Neo Sora, director of Happyend (2024), spoke to the Reader about Japanese history, fascism, and how near the film's “near ...

The history behind the legend of alleged serial killer Erzsébet Báthory comes to life with Idle Muse's The Blood Countess.

A Q&A with the young actor and Columbia College Chicago graduate making her feature film debut in One Battle After Another ...

Writer and performer Elizabeth McGovern embodies the Hollywood siren's life and loves in her play Ava Gardner: The Secret ...

Rajiv Joseph's play at Steppenwolf anatomizes the emotional impact and aftermath of the reappearance of a child thought dead.

Munro's Gangsta Baby, toxic masculinity and trauma is right in the audience's face.

Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the ...

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Last month, Chicago-born, New York–based art-pop unit Water From Your Eyes released It’s a Beautiful Place, their second album for Matador.

Like so many things we love about Chicago, the World Music Festival's ten days of spectacular free concerts are threatened by Trump’s racism.