Review: Not Much Develops in Photograph
The best moment in The Lunchbox, the insanely underrated 2013 film by Ritesh Batra about a homemaker whose warm lunches end up getting delivered to a stranger, is the ending. […]
Review: Crowd-Pleasing The Biggest Little Farm Comes With a Universal Message of Perseverance
In a world where success can seem like it’s one well-received Instagram post away, being reminded of the thankless hours, the countless fails and the unrelenting hard work it is […]
Review: Spanning Tragedy, Comedy and Several Years, The Winter’s Tale Proves to be Enduring Shakespeare
You read Romeo & Juliet in high school. You saw Much Ado About Nothing one summer at the park. Even if you’ve never seen (or read) them, cultural references to Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello […]
Review: Days Gone is a Long, Slow Burn That is Surprisingly Good
Very minor story spoilers follow: When I first saw the announcement for Days Gone at last year’s E3, I immediately thought, “why do we need this game?” I mean, […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/16 – 5/19
It feels like we just sped past spring and are diving right into summer! It’s the middle of May and there is plenty waiting for you in Chicago to discover […]
Review: The World of Assassins Grows Larger, More Intriguing in John Wick: Chapter 3
The world of John Wick is getting bigger. Maybe not for him, but certainly for the audience members who have stuck with this series of stunt-heavy, extremely violent films about […]
Arte Agoraphile—An Interview with Arte Agora Author Daniel X. O’Neil
Daniel X. O’Neil sees art everywhere, but not in that Bob Ross on ’shrooms sort of way. Mr. O’Neil is a connoisseur and curator of what he calls Arte Agora, […]
Review: Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5: Blood, Smoke, and Terror Choke King’s Landing in “The Bells”
Mild spoilers follow. A season of television beleaguered by the pressure and presumptions of millions is bound to suffer. This newest episode, however, is schlock no one thought Game of […]
Review: Gloom Is in Bloom at Lincoln Hall – TR/ST with Lydia Ainsworth
On Friday night I found myself in the hands of chaos. I was at home only 15 minutes before jumping into an Uber and heading to Schubas to see TR/ST […]
Review: Third Coast Percussion and Civic Orchestra Premiere Christopher Cerrone Concerto
The front of the stage at Symphony Center was cluttered with marimbas, vibraphones, wood slabs, cymbals, crotales, and other gear as Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion opened the Civic Orchestra of […]
Review: The Mushroom Cure, a One-Man Show Exploring a Psychotropic Cure for OCD
Adam Strauss sits on an empty stage next to a table loaded with glasses of water. He speaks plaintively to us about his ongoing internal monologue about which MP3 player […]
Preview: Halo and Portal Meet in Splitgate: Arena Warfare
If there’s one thing I prefer not to do, it’s defining a game as “X game meets Y game” because it implies a game isn’t original. Saying that Rage 2 […]