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Home » Herman Melville

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a black-and-white shot of Marilyn in her iconic pose over the subway grate, surrounded by a camera crew
Posted inFilm

Marilyn-Monroe; or, Blonde

by Kat Sachs September 29, 2022September 30, 2022

Marilyn Monroe is the American public’s white whale, that which we seek to dominate and claim as our own.

"Six Feet Apart" from Strawdog Theatre's How Do We Navigate Space?
Posted inArts & Culture

We’re all in the same boat (alone) with Moby Dick and How Do We Navigate Space?

by Kerry Reid March 26, 2021August 18, 2021

Two streaming shows from Theatre in the Dark and Strawdog capture the drama of obsession and isolation.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Opera Theater’s Moby-Dick is well worth chasing down

by Deanna Isaacs April 26, 2019August 18, 2021

It’ll banish all your memories of English-class torture.

Posted inArts & Culture

Leave the flatlands behind in Savanna and Galena, along the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi

by Ted Cox May 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Head west for quaint townships and lush landscapes.

Posted inArts & Culture

There’s madness ahoy in Lookingglass’s Moby Dick

by Max Maller June 29, 2017August 18, 2021

David Catlin’s dazzling aerial-acrobatic production returns.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lookingglass Theatre moves Moby-Dick from sea to sky

by Zac Thompson June 24, 2015August 18, 2021

Lookingglass Theatre’s dazzling new staging of Moby-Dick uses aerial acrobatics to buoy Melville’s masterpiece.

Josh Nordmark, Brad Woodard, Zach Bloomfield, Antonio Zhiurinskas, Drew Schad, and Ben Werling
Posted inArts & Culture

Shattered Globe Theatre’s The Whaleship Essex pulls a Melville

by Tony Adler September 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Shattered Globe Theatre’s The Whaleship Essex is bestilled, if not dead, in the water.

Posted inBlogs

This week in Claire Denis: Talking to the Nightingale’s Christy LeMaster about Nenette et Boni and Beau Travail

by Ben Sachs November 13, 2013August 19, 2021

The second in a series of discussions about the renowned French filmmaker with Chicago-based female critics, artists, and academics

Posted inBlogs

Concerning those movies that exist only in spectators’ imaginations

by Ben Sachs April 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Imagining a nonexistent movie classic starring Peter Sellers

Posted inBlogs

When turkeys take flight

by Ben Sachs November 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Sometimes, one generation’s turkey is the next generation’s feast

Posted inBlogs

The romance of books: the Newberry Library at 125

by Jerome Ludwig November 18, 2012August 19, 2021

A special exhibit displays some of the exquisite items in the Newberry’s vast collection, on the occasion of the library’s 125th anniversary

Posted inBlogs

A memory of the smoking car

by Ben Sachs May 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Remembering Amtrak’s amenities for smokers, which ended in 2004

Posted inBlogs

Calling Motherfucking Bullmotherfucking Shit on “the Pynchonian Realm of Highbrow Slapstick,” Motherfuckers.

by Brian Costello March 4, 2011August 19, 2021

The Atlantic gets a little too fucking precious when it tries placing @MayorEmanuel in a broader literary context.

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