Hey, I have an idea! Let's watch people with way more money, way more fame, and way bigger egos than any of us could ever imagine just absolutely go at each other. I gotta tell you, sometimes I love it. I really do. There’s something endlessly entertaining about rivalries in show business. Always has been. And part of that is because entertainment, at its core, is built on ego. Let’s be honest. You don’t become a movie star or a rock god or a legendary TV personality without

Springtime…man, I gotta tell you, there are few things in life that just immediately lift your mood the way spring does. It really is one of those universal, almost magical transitions that everybody feels, whether you’re a nature person or not. You go from that long, brutal, gray, miserable winter (especially here in Chicago where winter feels like it lasts about eleven and a half months) to that first day where the sun actually feels warm on your face, and suddenly everythi

When you stop and think about it, we’ve been scared of artificial intelligence and robots for a hell of a lot longer than most people realize. Way before ChatGPT , way before OpenAI , and Google DeepMind and Anthropic , way before people started throwing around phrases like “the singularity” and “machine learning” and “algorithmic control," storytellers, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, scientists, philosophers, and regular everyday people were already asking the same bas

Alright… this one’s personal. And when I say personal, I mean right down to the bone. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are brutal, relentless, heartbreaking afflictions. There’s no poetry in them. There’s no “silver lining.” They do enormous damage not only to the person who is suffering, but to everyone orbiting around that person—family, friends, caregivers, loved ones who slowly watch someone they recognize disappear in front of them. I’ve lived this. Dementia runs in my f

Hey folks, it’s Nick Digilio here, and I’ve got a little question for you: Why not pick up a copy of my new book 40 Years, 40 Films today? Seriously, it’s out, it’s real, you can hold it in your hands, and with the holidays upon us, it makes a fabulous, film-nerd-approved gift. You’ve got people in your life. They like movies. They like stories. Buy them the book. Boom: holiday hero. But listen, while you can absolutely order it online, I’d really love it if you came out to

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I’ve been visiting the Museum of Science and Industry since I was a little kid—back when you could barely see over the exhibit signs and still got a thrill from pressing buttons just to see what happens. And honestly? Not much has changed. It’s still my favorite museum in a city packed with world-class institutions. The Art Institute might be an artistic holy site, and the Field Museum has that iconic dinosaur and oodles of ancient wonders. But for