[Review] The Smart Studios Story

The Smart Studios Story Director: Wendy Schneider Rating: N/A Release Date: March 16, 2016  The Chicago International Movies & Music Festival (CIMM Fest) opened last night with the first Midwest screening of The Smart Studios Story, at The Music Box, and it did not disappoint. The documentary revisits the legendary Madison recording studio that helped birth the […]

Watch a Young Amy Winehouse Sing Happy Birthday

After receiving rave reviews in May at the Cannes Film Festival, Amy remains one of the most highly anticipated films of 2015. Directed by Asif Kapadia, the film is featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with her closest friends, ex-lovers, and collaborators, illuminating the Grammy winner’s early struggles with depression and bulimia en route to her surge as an artist. […]

[Review] Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents

Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents Director: Don Hardy Rating: N/A Release Date: April 19, 2015 (CIMM Fest) After receiving rave reviews at SXSW this year, Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents came highly recommended for it’s CIMM Fest (Chicago International Movie and Music Fest) screening. So who are The Residents?, this […]

[Trailer] The Sheik

[youtube id=”mFtjwz0J7ik”] I can’t quite explain how it happened, but wrestling has somehow invaded my life recently for the first time since I was 14. While I don’t actively watch wrestling on TV, I do spend an absurd amount reading wrestling blogs and following wrestlers on social media. Hell, as I write this, my cousin […]

[Review] Breastmilk

To be honest, I’m out of my element with this one. I’m at that age where all of my friends are starting their families, and being a single guy surrounded by married couples and kids has been a huge change of pace from my early 20s. Lately, I’ve been on the receiving end of parenting […]

[Trailer] Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film

[vimeo id=”69832574″] Polaroids, for a long time, were a huge part of American culture. The feeling of instant gratification of simply taking a photo and being able to share it in that moment was so profound. However, as technology advanced and the costs of producing film increased, something had to give. Unfortunately, The Polaroid Corporation […]