Chicagoans share the objects that make their homes good places to be.
Tag: John Cusack
Posted inMusic
Building on the pillars of Blue Groove Lounge
An oral history of DJ Jesse de la Peña’s foundational Blue Groove Lounge hip-hop night, on the occasion of its belated 25th birthday parties
Posted inFilm
Chicago Cab, a film for all the bleaker Christmases
An all-star cast of cameos is a balm for forced cheer.
Posted inArts & Culture
Hellcab’s appeal remains just as mystifying now as it was in 1992
Despite the update to a female cabdriver, the script’s fundamental flaws remain unaddressed.
Posted inNews & Politics
Beyond the ‘Bernie bro’: Socialism’s diverse new youth brigade
Inspired by Sanders, outraged by Trump, and betrayed by the neoliberal establishment, the reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America set out to paint the town red.
Posted inArts & Culture
Wit, Earthquakes in London, and six more new theater reviews
The Hypocrites’ staging of a Pulitzer Prize winner and a U.S. premiere at Steep are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inBlogs
Advice from Angela Davis in the aftermath of the election
“We will have to struggle over the coming period as we have never struggled before,” said the famed radical feminist. “Freedom is a constant struggle.”
Posted inBlogs
Spike Lee says Chi-Raq will save lives on the south side—but can’t say how
The director took part in a Q&A at an Apple store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, but didn’t provide a lot of answers.
Posted inFilm
Spike Lee takes on Chicago gun violence, but where are the victims?
Chi-Raq is too full of distractions to address the city’s ongoing tragedy.
Posted inBlogs
Will the real Brian Wilson please stand up, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inFilm
Love & Mercy is twice the Brian Wilson, but not the whole story
Is it possible for any movie to get the Beach Boy’s story right?
Posted inBlogs
Cameron Crowe goes Hawaiian, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inFilm
In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell
In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.
Posted inBlogs
The European Union Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inFilm
The Butler: The anti-Gump
In Lee Daniels’s The Butler, painful social realities collide with delirious fantasy.