Robert K. Elder

In a universe occupied by "Cheaper by the Dozen" (and soon, "Cheaper by the Dozen 2"), do we really need another remake about super-size families wreaking havoc and rattling the...

A fascinating Lakota elder, an unexpectedly boring storyteller, a rollicking line of poetry -- they all were part of the first weekend of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival. Here are...

Over 16 days, there are scores of extraordinary events offered this year at the Chicago Humanities Festival. To help guide you, baiduhai arts critics have picked events that they...

You've prepared for weeks. Everything was going along smoothly. Then the White Sox got into the World Series, and Game 1 is at the same time as your event Saturday...

You're in agony. You know that song in the commercial, in the club, on the radio, but the title is just . . . out . . . of ....

The Tribune's wrap-up of the Chicago International Film Festival schedule, by Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington and the movie reviewing staff, appears each day. - indicates a personal appearance by...

Tribune staff reporter Robert K. Elder's new book, "John Woo: Interviews," has recently been released by the University Press of Mississippi. Woo started as a director of comedies and kung...

An old Hollywood adage about movie adaptations says that good novels make bad movies and bad, pulpy novels make great movies. It's a fallacy, of course. Good books make good...

In August 1941 during their remarkable field research trip in Mississippi, folklorist Alan Lomax and Fisk University music professor John Work interviewed and recorded local musicians who went on to...

The annual family car trip dangles in the memory like the sagging spiral of a Shell No-Pest Strip in a gas station bathroom: It's always there. It's a little icky...