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When a film critic doesn’t have much to say about a film, they’ll often resort to padding their word count with a play-by-play on the film’s plot. This happens, then […]

This guest Screens post was written by Matthew Nerber. A Thanksgiving tradition as reliable as Grandma’s pumpkin pie, the Music Box Theatre once again invites fans of the 1965 best […]

This guest Screens post was written by Matthew Nerber. Since opening in 2001, the Gene Siskel Film Center has proven to be one of the city’s premiere movie-houses, with an […]

One of the more difficult things to manifest on screen is the artistic mind. While it may be somewhat interesting to watch a painter or sculptor ply their trade over […]

Unlike Inside Out, which dove into the portions of our mind that make up personality, Pixar’s latest, Coco, opts to give us a bigger-picture view into what makes us unique […]

One of the more incendiary films to hit screens this year is Bitch—written and directed by lead actress Marianna Palka, the Scottish-born auteur who studied at New York City’s Atlantic […]

Last Friday the usually spacious Logan Theatre Lounge was packed with local game designers and developers eager to show off their prototypes. Hosted by the Logan Theatre and the Nerdologues […]

The Book of Will is a gift to Bardophiles, a peek at the imagined creation of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The playwright, Lauren Gunderson, is the most produced living American playwright […]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, love it or hate it, is a modern classic with extreme staying power. With a recent rerelease on the Nintendo Switch that emphasized portability (less […]

On Wednesday night, I ran from one lit-up Old Style marquee to the next: the Ez Inn afforded me a nice booth and beer before a night of standing and […]

Steppenwolf Theatre’s world premiere of The Minutes by Tracy Letts takes place during a small town city council meeting. It’s a satire of small-town politics, individual grievances and so much […]

When people refer to particular actors as “a star of stage and screen,” they are usually referring to performers who have decades of experience moving back and forth between theater […]