Like his other New York Film Festival selection, “Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s anthology, “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” covers themes of love and betrayal while twisting the narrative in unexpected directions. Broken into three…
Read moreThe 59th edition of the New York Film Festival struck me as unusually successful. And as soon as that thought crossed my mind—not far into the three-week event—I began wondering…
Read moreThe 59th Annual New York Film Festival is in the books. Time for a post-mortem look at some revivals and notable films. Viewers were tempted by The Scottish Play, “The Power…
Read moreThe acclaimed new documentary from directors Jon Siskel (nephew of Gene) and Greg Jacobs, “The Road Up,” will begin its premiere theatrical run at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center, 164…
Read more“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who…
Read moreThe 2021 Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF), which kicked off on September 25th and runs through Thursday, December 9th, has plenty of unmissable events scheduled throughout the fall (click here for…
Read moreFew things unite the world like a rescue, and the hope it provides for a return to normalcy. And few things are as potentially callous as the media swarming on…
Read moreTony Soprano (the late James Gandolfini) wants to be good, and sometimes he is. And yet, Tony is terrifying—when he bodyslams Gloria Trillo, when he shotguns his cousin to avoid…
Read moreJaime Weinman calls his book, Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite “The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes.” It is an affectionate tribute and history of the home of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd,…
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