Heather McAdams needs no introduction for longtime Reader readers, but I’ll try anyway. McAdams contributed cartoons and illustrations to the Reader for over 20 years, self-published and distributed an annual country music-themed calendar (filled with her original artwork and writing about country and rockabilly musicians) for approximately 30 years, ran the store Record Roundup in […]
Tag: Robert Mitchum
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Nautical thrillers and mysteries set sail on FilmStruck this week
The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Cary Grant
Highlights from the filmography of actor Cary Grant
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This winter at Doc Films: Mitchum, Wong, Coens, and more
Previewing the University of Chicago film society’s winter calendar
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Reader’s Agenda, Wed 12/19: An “oddball holiday classic,” Kent McDill’s latest book, and The Nativity
What’s on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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Weekly Top Five: An ode to “the soul of film noir,” Robert Mitchum
Weekly Top Five: Robert Mitchum performances
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Harold Pinter and the sound of silence
Harold Pinter’s screenplays deepen our understanding of his work.
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The mysterious case of the continental catastrophe . . .
Are scientists blaming the disappearance of the woolly mammoth and saber-toothed tiger on the explosion of a massive comet over North America 3,000 years ago? The Chicago Tribune says yes, but the New York Times tells a somewhat different story.