The Come Up: Music Box Theatre
Get your popcorn, grab a seat, and learn all about Chicago’s greatest theatre.
Fan Theories: Is The Joker Really the Hero in The Dark Knight?
Maybe Gotham actually needed a better class of hero.
Fan Theories: What If Everyone But Donny in The Big Lebowski Knows They’re in a Movie?
After all, the guy’s always out of his element.
Fan Theories: Was The Truman Show Actually Cancelled?
Simple television economics may have led Truman Burbank to finally learn the truth about his life.
Sole Kitchen: Caroline Rose
Rising singer-songwriter gets her hands on a modified MXR Phase 90 pedal.
Fan Theories: Does the Briefcase in Pulp Fiction Hold Marsellus Wallace’s Soul?
This theory, if true, makes Tarantino’s hitman masterpiece even more bad ass.
The Come Up: Closed Sessions
In a few short years, Chicago’s Closed Sessions has emerged as one of hip-hop’s premiere record labels.
Fan Theories: Does the THANOS Theory Locate Marvel’s Infinity Stones?
One Reddit user may have saved the entire galaxy.
The Scariest Scene in Dawn of the Dead Doesn’t Have a Single Zombie
A video essay breakdown on the opening sequence of George A. Romero’s 1978 classic.
Fan Theories: Was Ferris Bueller Just a Figment of Cameron’s Imagination?
Rest assured, he still “killed the car.”
How Billy Idol Became the World’s First Meme
The story behind the world’s first meme almost got us killed.
Fan Theories: Is Moonrise Kingdom an Origin Story for Margot Tenenbaum’s Real Parents?
Perhaps there’s more to Suzy Bishop and Sam Shakusky than we initially thought.
