Ode to a Cinematic Sanctuary on Lake Street
As soon as Richard Roeper broke the news with his touching article that Chicago’s Lake Street Screening Room may soon be no more, now that the office building housing it […]
As soon as Richard Roeper broke the news with his touching article that Chicago’s Lake Street Screening Room may soon be no more, now that the office building housing it […]
Though my annual retrospective compilations have traditionally been published in the days following the Fourth of July, my wife Rebecca and I will be on our first West Coast trip […]
Even during my current writing hiatus, no force on earth could prevent me from interviewing Crispin Glover during his long-awaited return to Chicago. Whenever his name appears in the credits […]
The films of David Lynch have always had a special place in my heart. At age 13, I saw my very first Lynch picture, “The Straight Story,” a movie my […]
Fifteen years ago, I stood for hours while enduring subzero temperatures in a line that stretched for several blocks to see one of the greatest living filmmakers present his latest […]