Review: The Guardians, A Smoldering Drama About Life in Wartime
It’s rare that a wartime-set film focuses primarily on the struggles of those left back home, but in The Guardians, the latest work from director Xavier Beauvois (Of Gods and […]
Review: Sunflower Bean Brought Space Cowboy Vibes to Lincoln Hall
On a busy Friday night, Lincoln Hall isn’t too filled for an interesting three-band bill compiled of Rookie, Dream Wife, and Sunflower Bean. With each band offering something different, it’s hard to imagine such […]
Review: Saoirse Ronan Revisits Ian McEwan’s Lush, Repressed World in On Chesil Beach
Saoirse Ronan arrived in Joe Wright’s 2007 adaptation of Ian McEwan’s heartbreaking novel Atonement. Now, she returns a decade later to a McEwan work in On Chesil Beach, adapted for the screen […]
Review: The Sea and Cake Share Any Day with Empty Bottle
The Sea and Cake are currently on tour in support of their newest album, Any Day, released on May 11 on Thrill Jockey Records. The Chicago music veterans invited the […]
Review: Acrobatica Infiniti is Nerdy and Amazing After Dark, With No Pants
Tana Karo started Acrobatica Infiniti, billed as the world’s first “nerd circus” back in the era of Gaper’s Block. It was 2015, and “nerd culture” was on the rise, as was the […]
Review: State of Decay 2 is Flawed but Fun Group Survival
I’ve been playing a lot of open world survival games lately. This once chic genre has since been usurped and far surpassed in popularity by the battle royale genre, but […]
Chicago Zine Fest Recap: A Cross-Town Tribute to a Miniature Medium
By Liz Mason Chicago Zine Fest is one of my favorite yearly events: a major gathering of people into what I’m into—zines. Don’t know what a zine is? Don’t worry […]
Preview: Check out the Mothergunship Gun Crafting Range Available Today
Bullet hell and Tower of Guns successor Mothergunship is fast. After playing modern shooters for so long, when I got at the controls, I felt like I was driving a […]
Review: Paul Schrader’s First Reformed Is Combustible, Captivating
I’ve been watching a lot of movies for a long time, and yet I’d be the first to admit I have a lot to learn about the movies. I went […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/24 – 5/27
It’s Memorial Day Weekend! While many will be out and about traveling for festivities or staying home to grill out with the best of them, some of us are looking […]
New Report Shows Negative Effects of Chicago School Closings
A new report from the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research confirmed what many educators, parents, students, and activists long-held about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial closing of nearly […]
Obama Presidential Library Takes Another Step Forward
The Chicago City Council approved plans Wednesday in a 47-1 vote for the Obama Presidential Library, ignoring concerns of neighborhood residents regarding displacement and gentrification. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who placed […]