‘August Wilson: A Life’: A theater giant’s symphony of 20th century Black lives, captured by biographer Patti Hartigan
Opening night, 1986. August Wilson's play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," Huntington Theatre Company in...
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‘Blue Beetle’ review: A reluctant superhero in a better-than-average DC Comics movie
"Blue Beetle" works, basically, and that puts it ahead of the game for most DC...
Robert Swan appreciation: Movie actor, singer and founder of Harbor Country Opera has died at 78
Robert Swan was a big man. He was big in physical stature, standing 6'4? and...
He’s ‘just Ken’ but will the ‘Barbie’ movie change his popularity?
NEW YORK (AP) — On and off the big screen, it's Barbie's world and Ken...
Review: ‘Heart of Stone’ is a Netflix killer-spy movie about all-powerful AI. Far-fetched twist: Actual humans wrote the script.
Saying the new Netflix spy thriller "Heart of Stone" is nothing special doesn't fully capture...
Review: ‘Passages’ is a compelling sexual triangle set in Paris — and a 2023 film standout
Five minutes into "Passages," a scene from a marriage takes a casually fateful turn, and...
Pickwick Theatre is approaching City of Park Ridge about selling alcohol to patrons
The next iteration of entertainment at the Pickwick Theatre could soon include alcohol along with...
‘Hoosiers’ actor Robert Swan dies at 78
Robert Swan, an actor who starred in the films "The Untouchables," "Hoosiers" and "The Babe,"...
‘The Fugitive’ at 30: Andrew Davis made a great Chicago movie. Here are some of the secret ingredients
"The Fugitive" remains singular in the career of Chicago-born director Andrew Davis, raised first in...
In appreciation: Chicago’s William Friedkin was the street-level master of suspense, from ‘French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘Bug’
"No technique." "No style." Those are exact quotes from William Friedkin talking about William Friedkin,...