Brock Wilbur
Articles
I Saw the TV Glow drizzles VHS sleepovers and Buffy re-runs over an existential crisis
The filmmaker opts for a "nowstalgia"—where it's fun to look back on the past, but there's no desire to return to that time and place to live forever; no concept that 1996 was the height of existence. Whatever Stranger Things wants to make you feel about an era's fandoms, this is the opposite.
Letter from the Editor: Heat Vision and the annual Summer Guide issue
Caroline Rose nails state trivia, lives dream of alien abduction at sold-out recordBar revival
Sasquatch Sunset is a beautiful nature doc about a family of bigfoots just trying to make it work
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s world-premiere cast recording of The Shining has an axe to grind
Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker is a transgressive Gotham City parody that redefines mixed media
Panic Fest 2024: Experimental feature NOCLIP scours the liminal backrooms of Crown Center
Letter from the Editor: Reach out and touch grass
Trigger Warming: The Unicorn’s Backwards Forwards Back uses video game framing to deprogram the trauma of war
One soldier struggles with VR therapy for PTSD in the confines of Call of Duty: Post-Modern Warfare.
Possession horror flick Baghead channels a roulette wheel of spirits into tenuous vessels
Whodunnit Clue brings cast member Teddy Trice back to his hometown stage as the central foil in murder(s) most foul
Letterkenny’s Mark Forward brings his stand-up to KC; asks that you stop quoting the show to him
Allie Pearse from Letterkenny and Shoresy on flipping men like haunted houses
Why is one Missouri Republican using this moment to quietly expand “Stand Your Ground” laws?
PBS debuts travel show with KC media personalities who Get Lost!
Letter from the Editor: Smoke gets in your eyes
Hundreds of Beavers brings wackadoo cartoon charm to Screenland this Friday
Letter from the Editor: In the wake of the Chiefs victory parade mass shooting, who do we want to be?
KC's attention—and finances—are focused squarely on the future. What are the real costs of ignoring the present?
Photos: Super Bowl LVIII victory parade and celebration
Molli & Max in the Future is a throwback to 90’s rom-coms with a lo-fi sci-fi twist
Girls' Zosia Mamet & SNL's Aristotle Athari lead rollicking flick about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide.
AWP Conference and Bookfair is coming to KC starting Feb. 7. Here’s everything you need to know.
Fitting In hides a critique of male influence on reproductive health inside a horny teen rom-com
Letter from the Editor: A steady drip, drip, drip
Coterie Theatre appoints Khalia Davis as new Producing Artistic Director
The nationally award-winning children's theatre was shaken by a series of accusations in late 2022. Davis will be tasked with moving The Coterie forward while reckoning with its past, as an outsider.
Unicorn Theatre’s Poor Clare is a TikTok-styled modernization of a saint’s awakening within a cruel world
Andi Meyer directs the hell outta Chiara Atik's comedy.
Shudder’s Dario Argento Panico is an introductory class to one of the giallo greats
Here for Blood is the babysitter-man bloodbath wrestling comedy no one knew they needed
"Babe, I'm starting to think these aren't sex perverts."
KC Film Critics Circle announce 58th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards for excellence in film
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer—nominated in seven categories—received six awards.
KCAT’s Gaslight is a tense thriller staged as a razor wire balancing act
CAKE’s John McCrea talks anger, radiation, and end of days touring ahead of Grinders gigs in KC
Loud Light Kansas Politics Recap: death row ruling, flat tax, and laying down for lobbyists
David Ayer’s The Beekeeper unleashes Jason Statham to take cartoonish revenge on tech bros
First Time Caller adapts a podcast into a quick hit of sci-fi delirium
"You read The Secret and now you think you have the cheat code to pussy?" lives "Brent Free" in your head.
Up-and-coming KC painter Olivia Barbosa answers The Pitch Questionnaire
Our January magazine cover designer introduces her work to the city.
Letter from the Editor: Moving the goal posts
Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto’s monkey business get murderous in road trip thriller He Went That Way
The Unicorn’s Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility is a globe-trotting fantasy that tackles some big swings
Riverside Live Nation venue aims for 2025 opening
