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the Hulk and She-Hulk outside, facing each other with prayer hands
Posted inFilm

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

by Josh Flanders August 19, 2022September 12, 2023

She-Hulk is the kind of smart, funny production that proves that like Ms. Marvel, Thor: Ragnarok, or Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel is at its best when it combines self-conscious humor with great storytelling.

Posted inFilm

‘Chicago is a funny-ass town’

by Jonathan Dale April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

The Reader caught up with Kerman to talk about what connects South Side and Bust Down, being reasonable in an insane world, and working with Freddie Gibbs.

Posted inFilm

In defense of dirtbags: Jake Johnson on why he loves a checkered past

by Marah Eakin March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

A north-side native who spent his youth frequenting Wrigley Field and following the gospel according to Del Close, Jake Johnson is Chicago to the core.

Posted inFilm

In Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the transition from celluloid to video

by Ben Sachs September 27, 2018August 18, 2021

Originally broadcast on French TV in 1986, it’s having a rare Chicago screening at the Siskel Center.

Posted inArts & Culture

In Manual Cinema’s The End of TV, two women help each other rediscover their humanity

by Dmitry Samarov July 25, 2018August 18, 2021

The multimedia ensemble’s latest production is a beautiful and transfixing examination of the effects of the industrial age.

Posted inBlogs

Five big-screen movies obsessed with the small screen

by Patrick Friel July 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Five movies remind us that filmmakers have always been fascinated with the box in the living room

Posted inArts & Culture

Still no proof #MeToo has changed Hollywood, says writer who challenged Letterman

by Allison Duncan March 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Nell Scovell brings her fight to change the entertainment industry to Chicago next week.

Posted inMusic

Pitchfork loves TV, so Pitchfork loves Survive

by Leor Galil July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Survive’s retro horror-synth score for Stranger Things means they benefit from Pitchfork’s courtship of the prestige-television audience.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Crime Story is quintessential Chicago television

by Lee Bey June 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The short-lived 1980s police drama was created by Michael Mann and shot largely in Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Various Artists Independent Film Festival kicks off its inaugural year in Chicago

by Leah Pickett October 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Submissions for the 2016-2017 festival season open on November 1.

Posted inBlogs

Orange Is the New Black’s loaded fourth season gets it wrong

by KT Hawbaker July 5, 2016August 18, 2021

Orange Is the New Black returns with a fourth season that fails its feminist sensibilities.

Posted inBlogs

O.J.: Made in America isn’t about O.J., it’s about us

by Danielle A. Scruggs June 22, 2016August 18, 2021

ESPN’s O.J.: Made In America is about so much more than just O.J. Simpson.

Posted inBlogs

F Is for Family: The last show to binge-watch in 2015

by Manny Ramos December 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Bill Burr delivers his raunchy take on life in a lower-middle class family during the 1970s in his new animated Netflix series.

Posted inBlogs

Why this season of True Detective is such a bummer

by Gwynedd Stuart July 22, 2015August 18, 2021

A lot of things are wrong with season two—but two things really stand out.

Posted inBlogs

Our ten favorite things on TV in 2014

by Reader staff December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

We didn’t watch it all—but here’s the best of what we did watch.

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