Review: Until Then Is a Standout Visual Novel That Is Often Funny, Sometimes Poignant
Visual novels are very hit or miss with me. I’ll either be engrossed within the first half hour, or I’ll turn it off and never get the urge to start […]
Review: In Adapting a Journalist’s Photo-Book, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders Creates New Narratives Around Compelling Characters
Rarely has a group of such gifted actors been gathered to tell a story that somehow feels both insightful and shallow, depending on the scene and character. Based on a […]
Review: Thelma Is a Tour de Force for a Hardworking Actor Too Long Taken for Granted
Can I adopt June Squibb as my grandmother? I suspect that will be the question crossing the minds of anyone without a living grandparent after coming out of Thelma, Josh […]
Interview: Ananda Lima Launches Fiction Debut With Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
Ananda Lima’s fiction debut, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, launches at Women and Children First this Friday, June 21. Filled with double meanings, a very meta perspective, rebellions […]
Review: Orville Peck Rounds Up His Stampede Tour to the Aragon Ballroom
Orville Peck is no stranger to the limelight having been thrust into it immediately after his debut album Pony, deservedly so. And with his star ever rising, this is his […]
Review: Trapped in Abby Geni’s The Body Farm
The characters in The Body Farm span across generations, backgrounds, lifestyles, and conflicts, but they all seem to share one thing: they’re trapped. This is Abby Geni’s second short story […]
Review: The Kite Runner Reveals Complex Story of Guilt and Redemption
The Kite Runner is a contemplative play that spans decades, continents and various aspects of the human heart. The national tour production is currently playing at the CIBC Theatre through […]
Review: A Few Bad Apples Can’t Sour Three Sisters, Chekhov’s Masterwork, Presented by Invictus Theatre Company
Melodrama gets a bum rap. It’s silly, the cynics say, unrealistic, it’s too much. But when melodrama is done well there’s nothing else like it. The genre appeals to the […]
Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Stars in Tuesday, a Vulnerable, Whimsical Exploration of Self Preservation and Perseverance
There’s no denying that there are more movies than ever. Film festivals routinely report higher submission numbers than ever, and it’s next to impossible to keep track of what’s premiering […]
Review: Róisín Murphy Delivers a Shapeshifting Electropop Dance Party at the Riviera Theatre
Róisín Murphy is a powerhouse performer. The Irish electropop artist vamps, dances, and whirls from one end of the stage to the other throughout the show. She changes into a […]
Review: Pixar Channels Familiar Emotions (and Several Charming New Ones) for Inside Out 2, the Rare Sequel Success
For many animation fans, the original Inside Out represents not only the best that Pixar has to offer, but also the depths to which animation as an art-form can go […]
Review: Ghostlight Portrays a Chicago Family Tragedy That’s Healed Through Theater
Chicago-based actor Keith Kupferer is your ultimate every-man performer. I’ve seen him in many stage roles over the years (The Humans, God of Carnage, Support Group for Men, Cake) but […]