Evil Eyes Sea is preoccupied with objects: how they become imbued with their owners’ lives and remain after those people are gone. In her autobiographically-inspired graphic novel, Özge Samancı skillfully […]
When you walk into Hellas Pastry Shop (2627 W Lawrence Ave.), the trays of cookies behind glass will almost force the knee jerk reaction to order a box of sweets. […]
For women in Hollywood, aging is not the easiest thing to do. Often, the mere act of passing time and surviving is enough to tank a woman’s career, particularly when […]
Humor is subjective; it always has been. It baffles me endlessly when anyone tries to argue that a film that some people find funny isn’t funny. Others found it funny, […]
Quite often, when a film features such a completely stacked cast of comedic talent, it’s almost guaranteed to be terrible. Sure, some of the actors will get out a doozy […]
In this hit-you-over-the-head love letter to the stunt community of Hollywood, former stunt man, stunt coordinator and now director David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, Hobbs & Shaw) […]
Chicago’s newest theater, Blue In The Right Way, is staging its inaugural production, Women Beware Women, a half-modernized, half-classical mashup of Thomas Middleton’s original work of the same name, written […]
Paging Ava DuVernay—the Chicago Humanities Festival has two future film ideas for you. On Saturday, April 27, the vibrant cultural series presented two Lincoln Park events to highlight Black excellence […]
Summer vibes are coming in nicely this weekend as the temps and events are running pretty hot! There are so many excellent concerts at our favorite venues, film festivals throughout […]
We were fast running out of time. At one point, we didn’t think even we would make it. It was our first time joining the annual Independent Bookstore Day’s Chicagoland […]
Dear Cinnamon is a new monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. […]
No mise en place necessary for Jane Bertch. The born and raised Chicagoan turned Parisian details how she went from her meat and potatoes Midwest upbringing, working toward a career […]