Right Now, It’s Important: An Ode to S.E. Hinton’s Teenagers | Features
My eighth-grade teacher’s name was Mrs. Hughes. She always told us not to be a bump on a log if she saw that we weren’t…
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Siskel & Ebert at the cinema celebrates its 50th anniversary | Features
Half a century ago, a low-budget public television station in Chicago invited film critics from the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune to talk about…
The Criterion mobile closet is headed to the Chicago International Film Festival amid an intense political weekend | Features
At all of its previous stops – Austin, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York – the Criterion Mobile Closet has attracted crowds of moviegoers hoping to…
The Real Monsters: How True Crime Shaped the Horror TV Genre | Features
“If the devil is alive, it’s because he lived here.” — Quote from the Chicago Tribune, attributed to a worker involved in the demolition of…
The 11 Best Body Swap Movies, Ranked | Features
Who hasn’t at least once dreamed of changing lives with someone who, from afar, seems to have a more comfortable, safer and happier existence? While…
What really matters is what you like: “High Fidelity” at 25 | Features
When we go back to the expressive and bruised romantic of John Cusack, Rob Gordon, in “High Fidelity” a quarter of a century after the…
Just make sure you are right: watch “all the men of the president” in 2025 | Features
As idealistic as it was photogenic – my favorite commentary on the mailbox following the death of Robert Redford on September 16 was “RIP ……
The repression of the FCC against Jimmy Kimmel should be concerned about all of us | Features
Last week, ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s night show, just a few weeks after CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s program. The two were…
The Golden Boy: 11 of Our Favorite Robert Redford Performances | Features
A titan passed this week with the death of Robert Redford. An actor, director, activist, and mentor, he was as big as they come in…
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Highest 2 Lowest” | Features
The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over email about Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s…