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• Review: The Testament of Ann Lee

  22-01-2026 22:50 via chicagoreader.com
  The Testament of Ann Lee in wide release in theaters
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• Review: H Is for Hawk

  22-01-2026 22:50 via chicagoreader.com
  H Is for Hawk in wide release in theaters
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• Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

  22-01-2026 22:50 via chicagoreader.com
  28 Years Later: The Bone Temple in wide release in theaters
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• Angel Tapes helps emerging musicians take wing

  22-01-2026 21:15 via chicagoreader.com
  When Lise Ivanova moved to Chicago from Los Angeles in 2023, she wanted to try something she’d failed to do out west: start a noise-rock band. She intended the group’s sound to draw from posthardcore, screamo, and free jazz, and when she made a flyer seeking bandmates, she listed among her influences notorious noise-rock label […]
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• Hot and cold

  22-01-2026 17:55 via chicagoreader.com
  The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. I must confess: My moviegoing year has been off to a slow start.  But that’s for positive reasons overall—I went to Yucatán in Mexico for almost a week with some girlfriends. […]
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• A Gorey good time

  22-01-2026 17:04 via chicagoreader.com
  The Uncanny Attic was recently back at Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series, this time unfolding chapters E through H of Edward Gorey’s timeless stories about The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Maybe this macabre storytelling based on the untimely demise of precocious children—in alphabetical order—rings a bell.  The Uncanny Attic, presented by Beautifully Gruesome Productions, is the brainchild of writer […]
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