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 […]
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CIFF 2018: “The Hate U Give” and “Widows” on the Red Carpet
A “Starr” is truly born in “The Hate U Give,” George Tillman Jr.’s riveting screen adaptation of Angie Thomas’ bestselling book, which was published only last year. Amandla Stenberg turns […]
Writing for RogerEbert.com: Vol. 4
A surreal and wonderful event occurred during my coverage of the 90th Academy Awards for RogerEbert.com. I was in the official press room surrounded by 200 other journalists, including Ebert […]
Mirror Images: “American Sniper” and “Selma”
The following essay was written by film critic John Marks, a contributor at Movie Mezzanine.com. Is Oscar-bait good for the movies? This was the question asked by Slate’s S.T. VanAirsdale […]
In the Sweet By and By
“There’s a sense of elegy in the film. A sense that something wonderful is coming to an end, and the way to handle that is not to regret it, but […]
Indie Outlook 