Maureen Hart

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema opens Wednesday and runs through Nov. 9 (beginning at the AMC Loews Pipers Alley 4, shifting to the Wilmette Theatre...

Years ago, when Pearl Fryar attempted to buy a house in Bishopville, S.C., potential neighbors voiced concerns that the African-American man wouldn't be able to keep up his yard. It's...

Throughout the fascinating, often beautiful "Milking the Rhino," a song from "Oklahoma" kept popping into my head, the one that goes "oh, the farmer and the cowboys should be friends...

Before World War I, when the Marx Brothers and their various relatives were knocking around the vaudeville circuit, one of their acts was a schoolroom act, titled "Fun in Hi...

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'FADE' * I'd bet a lot that viewers of "Fade" would be hard-pressed to identify its source topic, fatal familial insomnia, without visiting the official Web site. (It may be...

The European Union Film Festival continues at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.; 312-846-2600. For a complete schedule, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org. 'A Girl Cut in Two' *** 1/2...

'YOUNG YAKUZA' ** Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Limosin, ("Carmen," "Novo") returns to the documentary form with this disjointed immersion into a clan of Japanese Yakuza (organized crime consortiums). Before embarking on his...

The dollar may not be much against the euro these days, but your dollar can buy a very impressive line-up of films offered by the Gene Siskel Film Center's 11th...

The deadline is nigh. At noon today, voting closes and winners will be selected in the fourth Teen Awards for Favorite Films of the Year. We'll reveal the recipients of...