Film reviews: XXX: Return of Xander Cage, Split
XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE You can’t keep a good Vin Diesel franchise down, any more than you can keep a Vin Diesel character dead for longer than one movie. […]
TCR Mixtape No. 15: Our Town (Curated by CHIRP Radio)
At CHIRP Radio, one of our favorite things to do is to play tracks by the amazing local artists who fill our community. 2016 was a banner year for Chicago […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/19 – 1/22
Well it’s finally that weekend we’ve been waiting for, or more aptly dreading. While it’s easy just to give up and stand aside, but that’s something we can not do. […]
Japanese Monoprints at Art Institute, Bold and Delicate
Ink on Paper: Japanese Monochromatic Works, currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, explores the rich history of Japanese monoprint art. Before methods in color printing came around in the […]
Big Thief Steals the Evening @ Schubas During TNK Fest
[soliloquy id=”8884″] Photos by Julian Ramirez Tomorrow Never Knows never disappoints. In addition to promoting well-known favorites all over Chicago, we’re also given stellar performances by local up-and-comers. Wednesday evening […]
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice: A Quirky Twist on Greek Mythology at Promethean Theatre
Sarah Ruhl’s sweet, quirky Eurydice retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, but focuses on the bride rather than on the bereft groom. It’s a story of memory and regret, […]
The Hunter and the Bear at Writers Theatre A Scarily Inventive Ghost Story
In 2013, during Writers Theatre’s final season in the Women’s Library Club building, PigPen Theatre Co. made their Chicago debut with their much-lauded production of The Old Man and the […]
Chicago Theaters to Participate in Ghostlight Project on Inauguration Eve
Chicago theaters will participate in the Ghostlight Project at 5:30pm on Thursday, January 19, to affirm their commitment to diversity and inclusion in advance of the Trump inauguration. Goodman, Steppenwolf, […]
Film Review: Ocean Waves, A Rediscovered Studio Ghibli Gem
Following last year’s first official U.S. release of 1991’s Only Yesterday, the famed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is rounding out its unreleased (stateside, at least) titles with the 1993 […]
Film Review: Claire in Motion, Devastating Drama
The setup is fairly straightforward even if the purpose is elusive. The latest film from directing team Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell (2011’s Small, Beautifully Moving Parts) concerns Claire […]
Film Review: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened…, Dreams Shattered Then Realized
When I interviewed La La Land writer-director Damien Chazelle a couple months ago for Ain’t it Cool News, we discussed one of the film’s themes being the power of rejection […]
Film Review: 20th Century Women, Mostly Awful
A few years ago, writer-director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) made a touching and uproarious film that was both a tribute to his father and all fathers called Beginners, which resulted in […]