Clint Worthington

2 days ago | blockclubchicago.org | Clint Worthington

LINCOLN SQUARE — The Doc10 Film Festival returns for its 10th anniversary this week, featuring 10 hard-hitting documentaries, a shorts program, and panels and events celebrating the festival’s milestone. The festival runs April 30-May 4 at its longtime home, the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave., preceded by a documentary shorts program Sunday at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N.

2 weeks ago | blockclubchicago.org | Clint Worthington

LINCOLN PARK — Since Victory Gardens Theater stopped producing shows in 2022, The Biograph Theatre has had its doors shut. But now, the theater has reopened to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding — following a controversial closing, with a work by a controversial playwright.

3 weeks ago | blockclubchicago.org | Clint Worthington

CHICAGO — Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed began her farewell column “with an ending.” Sneed’s final piece for the venerated daily newspaper details how she earned the nickname “queen of scoops” over a 58-year career in journalism, breaking news about world figures ranging from Fidel Castro to Hillary Clinton. Some of the city’s top journalists also trained under her.

3 weeks ago | rogerebert.com | Clint Worthington

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Someone either dies, or goes to Hell, or is otherwise handpicked to become a bounty hunter for-get this-escaped souls from the underworld. And he's got to spend his days tracking down these demons at, on average, the pace of a monster per week, all while juggling his personal demons and interpersonal relationships.

1 month ago | consequence.net | Clint Worthington

The Office premiered on NBC on this day 20 years ago. To celebrate, we’re revisiting our feature on the show’s 25 best cold opens. We’re at a strange point in American history: The coronavirus is raging across the country, and for everyone’s safety, most of us are self-isolating. We’re holed up in our apartments and homes, either working remotely or furloughed or otherwise jobless.