While Riot Fest—which will celebrate its 15th year anniversary this year in September—is arguably Chicago’s largest and most well-known festival of all things punk (and more), another local festival that […]

March supposedly marks the beginning of spring. Since this is Chicago, however, that really means that the weather will just go from extremely cold to very cold. Here are some […]

There’s a moment early in Greta, the latest from director Neil Jordan’s (The Crying Game, The End of the Affair, Interview with the Vampire), where the title character (played by one of […]

On a cold Wednesday night in Chicago darkness crept into the Metro. In one of the city’s most storied venues one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, Wes […]

This timely and unexpectedly good-hearted biopic tells the story of Judy Wood (the always reliable Michelle Monaghan), an attorney who moved to California with her young son Alex (Gabriel Bateman), […]

Documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner has long been one of my favorite observers of life, in that she doesn’t just point a camera at her subjects—like comedian/activist Russell Brand (Brand: A […]

In a time when science is considered opinion and a token in political games, it’s heartwarming to get a film that celebrates ingenuity inspired by a love of science and […]

One of the unquestionable documentary highlights of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was director Todd Douglas Miller’s (Dinosaur 13) latest, Apollo 11, a narration-free account of the NASA mission that […]

I’ve always had a soft spot for post-apocalyptic games, no matter what form they take. There’s just something about Earth after civilization that makes a really interesting video game setting […]

Toejam and Earl are video game icons. Everyone I know that played games in the 90’s knows who they are, even if they never played one of their titles. After […]

Love In October continues the trend of Sweden kicking out sparkling and infectious music. The two brothers at the core of the group, Erik  and Kent Widman, relocated to the […]

What can I say about Mamma Mia that hasn’t already been said? It’s an international phenomenon, with a Broadway run that spanned 14 years, has been adapted into two movies, with all […]