Brock Wilbur
Editor-in-Chief
Articles
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
Merry Little Batman lets Wayne Jr. follow too closely in his father’s flightpath for an animated holiday special
Letter from the Editor: Paint you in silver, wrap you in cold
It’s a Wonderful Knife is queer as hell Christmas horror packed with cleavers and clever twists
Interfaith vigil calling for Gaza ceasefire set for Thursday afternoon at Mill Creek Park
KU’s production of Milking Christmas goes full-tilt merry for anti-capitalist holiday musical
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II shifts position to join call for Israel-Gaza “ceasefire”
Not Just A Phase Fest brings Yellowcard, Bayside, 30H!3, Hoobastank, Secondhand Serenade, and Emery to Legends in 2024
The reason is you, apparently.
THUNDERGONG! 2023 raises nearly $900k for Steps of Faith foundation via beard trimming and Tom Petty covers
Billy Brimblecom and Jason Sudeikis' 7th staging of the annual fundraiser reaps big rewards for charity.
We Are Blood takes Missouri family drama and salts the earth with its stains
The Head and the Heart invite audiences to share in their collective sober vibes on current tour
The band rocks Liberty Hall on Nov. 13 with support from Yoke Lore (and Hop Water.)
Vinyl Renaissance & Audio in Overland Park to close at year’s end
Tech N9ne will flip the switch for the Plaza lights this Christmas
Letter from the Editor: High Scores Ahead with The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2023
Five Nights at Freddy’s skips scares for melodrama and slowly sucks the power from a punchy property
David Slade’s Dark Harvest is a trick-or-treat Hunger Games with a pumpkinman full of candy and bloodlust
The long shelved slasher flick unceremoniously drops in time for Halloween, and it got *this close* to being A Thing.
Shudder’s V/H/S/85 tackles Satanic Panic, VR, and TV news in its strongest installment yet
The Mars Volta’s first KC show in 14 years goes full barnburner at Uptown
KC Current trounce Chicago Red Stars in final home match at Children’s Mercy
Demián Rugna’s When Evil Lurks is the splatterhouse possession nightmare by which all others will be judged
Rugna is an Argentine angel of death and When Evil Lurks is cinema dripping with delightful poison.
311 closes out the Grinders concert year in style with sold out evening of greatest hits in an amber haze
With support from Blame My Youth and AWOLNATION.
Letter from the Editor: Our special place and the joy of human weakness
Netflix’s Fair Play over-delivers in its throwback to ’90s erotic thrillers
311’s S.A. Martinez talks 30 years of Omaha adventures, rock cruises, and the glory of Turnstile ahead of Oct. 1 Grinders KC gig
Mister Organ is David Farrier’s latest rabbit hole fever dream and a journalist’s best nightmare
The documentarian behind Tickled returns with another story that should have been quirky but instead ends up quantum.
James Chen of The Walking Dead on starring in KCRep’s Cyrano de Bergerac and his first KC burnt ends
"It hammers home what an outlier of a character he is across the spectrum and shows the audience how fast and dangerous his mind can be."
Janelle Monáe’s blistering musical boot camp topples the Midland
The Age of Pleasure returns to KC, with support from Jidenna, Nana Kwabena, and Flyana Boss.
Jason Klamm’s We’re Not Worthy charts an oral history of ’90s TV sketch comedy from the biggest names in the biz
