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 off giving any more interviews a few years ago, but in a new two-hour special on BBC Radio 6 Music, the...
Endless possibilities in HBO’s ‘Room 104’
Rebecca Rogers, Contributing Writer
September 23, 2019
One room, 12 new stories. Season three of Jay and Mark Duplass’ series, “Room 104,” follows the same format as its first two seasons, with each story taking place in one room of an American hotel room: Room 104. Just as before, each episode of the HBO anthology begins with a very simple plot, ...
Fandoms: the good, bad of today’s hyper-engaged audiences
Holyn Thigpen, Contributing Writer
May 28, 2019
Has “fan” become a dirty word? Once a marker of one’s passion for a film, tv show or franchise; now, an excuse to whine, demand and pester the world’s top creators. The rise of Internet culture has allowed fans unprecedented opportunities to discuss and criticize their favorite content, using...
What’s Fresh on HBO: Series Finale Edition
Benjamin Conboy and Doug Klain, Editor-in-Chief and Opinions Editor
May 20, 2019
"Veep" "Veep," the highly decorated political satire, has finally come to an end. And in line with its trademark cynicism, it ended on a dark note. The final season chronicles Selina Meyer, played by a Julie Louis-Dreyfus at the top of her game, and her attempt to regain the presidency. And this time...
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ provides harrowing look at history’s worst nuclear disaster
Benjamin Conboy, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2019
When the new season of “Game of Thrones” premiered two Sundays ago, viewers got a glimpse into what looked like a post-apocalyptic world. It was in fact a trailer for HBO’s new mini-series, “Chernobyl,” which chronicles the deadliest nuclear disaster in the history of the world, its attem...
What’s fresh on HBO
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
April 22, 2019
Crazy Rich Asians Based on the novel of the same name, “Crazy Rich Asians” became the first modern box-office success featuring an entirely aAsian cast as it smashed stereotypes and long-held assumptions in Hollywood about what can and will make money. The film works expertly well on two level...
As ‘Veep’ enters final season, Julia Louis-Dreyfus cements legacy fit for comedy royalty
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
April 15, 2019
For the past three decades, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been on television nearly every season. As such, Louis-Dreyfus has secured over 300 episodes of comedy under her belt that delivered her seven Emmys for acting and five Screen Actors Guild awards for her singular work, let alone a slew of other awar...
What’s Fresh on Climate Change
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
April 15, 2019
Our Planet (Netflix) In the introduction to the first episode of this new Netflix series “Our Planet,” the mission is clearly stated. David Attenborough narrates that the show will “celebrate the natural wonders that remain and reveal what we must preserve to ensure people and nature thrive.”...
“Game of Thrones”: 5 must-see episodes
Kevin Donahue, Contributing Writer
April 8, 2019
To watch every episode of Game of Thrones would take 2 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes. That is over 63 hours of one of the most talked-about shows ever. However, many people may be out of the loop come April 14. That is when the first episode of the final season of Game of Thrones will air on HBO. ...
What’s Fresh on HBO
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
February 11, 2019
Life of the Party After her husband suddenly leaves her, Deanna (Melissa McCarthy), a longtime housewife, decides to go back to college — just in time to start freshman year with her daughter (Molly Gordon.) Once on campus, she dives in head first to the college experience: classes, cliques, frats and a...
Netflix hikes price, turns focus to originals
Erick Zepeda, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
Netflix has raised prices again as it continues to pour money into new content. “We change pricing from time to time as we continue investing in great entertainment and improving the overall Netflix experience,” said a Netflix spokesperson after the price hike was announced. I assume that Netfl...
‘High Maintenance’
Shane Rene, Managing Editor
February 4, 2019
As legal cannabis markets emerge across the country, HBO’s “High Maintenance,” reminds us all of a simpler time. A time when buying weed on America’s favorite black market didn’t involve security guards, bud-tenders and corporate owners. It was a time when The Guy — an anonymous fella with...
Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
December 2, 2019 • 1 Comment
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent Monday, citing “ethical...
City Council approves Lightfoot’s $11.6B budget plan
November 26, 2019
The Chicago City Council has passed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $11.6 billion budget...
CTA holiday trains, bus gearing up for season
November 25, 2019
The Chicago Transit Authority’s holiday train will soon roll into service. The...
Autopsy shows UIC student found in car died of strangulation
November 25, 2019
The death of a University of Illinois at Chicago undergraduate student whose...