"This rollicking collection of non-fiction captures a time, place and slice of life (what is sometimes called, “counterculture”) that makes for a rollercoaster ride of laughter and tears. The time is the 1990s and early 2000s. The place is Chicago. And the lives include a cross-section of people: gay square dancers, shopping mall pianists, drag queens, strippers, ambulance drivers, S&M masters, and more. Along the way, Richard pioneers a style of writing, the “eyewitness chronicle,” which provides a minute-by-minute account of what’s happening to place you solidly in the moment.
A must-read."
Chicagowriter.com

"Immensely entertaining. In fact, some of these reviews are more entertaining than the films themselves.”

Michael Burke, Author, Playwright, Poet

Richard Knight, Jr. was the film critic for Windy City Times, Chicago's premiere LGBTQ+ newspaper, from 2004 - 2016. His movie reviews were written from a queer perspective, a rare viewpoint in film criticism when Knight began reviewing. This best of collection was published in 2014 in celebration of his ten year anniversary with the paper. It's a collection of more than 150 of Knight's favorite film reviews, many expanded for this "Best of" collection.