’s Fabricade Shines with Unique, Exclusive and Experimental Game Experiences
This past weekend, while Riot Fest was amping up for its first day in Douglas Park, a different kind of alternative experience was happening in River West, with Bit Bash’s Fabricade. In lieu […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 9/20 – 9/23
It’s official, this Saturday marks the end of summer! Don’t let that get you down, the events are still going strong. With art nights, fantastic movies in a beautiful format, […]
Alter Brewing Keeps Flavor Local With Lyman Woods Honey Wheat Ale
On September 8, Alter Brewing and Downers Grove Park District put on their Field to Fermenter event. This precedes the release of a fall staple for Alter and Downers Grove […]