In “Memories of a Burning Body,” featured in the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, several women’s stories become one.
Chicago Latino Film Festival opens this weekend, with indelible ‘Memories’ and a multitude of stories
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Column: Years ago, Brett Neveu’s ‘Eric LaRue’ unnerved Chicago audiences. Now it’s a Michael Shannon movie.
Hundreds of school shootings after Brett Neveu’s “Eric LaRue” made its Chicago stage entrance, Michael Shannon takes the story to the screen.
‘Pulse’ review: Netflix attempts its own version of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Woe to the medical drama premiering in the wake of “The Pitt.” Viewers who prefer “Grey’s” may not care
‘The Bondsman’ review: Kevin Bacon, the demon slayer
Kevin Bacon plays a bail bondsman brutally killed, only to be suddenly back among the living and working for the devil.
As ‘Titanique’ opens in Chicago, talking to the actress who plays Céline Dion
This show is a musical spoof of both the 1997 movie “Titanic” and the Canadian vocal diva Céline Dion. We spoke with Clare Kennedy McLaughlin, a Northwestern University graduate who plays Céline.
Restaurant news: Kanin, a Filipino Hawaiian bodega in Ravenswood, opens with lines two blocks long in Chicago
Plus more openings, closings and pizza news, including tavern and Detroit style, in the city and suburbs.
Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000 steps in a city where the sidewalk never ends
The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla serves as an outdoor living room for locals and as an antidote to visitors’ winter blues.
New film ‘How Lucky Can One Man Get’ captures the magic of John Prine in concert
A new film captures the musician during a 2010 concert at Proviso East High School in Maywood.
Val Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.
George Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career renaissance, dies at 97
Though at times overshadowed by his famous brother Von Freeman, he collaborated with the biggest names in jazz and also released his own celebrated albums. Born on the South Side, he always called Chicago home.