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Tim Guineeâan actor with character
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelI first met Tim Guinee when he came to speak to young actors at his alma mater, the North Carolina School of the Arts (as it was then-called). He wasn't there to give them the “Look at me, I made it and you can too” talk. He was all about... -
Notes from the Underground
Talking PicturesFilmmaker, curator and critic Jonas Mekas, armed and ready. Down with "the director as enchanter!" So said Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov, whose paradoxically enchanting urban poem, "Man With the Movie Camera" (1929), is excerpted in "Visionaries," an... -
Tonight belongs to Jules Dassin!
Talking PicturesA directorâs work, if the director is lucky, has a way of bubbling up in the popular culture decades after a filmâs initial release. This week in Chicago we are experiencing, happily, a Jules Dassin bubble, containing two different and...... -
October 15 - Homer Bryant and Terry Spencer Hesser
WGN NewsThe world premiere screening event of a new documentary film "Raising the Barre: The Homer Bryant Story" will benefit the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center. Event: Wednesday, October 21 Event starts at 5:30 p.m., film at 7:30 p.m. Gene Siskel Film...Tags: Documentary (genre), Culture, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt
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Siskel on Jordan in 'Space Jam': 'He is great-looking; his eyes sparkle, and he has a star aura.'
An excerpt from the late Gene Siskel's review of "Space Jam," originally published in the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 15, 1996. Our Flick of the Week is "Space Jam" -- you may have heard of it. A certain basketball player teams with cartoon characters to...Tags: Seinfeld (tv program), National Basketball Association, Wayne Knight, Chicago Tribune, Shaquille O'Neal
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Roger Ebert on Esquire's profile of him: 'I got a jolt'
The Big PictureThere are really only two words you need to describe Roger Ebert: indispensable, which would apply to his four decades of brilliant essays and criticism; and indomitable, which would apply to how he's handled his past few years of debilitating...... -
Gene Siskel Film Center to honor Robert Downey Jr.
About Last NightRobert Downey Jr. at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. View more photos from Vanity Fair's bash HERE. (Peter Kramer, AP) The Gene Siskel Film Center will honor Robert Downey Jr. with its Renaissance Award at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago on June 19.... -
Endorsement
Change of SubjectSomehow, I completely missed the 1992 film version of "Of Mice and Men" when it came out. Gene Siskel gave it 3 1/2 stars in his Tribune review: Gary Sinise directs and costars with Steppenwolf Theater colleague John Malkovich in...... -
'At the Movies,' onetime home to Siskel & Ebert, will fade to black this summer
Show TrackerAfter a revolving door of hosts and much backstage drama, it's finally a wrap for "At the Movies." The weekly syndicated program, which made celebrities out of its then-hosts, dueling movie reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, has aired on...... -
The Morning Fix: Hit the ATM before the movies! Thumbs down for good. MGM may hit pause on sale
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before the dreaded 7 a.m. flight to D.C. Recession? Who cares? Several movie chains are raising their prices, primarily but not exclusively on 3-D movies. The Wall Street Journal reports that Regal, Cinemark and AMC are among...... -
Oscarstuff
Talking PicturesFresh off its best picture nomination, to go with its more widely expected best actress nomination (Carey Mulligan, below) and adapted screenplay nod (Nick Hornby), "An Education" has returned to 30 theaters in the land of Chicago. It's well worth...... -
When it's no fun to get spoiled
Talking PicturesLeonardo DiCaprio in "Shutter Island" Every year or two, I have made the egregious mistake of disregarding the matter of the spoiler while writing a review. Too much is discussed; mistakes are made. Culpas are mea'd. Mea culpa. While certain......
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