These storytellers at the Fillet of Solo Festival defamiliarize their audiences’ view of the world.
Tag: Alice in Wonderland
Alice proves what we already guessed: Evanston is Wonderland
Things get curiouser and curiouser during this roaming production.
Five masters of stop-motion animation
If you like the Czech animations by Jiri Trnka showing this month at Film Center, try out these other five greats of nontraditional animation.
Charlotte Rampling stars in 45 Years, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
12 O’Clock Track: Explosions in the Sky, “The Birth and Death of the Day”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Explosion in the Sky’s “The Birth and Death of the Day”
Children under glass: Caleb Weintraub’s insular, precarious worlds
Don’t take the kids to Caleb Weintraub’s “Snowglobe, a Plastic Dream in a Clear and Present Danger”—they’re already in it
Tapping and Taming: this week’s new performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews from Reader critics
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival: start peeling
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 23rd Onion City festival runs Thu-Sun 6/23-6/26. Following are selected works from the opening-night program (Thu 6/23, 8 PM) at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the nine subsequent programs (showtimes below) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. For more information call 773-293-1447; a complete schedule is available […]
This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Fruit trees, spring onions, an afternoon tea, and more.
“Snooki in Wonderland”
Chicago writer Phil Edwards’s e-book Snooki in Wonderland is a Lewis Carroll/Jersey Shore mashup