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Me on Chicagoist- Chicagoist Presents A New Story By Barry Gifford: 'Role Model'
- One Of Chicago's Best Bartenders Just Released An Amazing (and Inexpensive) Rum
- Lost 1972 Film Starring Improv Legend Del Close Deserves A Wide Release
- The New Three Dots And A Dash Menu Is An Overpriced Disappointment
- The New Three Dots And A Dash Menu Is An Overpriced Disappointment
- Buffalo Grove Is More Inspiring Than Hollywood For Filmmaker Brad Bischoff
- The Music Box's 70mm Film Fest Has A Kickass Line-up
- Gender-Bending Melodrama "The New Girlfriend" Is A Crowd-Pleaser
- The Intriguing Line-Up For This Year's LGBTQ Reeling Film Festival
- Watch The Best Of Vintage Film Noir All Weekend At The Music Box
- Wyndham Wallace Takes Us Inside The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood
- 'Live From New York!' Is A Shrugworthy Portrait Of SNL
- J.R. Jones Explores The Many Lives Of Robert Ryan
- Kartemquin's Success Is Hard Earned
- 'Maps To The Stars' A Disappointing Drive On An Oft-Traveled Road
Monthly Archives: August 2018
3 things about H. Bruce Humberstone’s I WAKE UP SCREAMING
I Wake Up Screaming [1941] 1. “Women are all alike.” “For Pete’s sake, what difference does that make? You’ve got to have them. They’re standard equipment.” 2. Mrs. Botticelli. 3. Incessant use of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (!)
3 things about Rian Johnson’s STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
Star Wars: The Last Jedi [2017] 1. Wasted barbecue. 2. “That was a cheap move.” 3. He stutters. 3 other things.
Hamilton Special Daiquiri.
Ed Hamilton has brought the US a number of special rums over the years. This recipe, the final result of much tinkering, is designed to spotlight two of them. Enjoy! HAMILTON SPECIAL DAIQUIRI 2 oz. Hamilton Guyana Rum .5 oz. … Continue reading
3 things about Robert Altman’s POPEYE
Popeye [1980] 1. Me Pap, Me Son. 2. A House of Ill Repuke. 3. Flying octopus. 3 other things.
3 things about Spike Lee’s BLACKKKLANSMAN
BlacKkKlansman [2018] 1. Polaroid. 2. Free at last. 3. Corn oil. Powerful.
3 things about Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON
Barry Lyndon [1975] 1. A plugget of tow. 2. “I volunteer.” 3. A toy carriage pulled along by two sheep.
3 things about Ingmar Bergman’s AUTUMN SONATA
Autumn Sonata [1978] 1. “A mother and a daughter. What a terrible combination of emotions and confusion and destruction.” 2. Glowing green eyes. Red-rimmed eyes. 3. He closes the envelope but does not seal it.
