For true Chicagoans, theirs is the greatest American city, and also the one most in need of change.
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Interview: Did playwright Will Arbery predict the storming of the Capitol in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’?
“There’s a war coming, dude,” says one character to another in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” Was she right?
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Joni Mitchell’s ‘Archives Vol. 1’ show a songwriter navigating art and life before a record deal
Like a master painter’s sketchbooks, “Archives” is uniquely revealing of the roots of Joni Mitchell’s distinctive voice both as a singer and a writer.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: Viola Davis pays tribute to an irreplaceable Black culture in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Chadwick Boseman also appears in his final performance before his untimely death.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Yes, Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is worth the hype
Chess isn’t just a game, it’s also a handy metaphor—for braininess, for power, for geopolitical strategy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Good Lord Bird’ Review: Ethan Hawke’s John Brown is a (heavily armed) holy fool
‘The Good Lord Bird’ runs straight to the heart of America’s most toxic contradictions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Madison Cunningham grew up playing in a church band. Now she’s playing Americana masterpieces.
The singer-songwriter is light years away from the praise music she grew up playing with her dad.
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Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ is the album we need to survive quarantine
Apple’s new album feels like a sustained performance, dense with emotion and observation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Review: ‘Better Call Saul’ arrives at the precipice of ‘Breaking Bad’
For a few remarkable seasons, AMC’s “Better Call Saul” seemed not only as good as its predecessor, but in some ways arguably better.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
What if Americans turned to fascism in the 1940s? HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’ offers an answer.
Reality may have caught up to Philip Roth’s imagination.