When a film gives you a word like “Regret” in its title and it also isn’t very good, the jokes write themselves. So I won’t stoop to that level and […]
At some point years from now, I’m sure someone will attempt an actual biopic or biographical series about Bruce Springsteen. But for now, I think Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere […]
Brave. Poignant. Inspirational. These are the default adjectives writers are supposed to use when describing an autobiographical narrative centered around a cancer battle. And while they all certainly apply to […]
It’s the weekend before Halloween and there are so many fun fall events ready to make this final full October weekend a blast! From concerts to movies, Halloween parades to […]
The stunning Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church was the scene of an incredible immersive experience in new music on Tuesday evening. In a program entitled Viaggio Profondo: An Homage […]
For almost 20 years Carla Bruni has been studying, preserving and writing about historic architecture. Her recent book Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture (Agate), written with […]
The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presented Shakespeare Sings last weekend, an excellent concert of arias from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Britten, and other composers whose works are performed less frequently. […]
It’s been a while since we last heard new music from one-time-Chicagoan Rachael Yamagata. Hard to believe her last album Tightrope Walker came out nine years ago, but her time […]
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt’s visual style can be described in many ways—quiet, subtle, humanistic, etc.—but I think the best way to sum up her approach to storytelling is observational. Reichardt channels […]
Richard Linklater’s been busy. The Austin-based filmmaker has a number of films both in the works and coming soon; his two latest are both centered on artists, albeit at very […]
Hitting the mid-week mark, the Chicago International Film Festival boasts special guests and anticipated films on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21 and 22; here are the highlights our film critics […]
It’s officially that time of year. The temperature is cooling down, the sun is setting earlier, and the spooky, Halloween vibe is starting to take over. If this is the […]