Archives: January 2022

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Games, Movies

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a mix of cutscenes and cut scenes

This convoluted, inside-baseball extravaganza makes its characters S.T.A.R.S. in someone else's show.
Brock Wilbur,

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. // Courtesy Sony Pictures The evolution of the video game adaptation film is one of the most befuddling winding roads in cinema. Starting in the early ’90s, Hollywood scrambled to figure out how to add plot to largely lore-less arcade titles. The attempt to fill 90 minutes of popcorn entertainment with something resembling an…
Culture

Streetwise podcast examines loss documentaries, rises to a ‘New Day’ from Jo Blaq

THE PITCH STAFF,

This week on the Streetwise podcast we belatedly ring in ’22, enjoy a reading of Barb Shelley’s predictions for our Midwest political 2022 maelstrom, jam out to Jo Blaq’s track “New Day”, and chat with director Blake A. Miller about his new documentary The City of Dried Fountains. Also: a bonus reading of Abby Olcese’s profile on the film Procession. Streetwise is…
Culture

Intravenous infusions and the burgeoning world of boutique bloodwork

Liz Cook,

Illustration by Enrique Zabala It’s a weird feeling, scheduling a hangover.  Because I am a woman of a certain age (that age is 32), I can no longer drink more than four beers without feeling like a trash muppet. In a sense, all of my hangovers are scheduled because they are inevitable—a progressive vice tax with per-drink brackets.  Still, something…

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Movies

Lawrence plays host to select 2022 Sundance Film Festival entries this month

Abby Olcese,

Courtesy Sundance Institute Usually, when a big tentpole film festival happens, midwestern movie lovers who aren’t members of the press have to make do with observing from the sidelines. Most of us experience buzzy fest releases via early reviews, interviews, or news about which movies we didn’t get to see, that have already scored multi-million-dollar distribution deals. The pandemic has…
Culture

High Resolution: Kansas Citians plan for 2022

Tyler Schneider,

Illustration By Meg Wagler Two years. We are now two years beyond the precedented times, and at this point, we can only hope that COVID will conclude as a trilogy.   If anything, 2021 reflected just how much Kansas Citians need each other. It proved how our collective efforts can improve the quality of life for everyone if enough of…
Food & Drink

Dish & Drink KC: The vegetable edition

Liz Goodwin,

Two patrons observe a dessert display case inside Billie’s Grocery, a restaurant with plenty of vegetable-packed entrees and several desserts to choose from. // Photo by Anna Petrow Another year come and gone, and most of us are saying good riddance. 2021 rivaled the mess of 2020, making a new year and a clean slate all the more welcome. If…
Culture

Check out The Pitch’s January events calendar

THE PITCH STAFF,

Revolution: The Music of The Beatles Looking for things to fill your calendar this month? Look no further than our Pitch-approved list of events happening throughout the metro in January. January 7-9 Revolution: The Music of The Beatles, Kauffman Center  For three nights in the Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall, Beatles fans can buy a ticket to ride through 25 top hits…

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Culture

Creature Feature: Peppa and Mana are full of charm and affection

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Peppa is ready to give so much love with her cuddles and zoomies. // Courtesy KCPP We teamed up with KC Pet Project to host a weekly “Creature Feature” on loveable and adoptable pets here in the KC Metro. Hiarki, a 7-year-old domestic shorthair, and Glenda the Good Witch, a 10-year-old domestic shorthair, were adopted last week! This week, KCPP is…

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Culture

Letter from the Editor: Going through it, and into a New Year

Brock Wilbur,

Rukes outside The Drunken Worm on 39th. // Photo by Jim Nimmo Welcome to 2022. New year, new you, etc. Our January issue is traditionally about change, regrowth, and re-evaluation. You’ll find a lot of articles looking into the future in these pages, from Barb Shelly’s piece on the political pitfalls Missouri and Kansas could fall into to Liz Cook’s…

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Art

Local photographer Deanna Dikeman finds new fandom in Europe

Michael Mackie,

Cortona Italy September 2021 For 27 years, local photographer Deanna Dikeman would casually click a couple of shots of her folks waving goodbye as she pulled out their driveway in Sioux City, Iowa. In 2019, Dikeman unveiled the series, “Leaving and Waving,” which slowly, but surely found critical acclaim. A well-received piece in New Yorker propelled Dikeman—and the heartfelt photos…