“Everybody dies, and that’s life.” This repeated line in Oz Perkins’ twisted “The Monkey” sums up its main theme of the inevitable brutality of life, something the filmmaker knows all too well. The ...

Balaclavas are basically a scarf and hat in one and are all the warmer for it — plus, it’s one less thing to lose. As a longtime Chicagoan turned New Yorker, I consider myself somewhat of an ...