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What's Fresh on Netflix

What’s Fresh on Netflix

Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief October 14, 2019

Schitt’s Creek, Season 5 The fifth season of the Canadian comedy from creators Eugene and Dan Levy has finally landed on Netflix and, luckily for all of us, it’s one whole episode longer than the...

‘Hustlers’ emphasizes power of female friendship

‘Hustlers’ emphasizes power of female friendship

Keira Wingate, Arts & Life Editor October 14, 2019

Six-inch platform heels, a top-notch cast that screams sex appeal and an intriguing true-life story, “Hustlers” exceeded expectations on its opening weekend, making $33.2 million across 3,250 theaters. In...

Adult cartoons, like Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth,’ examine life from a child-like perspective

Adult cartoons, like Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth,’ examine life from a child-like perspective

Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor October 14, 2019

Raging hormones, entirely unrequited crushes and the pressures of 7th grade: As if surviving puberty wasn’t bad enough the first time around, Netflix’s “Big Mouth” invites its audience to relive...

George R.R. Martin (left), the author of the books which inspired HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ is interviewed by Eve L. Ewing (right), a University of Chicago professor.

George R. R. Martin gives candid look at what informs his craft during Chicago Humanities Festival

Sam Rahman October 13, 2019

The stage was dark and quiet as both dry ice fog and the iconic “Game of Thrones” opening credits song slowly worked themselves up from a slow churn to powerful waves of nostalgia. The music coming...

A love letter to Judy Garland: Renee Zellweger plays title role with honest poise

A love letter to Judy Garland: Renee Zellweger plays title role with honest poise

Rebecca Rogers October 7, 2019

A bottle of pills on the bedside table. Bad relationships that end in heartbreak. The star collapsed on the stage and threw temper tantrums at those who wanted nothing more than to help. None of this is...

Moore poses for a picture.

Comics icon Alan Moore shares all in rare post-retirement BBC interview

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor October 7, 2019

The new “Watchmen” series on HBO is coming out in two weeks, but you won’t hear about it in notoriously reclusive author Alan Moore’s new interview with musician Richard Norris.  Moore swore...

The Graham family — Charlie (Milly Shapiro), Annie (Toni Collette), Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and Peter (Alex Wolff) — sit around the table in “Hereditary.”

Here are the top horror flicks showing around Chicago this spooky season

Michael Brzezinski October 7, 2019

Last Tuesday marked Oct. 1, which means we are on the eve of Spooky Season. For film fans, Chicago’s vast array of movie theaters offer up some of the best, scariest and most fun ways to celebrate spooky...

Platt, who plays Payton Hobart in Neflix’s ‘The Politician,’ gives viewers a performance akin to his Evan Hansen performance, but if he’d grown up in a different economic class.

Ben Platt reimagines his ‘Evan Hansen’ role in Netflix’s ‘The Politician’

Sam Rahman October 7, 2019

Broadway saw above-average success in 2017. Just as fans of the stage had begun to recover from the previous year’s “Hamilton fever,” “Dear Evan Hansen” took over the scene and utterly swept...

'American Horror Story: 1984' a perfect ode to 80s slasher films

‘American Horror Story: 1984’ a perfect ode to 80s slasher films

Brian Gilbert October 1, 2019

For those obsessed with the horror genre and the 1980s, season nine of “American Horror Story” (AHS) already perfectly captures the mood, music and atmosphere of the 80s only two episodes in. The last...

MGM’s ‘Candyman’ will look at Cabrini-Green, then and now

MGM’s ‘Candyman’ will look at Cabrini-Green, then and now

Joe Roman, Jr. September 30, 2019

We continue to live in a world where everything is being remade or, in some cases, “rebooted.” From video games to movies, there seems to be no stopping Hollywood from grinding out another remake no...

“The Chinese Restaurant,” Season 2

Netflix lands global streaming rights to Seinfeld

Brian Gilbert September 30, 2019

The show about nothing will have something to say on Netflix beginning in 2021. After losing the streaming rights to two of its most popular series, “Friends” and “The Office,” Netflix reportedly...

Brad Pitt, who plays Roy McBride, leads the audience on a self-reflective journey.

James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’ explores the nuance of the human psyche

Michael Brzezinski September 30, 2019

Films set in space lend the perfect backdrop to allow filmmakers to explore the deepest desires and most unkempt aspects of the human psyche. Kubrick did it. Speilberg did it. Cuaron did it. Nolan did...

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