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- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Apr 21, 2020
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When online drama is good for kids
Virtual classes and activities keep the theater bug alive for young artists.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 4, 2020
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Bug still gets under the skin
David Cromer's production for Steppenwolf taps into our current conspiracy-theory culture.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 3, 2020
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David Bowie tribute project Sons of the Silent Age play two of the artist’s most iconic albums
- Film, Movie Review Dec 24, 2019
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Chicago Cab, a film for all the bleaker Christmases
An all-star cast of cameos is a balm for forced cheer.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 8, 2019
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Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust
Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 19, 2018
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The holiday miracle that gave Agency Theater Collective its Hellcab cab
The onstage taxi has a dramatic backstory.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 29, 2018
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You & Me masterfully bridges theater and improv comedy
Michael Patrick Thornton invites everyone from theater newbies to high-powered actors to play alongside him.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 18, 2018
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Victims of Duty: An absurd show for absurd times
A Red Orchid revives its 1995 staging for the Trump era.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2018
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John Mulaney at the Chicago Theatre, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Sleigh Bells, She the People, and more goings-on January 29-February 1
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 17, 2018
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Brett Neveu’s Traitor takes Ibsen’s Dr. Stockmann down many pegs
In an update of An Enemy of the People, the hero ain’t what he used to be.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Sons of the Silent Age honored David Bowie’s life and death by playing his Berlin trilogy
Saturday at Metro, actor Michael Shannon joined Sons of the Silent Age for yet another demonstration of the lasting impact of Bowie's work.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 14, 2017
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The Shape of Water is wondrous, but woefully narrow-minded
The visual achievement of Guillermo del Toro's new fantasy can't alleviate its reductive worldview.
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 12, 2017
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The 2017 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Our critics weigh in on 22 new films making their local premieres.
- Film, Fall Preview Sep 7, 2016
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Ten best bets for fall movies
Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth's story, plus other highlights.
- Film, Movie Review Apr 21, 2016
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Elvis & Nixon gives Presley the upper hand, but it was the president all along
Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey star in this throwaway comedy about the King's summit with Tricky Dick.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 15, 2015
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Chris Jones wins national honor for drama criticism
The Tribune's longtime drama critic wins a prestigious Nathan Award.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 13, 2015
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A Red Orchid's sold-out Pilgrim's Progress is gloriously, disquietingly puzzling
Gruesome, violent death lurks in playwright Brett Neveu's latest, starring Michael Shannon.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2015
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Michael Shannon wants you outta here now, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Film, Movie Review Oct 1, 2015
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Ramin Bahrani returns with 99 Homes, one of the best films of the year
Michael Shannon and Andrew Garfield star in this brutal examination of the subprime mortgage meltdown.
- Film, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Michael Shannon is a ruthless real estate broker in Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 9, 2014
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese's debut to Lee Daniels's achievement award
We dug through the Chicago International Film Festival's archives, talked to people who were around back in the day, and assembled a time line covering the fest's 50 years.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2014
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The sun is setting on HBO's Boardwalk Empire
With a short season ahead, the writers might consider picking up the show's narrative pace.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2014
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Remembering Hal Russell: Ken Vandermark, Michael Shannon, and others pay tribute
The idiosyncratic and influential bandleader gets feted in Millennium Park next week.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2014
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City announces lineup for Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz
Matana Roberts, Fareed Haque, Ernest Dawkins, NRG Ensemble with Michael Shannon, John Moulder, and Milton Suggs play the free Millennium park concert series.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 28, 2013
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Happy days are here again for the Illinois film industry
Thanks to the state's 30 percent tax credit, six TV series are now shooting in Chicago.
