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Home » Rod Serling

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Posted inArts & Culture

The Artistic Home revival of Requiem for a Heavyweight is a knockout

by Max Maller February 22, 2019August 18, 2021

Mark Pracht turns in a remarkable performance, cauliflower ear and all.

Posted inArts & Culture

Nightmares and Nightcaps desperately can’t figure itself out

by Max Maller August 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Based on stories by John Collier, Nightmares and Nightcaps desperately can’t figure itself out.

Posted inBlogs

Escape From the Battle for the Conquest of the Dawn of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones July 18, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Posted inFilm

Planet of the Apes: A topsy-turvy world in which the writers reigned

by J.R. Jones July 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes prompts revisiting a sci-fi franchise that always relied on the people who wrote it.

Posted inArts & Culture

Culture Vultures: Improv performer Pat Ivansek on Rod Serling’s Night Gallery

by Chicago Reader April 22, 2013August 19, 2021

This week’s Culture Vultures recommend Rod Serling’s Night Gallery and Jeffrey Gusfield’s Deadly Valentines.

Requiem for a Heavyweight
Posted inArts & Culture

Bruised Bodies, Bruised Souls

by Kerry Reid January 17, 2008August 19, 2021

Rod Serling’s time-tested play about boxing doesn’t pull any punches.

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