Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.
Tag: Tom Hanks
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival this weekend
Discussed: Ida B. Wells, Tom Hanks’s favorite sandwich, Dessa, Jessica Hopper’s friends, and the girl whose kidnapping inspired Lolita
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With Sully, Clint Eastwood recalls a story no one has forgotten yet
Tom Hanks stars as Chesley Sullenberger, the airline pilot behind the Miracle on the Hudson.
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A Hologram for the King: You can put your hand right through it
The Dave Eggers novel comes to the big screen—some of it, anyway.
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Bridge of Spies salutes the power of serious discourse
Steven Spielberg’s historical drama both depicts and invites measured conversations.
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The best Chicago International Film Festival coverage (plus more new reviews and notable screenings)
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Steven Spielberg sticks to American historical drama with Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg’s first directorial effort since Lincoln is another historical drama about American politics. It recounts the fallout from the “Hollow Nickel Case,” a 1957 incident wherein U.S. authorities uncovered a Soviet spy ring in New York City. Tom Hanks plays James Donovan, an insurance lawyer hired by the U.S. government to defend one of […]
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 4/12: CoffeeCon, Tom Hanks Day, and CHIRP Record Fair
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, April 12
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All the Disney World’s a stage in Escape From Tomorrow
Guerrilla filmmaking comes to the Magic Kingdom in Escape From Tomorrow.
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Oprah and friends host modest get-together
Now that we have a new mayor, we can focus on the important stuff, like Oprah’s magnificent send-off celebration at the United Center. Madonna, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, and more stopped by to give Oprah their best. (Tribune) Mayor Emanuel ordered $75 million cut from the budget yesterday, targeting “everything from city […]
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Knight moves
When it comes to “authentic” Chicago, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is more like a Gray Line tour.
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Philadelphia Sorry
Philadelphia is a heartbreakingly mediocre movie. It’s dishonest, it’s often legally, medically, and politically inaccurate, and it breaks my heart that I must say it’s simply not good enough and I’d rather people not see it at all. For 12 years millions of people, gays, people with AIDS, people with HIV infection, their families and […]