Curiosities
Why Do People Dance Around Maypoles on May Day?
<!--qv q:id=75 q:key=vcaa:You may have seen images or videos of people dancing around maypoles on May Day. Perhaps you’ve even found yourself twirling around one, clad in flowers, breathing in the fresh late spring air. It turns out there’s...
TV Shows
Man on Fire – Season 1 – Open Discussion + Poll
Season 1 of Man on Fire is now available to watch on Netflix.Let us know what you thought in the comments below and vote in the poll.NOTE: Obviously people will be posting their thoughts/reactions to the season as a...
Movies
Home Entertainment Guide April 2026: Send Help, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Highest 2 Lowest, More
10 NEW TO NETFLIX“Beast““Benedetta““Bugonia““The End of the Tour““First Reformed““HIM““Krisha““Mass““Pig““Sing Street“12 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple“It’s legitimately hard to believe this played in multiplexes across the country. Sure, last year’s “28 Years Later” was legitimately intense, but...
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Chicago PD Season 13 Episode 19’s Ruzek-Centered Hour Breaks the Mold and Our Hearts
Critic's Rating: 4 / 5.04Chicago PD strips things down with a cerebral, quietly devastating hour that ends in tragedy.Much of Chicago PD Season 13 Episode 19 serves as a showcase for...
TV Shows
NCIS – Episode 23.19 – Deal with the Devil – Promotional Photos + Press Release
“Deal with the Devil” – As a secret immunity deal threatens to let a man walk free, Parker fights to keep the case alive. But when his estranged sister (guest star Nancy Travis) suddenly appears – and buried family...
TV Shows
Criminal Record Season 2 Episode 2 Turns Billy into Bait as Hegarty Pulls All the Strings
Critic's Rating: 4.2 / 5.04.2Billy just bit off more than he can chew, and so has June.It didn’t take long for the Suffolk murder investigation to expand into something far grander...
Movies
Chicago Latino Film Festival 2026: Highlights of Real Resilience & Collective Care
In its 42nd year, the Chicago Latino Film Festival succeeds in bringing an international array of films that showcase the complexity, diversity, and passion of the diaspora’s stories and the excellence in which they are told through the cinematic...
Movies
An Invitation to a Film Party: The 13th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
The 13th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, an event for which I am the co-producer and several other RogerEbert.com contributors are programmers, launches this week at the Music Box Theatre, where over two dozen Chicago premieres will unfold to...
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Trump says U.S. may cut the number of American troops in Germany
President Trump said Wednesday he is considering reducing the number of U.S. forces in Germany,...