Walls yellowed with age, stained beige carpet, the ever-present low hum of fluorescent lights, rooms that seem to go on for miles and miles in an endless maze. The thought of being completely alone is dwarfed by the much more terrifying reality that...you aren't. This is the internet phenomenon known as "The Backrooms," a horror concept focusing around liminal spaces that are as strange as they are familiar. Spawned all the way back in 2019 from an image board on 4chan, it ha

If you haven't been living under a rock this week you have probably caught wind of a new indie horror taking the country by storm. And if you keep up with the world of film you've probably been hearing about this movie since TIFF last September. I am of course referring to Curry Barker's Obsession, a film that despite a meager budget of $1 million has managed to beat several blockbusters at the box office this past week. So what is it about this small Blumhouse feature that h

The Chicago Critics Film Festival was held this year at its venue of choice, The Music Box in Wrigleyville, and premiered some of this year’s most anticipated films from major filmmakers like Gregg Araki, Olivia Wilde, John Carney, and Joe Swanberg. Amidst all of the major releases is indie darling, Loafers, which serves a moving ode to the films that inspired it, while serving as a clear stepping stone into the individual style of the team involved. Writer, director, and c

[the following review is spoiler-free] From Parks and Recreation to Ghosted to Severance, Adam Scott has always been associated with television, and for good reason. From comedy to drama, it seems like he can do it all but audiences are much less accustomed to seeing him as a cinematic leading man. That is slowly beginning to change, with the past year seeing Scott in several prominent film roles like Hokum, The Monkey, and most recently, Kevin Hamedani's The Saviors, a time