Restored 70mm prints of “The Searchers” and “North by Northwest” share the Music Box with rare screenings of “PlayTime” and “Streets of Fire” this weekend
This weekend at the Music Box: ‘Summer of 70mm’ — talk about your vista visions!
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Review: Kokandy Production’s ‘Alice by Heart’ is a complicated musical that reinvents Lewis Carroll
In its Chicago debut at the Chopin Theatre, there’s a lovely score by Duncan Sheik but a story that gets a bit lost down the rabbit hole.
‘Succession’ star in new Broadway production of iconic Chicago play
David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” the famed, Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a desperate and cutthroat Chicago real estate office in the 1980s, is returning to Broadway next spring with a starry cast. “Succession” star Kieran Culkin will play the loquacious Ricky Roma, Bob Odenkirk will be the veteran huckster Shelly “The Machine” Levene and […]
Islamic State group material found at 2nd suspect’s home in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows
Authorities found Islamic State group and al-Qaida material at the home of the second and final suspect in a foiled plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Austria.
‘Mr. Throwback’ review: The NBA’s Steph Curry stars in this mockmentary about hangers-on
Adam Pally plays a sports memorabilia dealer named Danny in need of money, so he seeks out his childhood friend-turned-NBA star Steph Curry.
‘The Instigators’ review: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck take Apple’s money and run
So close, yet so fah. The Boston-set heist movie “The Instigators,” on a few screens here and there and streaming on Apple TV+ Aug. 9, features a relaxed-bordering-on-napping Matt Damon and Casey Affleck as glib everymen enlisted by some underworld overactors, led by Michael Stuhlbarg, to steal the mayor’s reelection campaign slush fund. When the […]
Steve Martin turns down Tim Walz impersonation role on ‘SNL,’ dashing internet’s casting hopes
“SNL” producer Lorne Michaels called Steve Martin to offer him the role of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the upcoming 50th season, premiering Sept. 28, which he declined.
Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack
Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area.
Flossmoor gala celebrates state’s first African American women’s golf league
A few founding members of the Ebony Ladies Golf League are still playing with the group that was founded in 1974 in Riverdale.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Remembering the Dave Matthews Band bus incident, 20 years later
The first time the Dave Matthews Band swung through Chicago area in 2004, the group left a sold-out crowd shrieking with joy. The band’s return visit would also elicit shrieking — but not for its music.