Rapper, producer, DJ, and talk-show host GreenSllime has built a cult following with his muddy, sample-heavy production and crass rhymes. In the past few years he’s made incredible strides toward establishing his voice as a solo rapper, but he’s already been an unsung hero in the local scene for more than a decade, operating mostly […]
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Aldermen Goodfellas
Mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s proposed City Council cuts don’t sound so bad with aldermen talking like mobsters.
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Rauner showers praise on Mike Pence, leaving no doubt how he feels about gay marriage
“Mike Pence, along with President Trump, are doing it for every American right now,” our governor says.
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Silence isn’t un-Scorsese—it’s very Scorsese
The director’s latest is cerebral, stoic, and tranquil, but it still shares much in common with his other films.
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Son of Saul opens at Music Box, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Cultural moments of 1990 revisited by someone born in 1990
In anticipation of the Chicago Humanities Festival program “Year in Review: 1990,” a writer looks back at moments from the year of her birth.
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Blood Ties and Gambit: Two genre films for the grown-ups
Blood Ties and Gambit: two genre films from the “disappearing middle” of American cinema
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 8/19: Richard Buckner, Porn and Chicken, and GoodFellas
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, August 19
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Weekly Top Five: What’s in the frame and what’s out—the best of Martin Scorsese
Weekly top five: Martin Scorsese films
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Pain & Gain wants to kick your ass
Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in Michael Bay’s satire of the American dream.
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This Week’s Movie Action
New reviews and notable films in this week’s Chicago Reader.
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The Making of a Chicago Outfit
How six recent Columbia College grads got Hollywood muscle to help them make their mob movie
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Running on empty
Is The Departed the film of a director on his last legs? At least one critic seems to think so.