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Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer stand in a doorway, with a bleach-blonde Brandon Perea pointing from behind them
Posted inFilm

From roller rinks to R-rated movies

by Gregory Wakeman July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Perea’s career is almost certainly going to hit another echelon now that Nope has hit cinemas. For the time being, though, he just hopes that audiences are thoroughly entertained by Peele’s dynamic storytelling and filmmaking.

Daniel Kaluuya in an orange hoodie on horseback
Posted inFilm

Nope

by Gregory Wakeman July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Nope is still too fun and has too many effective sequences to be considered a disappointment. It’s just not as resoundingly impressive as we’ve come to expect from Peele.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony McCoy in Candyman
Posted inFilm

Nia DaCosta’s Candyman hooks into something new

by Sheri Flanders August 27, 2021August 31, 2021

The new Candyman film draws inspiration from the original from the very first scene of the opening credits. Just as the 1992 version began with a slow crawl along the highway, the 2021 version follows the path of the el tracks, then flips, traveling skyward and westward through downtown in a stunning, upside-down shot of […]

Posted inArts & Culture

From ghostly to gothic to goofy, theater artists celebrate the season

by Catey Sullivan October 13, 2020August 18, 2021

Random Acts, Unwell, and PlayMakers Laboratory create scary stories to share (online) in the dark.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Lori and Toni were missing in action

by Ben Joravsky March 29, 2019August 18, 2021

Lightfoot and Preckwinkle claim to be progressives but they stayed away from the front lines during the great fights of the Rahm years.

Posted inFilm

We have met the enemy and they are Us

by Ben Sachs March 26, 2019August 18, 2021

Jordan Peele’s follow-up to Get Out is less funny and more unsettling.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Successfully avoiding the sophomore slump

by Ben Sachs March 26, 2019August 18, 2021

Wondrous second films from directors whose debut outings set the bar high

Posted inFilm

Demolition Man’s a black movie and here’s why

by Princess McDowell February 27, 2019August 18, 2021

Simon Phoenix is brought back as an assassin and gets conscripted into becoming a catalyst for chaos. That’s the blackest story they could have written.

Posted inArts & Culture

In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone

by Marissa Oberlander June 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.

Posted inBlogs

Before Peele met Key or wanted to Get Out, he was onstage in Chicago

by Aimee Levitt March 8, 2018August 18, 2021

And his show, Two White Guys, which he performed with Rebecca Drysdale at ImprovOlympic, was pretty good.

Posted inBlogs

Academy Awards 2018: The Oscar nominees

by Steve Heisler January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Reader reviews of the top films

Posted inBlogs

Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017

by Ben Sachs December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.

Posted inArts & Culture

American Theater’s Welcome to Jesus makes you want to Get Out

by Tony Adler November 8, 2017August 18, 2021

American Theater Company’s latest is a very nearly insufferable night in the theater.

Posted inBlogs

Enjoyed Get Out? Try The Belko Experiment and Raw.

by Ben Sachs March 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Two new horror films are just as acute pieces of social commentary as Jordan Peele’s film.

Posted inArts & Culture

Tracy Morgan embraces fatherhood on the road to recovery

by Brianna Wellen May 25, 2016August 18, 2021

The comedian returns to stand-up with his family by his side on the Picking Up the Pieces tour.

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