Oscar’s Best Picture favorite “Nomadland” (2020) starts with a nod to John Ford’s iconic opening shot from “The Searchers” (1956). The classic Western shows the silhouette of a woman in her darkened h…
Oscar nominations are in! And, unlike last year’s shameful shutout of exquisite works by women writer/directors, from Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (“The Mustang”) to Lulu Wang (“ The Farewell”), the ind…
From Ida B. Wells to Michelle Obama, Jane Addams to Jennifer Weiss, Chicago shares its legacy with dynamic and diverse women. In celebration of those achievements and International Women’s Day, wom…
It’s not too late to partake in Black History Month per online purchases, performances, podcasts, and other nonprofit resources that are all a click away. ENTERTAINMENT In an effort to explore how…
Whether dancing or donating, Valentine’s Day offers a variety of ways to embrace and share love. While some may pamper their family members with puppets, pajama parties and plush toys, others may indu…
How far would you go for love? In Lili Horvát’s “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” (2020), the answer is all the way to Budapest. The film arrives in Chicago just in time for …
Chicagoans who are fortunate enough to work from home must admit there have been some silver linings to living in lockdown. Families have shared more bonding time. Singletons who may otherwise feel pr…
Despite her detached and deadpan deliveries, there is a rage brewing within the titular heroine of “Promising Young Woman” (2020). This black comedy/thriller/revenge flick is of the #MeToo era, but th…
“We must face the hard fact that many Americans would like to have a nation which is a democracy for white Americans but simultaneously a dictatorship over black Americans,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
“Hurrah! Finally! Phew!” These words aptly describe the arrival of 2021 since 2020 was exhausting. In fact, “exhausting” is the first word readers of The Washington Post chose to summarize the past…
