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While the art scene in Chicago and other major cities closed its doors for most of 2020, numerous art books continued to be published. Here’s a list of 10 must-see […]

Video games don’t have to be all about difficulty. Sometimes, they can be about relaxation and exploration.  When I got a chance to play Dune Sea on Nintendo Switch, and […]

  Christmas is fast approaching, and 2020 will be soon behind us. 2020 has been a challenge for most of the country—and it’s making the holiday season a little bit […]

Often the lone voice of reason amidst the government’s confused and insufficient response to the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) recently […]

It takes a certain kind of person to become a rockstar. There’s talent involved, of course; one has to have that innate ability to perform, the skill to play an […]

I’m a sucker for bright, cartoony games. I know people who absolutely won’t play a game unless they’re grim dark with photorealistic graphics. That’s a shame, because there are some […]

There was a time in my life when I was obsessed with Danish cinema; it began in the late 1990s, when the Dogme 95 movement began, but it lasted well […]

The story is fairly straightforward and deceptively simple, but the emotions are complex, separating writer/director Zeina Durra’s Luxor from other travelogues disguised as movies. Durra (The Imperialists Are Still Alive!) […]

December is here and 2020 is finally coming to an end. That also means that it’s the last Bandcamp Friday of the year. This new tradition of Bandcamp waiving their […]

Let me lay out this infuriating exercise as simply as I can: All My Life is based on the true story of young couple Jennifer and Solomon—played by Jessica Rothe […]

In what might be one of the coolest opening sequences of the year, the beginning of Sound of Metal sees Riz Ahmed’s Ruben drum as if his life depends on […]

In may ways, Nomadland, the latest for writer/director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, and the upcoming Eternals film from Marvel—which was supposed to have been released just a couple of weeks […]