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Home » Disney

Tag: Disney

Posted inFilm

“I’ve always considered myself an outsider“

by Matthew Sigur October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

On Thursday morning, Bobcat Goldthwait is driving to the Music Box Theatre for a test screening of his latest documentary. It’s a short drive for the comedian/writer/director who just recently moved to DuPage County and gave himself the nickname the “Daniel Craig of DuPage.”  “I had to get out of [DuPage],” Goldthwait jokes. “The autograph […]

Raya and the Last Dragon
Posted inFilm

Raya and the Last Dragon’s representation dilemma

by Nina Li Coomes March 5, 2021August 18, 2021

Even with Asian-American talent on and off the screen, the film reflects back a myth of monolith.

Posted inArts & Culture

Drury Lane’s Beauty and the Beast revival is showing its age

by Jack Helbig December 3, 2018August 18, 2021

An attempt both to transcend repetition and please audiences results in a show that won’t fully satisfy anyone.

Posted inFilm

Quentin Tarantino is still out of ideas

by Tal Rosenberg January 5, 2016August 18, 2021

It’s more of the same hatred for human progress in The Hateful Eight.

Posted inFilm

The dark side of Star Wars

by Ryan Smith December 16, 2015August 18, 2021

What our obsession with Star Wars says about our culture

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Inside Out has a small but significant Chicago connection

by Deanna Isaacs July 14, 2015August 18, 2021

The ideas behind Disney-Pixar’s new film about emotion have local roots.

Posted inBlogs

Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella is an unexpected lesson in economic history

by Ben Sachs March 13, 2015August 18, 2021

The latest Disney spectacle considers the myth of the bourgeoisie.

Posted inBlogs

This year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts are consistently, modestly enjoyable

by Ben Sachs January 30, 2015August 18, 2021

An 80-minute compilation of Oscar nominees and honorable mentions opens this weekend at the Landmark Century.

Posted inBlogs

Galavant is just what the singing, dancing doctor ordered

by Gwynedd Stuart January 6, 2015August 18, 2021

A little frivolity never killed anyone.

Posted inBlogs

How Hollywood drains the subversion out of Into the Woods

by Ben Sachs December 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s stage musical extinguishes much of the show’s power.

Max's art appeared on a Boeing 777.
Posted inArts & Culture

Peter Max isn’t a fad, he’s a great artist

by Tal Rosenberg September 4, 2014August 18, 2021

In defense of Peter Max, acid-age designer and painter

Giant pinatas and mounds of candy await your perusal.
Posted inNews & Politics

What the hell is this place? Dulcelandia

by Gwynedd Stuart December 30, 2013August 18, 2021

Dulcelandia offers a variety of lucha libre wrestlers to bash until all the chile candy spills out.

Kate Nawrocki, Scott Cupper, Elizabeth Bagby, Sara Scanlon, Jenifer Starewhich, Stuart Ritter, Dan Behrendt, Cory Aiello, Thomas Zeitner, and Michael Thomas Downey
Posted inArts & Culture

The Dead Prince has trouble coming to life

by Zac Thompson November 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Strange Tree Group’s The Dead Prince plays down the dark themes that characterize the best fairy tales.

Posted inBlogs

The boys who made The Jungle Book sing

by Deanna Isaacs July 11, 2013August 19, 2021

The Boys, a documentary about Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman, is a surprising and fascinating adjunct to Mary Zimmerman’s new stage production.

Posted inBlogs

“That felt wrong”: Mary Zimmerman on The Jungle Book

by Deanna Isaacs July 8, 2013August 19, 2021

The director on why she cast André De Shields as King Louie in The Jungle Book, and how she felt about a recent flap over her use of Silk Road stories.

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