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But before I posted that review of The Donner Party last week, I hadn't posted a movie review to this blog since February 9, 2015--or j...

Last night, I did something I hadn't done since my heart attacks: I watched a movie on a Blu-ray player. Mom's house is not the mos...

In years past, I would see a movie on the big screen nearly every week--or, at least, every other week. It helped a lot that I used to liv...

Even though I had heard of the Pickwick Theater--the Art Deco jewel of a movie house in the northwestern suburb of Park Ridge--I'd never...

Happy 92nd(!) birthday to Sir Christopher Lee!

The late September Saturday was unseasonably warm, rendering my mostly black attire (shirt, shoes and Go-Go White Sox-style baseball cap) en...

In previous years, a fair chunk of my summer was spent attending the Silent Summer Film Festival, which ran for six weeks at the historic, r...

I have zero desire to see The Wolverine , but I have to admit this is a very sweet poster.

I was running late. Terribly, dreadfully late. But it wasn't my fault. Not this time, anyway. Up to that point, the plan had been run...

Growing up, the most exciting day of the week was Friday. Not just because it was the end of the week (though also that, yes), but because ...

I'll be at the Music Box Theatre, watching the exquisite Leslie Caron in Gigi .

I definitely want to see The Dark Knight Rises , but I expect the crowds to be too huge for my claustrophobic ass to deal with, so I'll...

When I heard that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were dragging Dark Shadows out of the development hell it had lingered in for years (ever sin...

Most of my friends--and yes, I have real friends, not just the imaginary kind) love movies, but some of those friends find it difficult, if...

Here are some (but not nearly all) of the movies and marquees I saw this year.

This is where I will be tonight, and for several more nights over the next few weeks. Any excuse to go to the gloriously restored Portage T...

Last month, Mr. E and I attempted to go to the Lake Theatre to catch part of their 75th anniversary series of movies that premiered the sa...