Kevin Williams

We believe chocolate, that Valentine's Day staple, has come to symbolize love because good chocolate is much like love: It makes your knees weak, you can't stop thinking about it...

1. 'HARAKIRI' (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) (star)(star)(star)(star) This astounding, devastating accomplishment stars Tatsuya Nakadai as a down-and-out samurai who (we think) wishes to commit ritual suicide in the room of the...

"My eyes! My eyes!" This is what I, a cycling candlepower thug, want to hear as affirmation of a social maladjustment spawned by every nocturnal cyclist's simple need not to...

Shouting "Hey! Izzat a cello," at some guy on an Evanston streetcorner is not the best way to meet a cello teacher, but desperate times called for desperate measures. This...

Shut up and die already. "My Life Without Me" is a film about a terminally ill woman and the choices she makes for her dying days. This grim yawner features...

This is a perfectly-realized little universe (by anime whiz Satoshi Kon) that tracks a life defined by love--that of the famous, reclusive actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who suddenly disappeared from view....

The list of must-have free discs would be immense, for the genre is still creating itself as it goes along. But here are six essential CDs that give a good...

Independence Eve Fireworks Spectacular When: 9:30 p.m. (Grant Park Symphony concert begins at 7:30 p.m.) Thursday, Grant Park, Columbus Drive and Jackson Boulevard. Free; 312-744-3315. Expected attendance: Everybody. Seriously. Estimated...

Navy Pier: What it is: A five-block-long entertainment zone, and the city's top tourist destination. What we found: It was a beautiful day to spend a few hours at Navy...

"Hi, and how was your weekend?" chirped the chirpy counter guy at Starbucks. "Grande hot cocoa," is how the heck my weekend was. Gimme my drink and get away from...