This past fall, TimeLine offered a blistering revival of Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind, in which a Black actress in a 1950s Broadway play about lynching (penned and directed by white men, naturally) takes a stand against the insulting stereotypes in the script and the microaggressions in the rehearsal room. They’ve followed that up with […]
Tag: Academy Awards
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Local arts reviews, like Oscar nominations, aren’t covering America
Coverage and awards send a disappointing—but not unexpected—message about whose stories really matter.
Posted inFilm
Short films, big messages
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films program explores the ties that bind amid tragedy and struggle.
Posted inMusic
Courtney Mora from In Masks on an album to take you apart and put you back together
Current musical obsessions of Courtney Mora from In Masks, Maddie Rehayem from the Cell, and Salem Collo-Julin from the Reader
Posted inFilm
Like Juno, Diablo Cody’s Tully is a tale of motherhood and waning youth
Charlize Theron stars as a woman rescued from postpartum depression by a new friend.
Posted inBlogs
Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.
Posted inBlogs
The shape of the Shape of Water plagiarism lawsuit
The copyright infringement lawsuit against the Oscar-winning film claims clear access and critical similarities.
Posted inFilm
Fatih Akin’s thriller In the Fade proves there’s nothing more dangerous than a person who’s lost everything
In the Fade proves there’s nothing more dangerous than a person who’s lost everything.
Posted inBlogs
Week in review: The Oscars disaster that was, and wasn’t
The political rhetoric was real; some of the symbolism was perhaps less so.
Posted inBlogs
‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news
Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.
Posted inFilm
Oscar-nominated short films arrive in Chicago this week
Reader critics consider the year’s animated, documentary, and live-action nominees.
Posted inBlogs
LA Times reporters scrounge passes from their bosses to cover the Oscars
Michael Ferro nabbed passes usually reserved for the paper’s entertainment reporters.
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Watch the Oscars at Logan Theatre, see typographic art at Typeforce, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Table Top Shakespeare, the Randolph Street Market, and more happenings from February 26-28.
Posted inBlogs
After 40 years, Black History Month’s abolition is overdue
Stop presenting American history as if it were white history with a few black cameos.