Atomic Sketch, which bills itself “Chicago’s original drink and draw” event, celebrates its 14th birthday today in the best way it knows how: a special anniversary drinking and drawing session from 6-10:30 PM tonight at Green Eye Lounge (2403 W. Homer). Featured artists Cecilia Jane, Rebeca Soto, Vivian Jones, Mel Valentine, Morgan Hall, and Megan […]
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Meteor Gem opens its doors to Chicagoland’s trve metalheads
Chicago’s newest record store specializes in all things metal. Meteor Gem occupies a garden-level boutique at 3082 N. Elston, and its stock is so laser-focused on extreme music—including death, doom, black, post-, and progressive metal—that the records in just one subgenre outnumber the entire metal inventory of many local shops. Owner Mikhail Fedyukov has been […]
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Now playing: a return to the movies
After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual.
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COVID can’t stop the film freaks at CUFF
The world’s longest-running underground film festival plays on.
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Chicago Underground Film Festival: The Story of a Satellite
In this Spanish drama by the Also Sisters, screening as part of the Chicago Underground Film Festival, a young man whose father was killed by a falling satellite keeps an eye on the sky.
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Chicago Underground Film Festival: Gold and copper miners tough it out in Good Luck
Ben Russell’s epic portrait of the global labor force screens in this year’s Chicago Underground Film Festival.
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Chicago Underground Film Festival: The Shorts
Reader critics assess eight short works screening in the festival’s 25th edition, through Sunday at the Logan.
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Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back
As the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival approaches, here are ten stand-out features from festivals past.
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An interview with Jon Moritsugu, director of Mod Fuck Explosion
The veteran underground filmmaker reflects on his four-decade career.
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Mod Fuck Explosion: Stuck in the past, ahead of its time
Jon Moritsugu’s underground classic reheats the 60s mod craze and strikes an early blow for Asian-American identity.
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Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
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Shorts, sharp and shocking, at the Chicago Underground Film Festival
Five days’ worth of features and short subjects screen in the festival’s 24th edition.
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Illinois Film Tour will bring independent films, resources to communities statewide
The new initiative, cocurated by IFP Chicago and Full Spectrum Features through a grant from Illinois Humanities, is committed to starting conversations about social issues and elevating diverse filmmakers.
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What to see at the Chicago Underground Film Festival
More than 100 new films screen through Sunday at the Logan Theatre.
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The Chicago Underground Film Festival highlights this week’s new movie reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue