CIFF Review: As Goes Janesville
Countless formerly big American cities have plummeted into states of depression. As Goes Janesville is the…
CIFF Review: Empire Builder
Chicagoan Kris Swanberg debuts her existential breakthrough in this telling tale of self exploration and relationship-revelation.
Food Geek: Adventures in Entomophagy
Have you eaten a bug...on purpose? Panko-encrusted? Sea salt studded? Smoked? Fricasseed? How about with a…
Preview: 48th Chicago International Film Festival
For the next two weeks, Chicago is the place to see the best films in the…
Review: Unnatural Spaces by Coya Paz
In Coya Paz’s latest, we are prompted to ask, among other things, what’s in your chicken?
Book Review: This Is How You Lose Her
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz writes about love, loss, and starting over in his excellent new…