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Home » Vol. 48 No. 31

Tag: Vol. 48 No. 31

Issue of May. 9 – 15, 2019

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Posted inFilm

In Days and Nights in the Forest Satyajit Ray conjures truth and insight through the most ordinary of interactions.

by Ben Sachs May 10, 2019August 18, 2021

Behold the master at work.

Posted inReader

Print issue of May 9, 2019

by Chicago Reader May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Volume 48, Number 31

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Thinking with your genitals

by Dan Savage May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Advice on e-mailing an awesome kisser who ghosted

Posted inFilm

Film festivals and special events

by Patrick Friel May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Extra movie love from now through November

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Let’s make a deal

by Ben Joravsky May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

If corporate Chicago wants money for One Central, it should drop its fight against Pritzker’s Fair Tax initiative.

Posted inFood & Drink

Flat & Point isn’t your Pawpaw’s barbecue

by Mike Sula May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

A Spiaggia vet is smoking something good in Logan Square.

Posted inFilm

Silver screen influencers

by Isa Giallorenzo May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Hollywood costumers changed Chicago wardrobes.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

CTA on celluloid

by John Greenfield May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

The city’s iconic elevated tracks, subways, and buses star in Hollywood flicks.

Posted inMusic

Demolición makes room in the north-side scene for Latinx rock

by Leor Galil May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Dumpster Tapes books the Demolición festival to make room for Latinx rock in the self-segregated north-side scene.

Posted inArts & Culture

Too Heavy for Your Pocket weighs the cost of making a difference

by Josh Flanders May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

A Black college student’s decision to join the Freedom Riders has unexpected consequences for his wife and friends.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ripped from the headlines of 1957, West Side Story still has plenty to say about 2019

by Deanna Isaacs May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

The Lyric’s faithful revival addresses immigration, discrimination, and changing neighborhoods, but it’s the women who are the stars.

Posted inArts & Culture

We can all learn a lot about water politics from the young artists who created Parched

by KT Hawbaker May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Plus there’s an excellent joke about thirst traps.

Posted inArts & Culture

Who thought that Matilda was suitable children’s entertainment?

by Jack Helbig May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Or maybe kids just have a higher tolerance for Roald Dahl’s sadism.

Posted inArts & Culture

In Mad Hip Beat & Gone, two teens split Nebraska to find their bliss

by Justin Hayford May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Steven Dietz’s historical drama starts strong but gets “tangled up in roads.”

Posted inArts & Culture

The Children vividly imagines the worst-case scenario after an environmental disaster.

by Catey Sullivan May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s devastated world is nightmarishly familiar.

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