Don’t ask me how many times I’ve seen Billy Wilder’s Academy Award-winning 1960 film The Apartment. I honestly couldn’t tell you. I can tell you it’s my favorite movie, and it should certainly be on anyone’s list of great holiday films, as well. (If for no other reason, you should watch it for the glorious […]
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Hey, big spender, you don’t need to spend much time with this Sweet Charity
The Marriott’s latest production is distinctly lackluster.
Triassic Parq: The Musical, A Fool’s Journey, and five more new stage shows to see (or avoid)
A remounted spoof with singing dinosaurs and a Misfit Circus cabaret are among this week’s best bets.
Steppenwolf’s Constellations and Voice Lessons, and 13 more new stage shows
An endless meet-cute and an off-key farce are among this week’s notables.
Hey, Governor Rauner—open the books!
As long as Rauner wants Rahm to open up the CPS books, Rauner should have to open the state’s books to Rahm’s bean counters.
A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
Le Week-End: Here come the boomer cliches
In Le Week-End, Jim Broadbent stars as a former 60s radical awash in self-pity.
The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26