Chicago Tribune

‘Kaleidoscope’ review: A heist series where the episode order doesn’t matter — or does it?

Peter Mark Kendall, left, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney and Rosaline Elbay in“ Kaleidoscope.”.

Heist stories have such a satisfying structure. It’s not just getting one over on the man, but the lead up to it as well: Putting a team together, planning the heist (the target always has it coming!), doing the heist and improvising through unexpected problems. And then that pleasurable sensation at the end: They got away with it. So what happens if you take that structure and jumble it up so that the typical order of things doesn’t matter? That’s the

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune3 min read
‘Shardlake’ Review: A Tudor-era Murder Mystery On Hulu
Historical procedurals are expensive to make and therefore all too rare on television. Enter the Tudor-era murder mystery “Shardlake” on Hulu, set during the reign of Henry VIII and adapted from the first book in a series by C.J. Sansom (who died ove
Chicago Tribune4 min read
From Devo To Women’s Soccer, Doc10 Film Fest Shows Us The Real World
CHICAGO — They are older women now, their faces flashing across the screen in “Copa 71,” a film that corrects a terrible wrong and celebrates these women and others when they were young athletes out to change the world. Especially potent in a time th
Chicago Tribune3 min read
Review: Solo ‘Hamlet’ At Chicago Shakes Is From An Eddie Izzard Unwilling To Compromise
CHICAGO — Back in 2010, Eddie Izzard sold out the United Center in Chicago. The trailblazing British comedian told me at the time of a burning need to prove comics could fill arenas. I first wrote about Izzard in a solo show called “Dressed to Kill”

Related Books & Audiobooks