`Sopranos’ set up for major finale drama
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! The gay mobster is dead. Long live the gay mobster. Yes, the "Sopranos" storyline that's been dragging on all season finally came to a head Sunday night:...
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‘Baghdad ER’ brings horror of Iraq war front and center
Three years into a war most of us have the luxury of ignoring comes "Baghdad ER" (7 p.m. Sunday), HBO's unflinching look at the Army's 86th Combat Support Hospital, where...
O’Bama & O’Brien in ’08?
There are two sure things a Chicago crowd can reliably be expected to cheer for: Barack Obama and an exploding cow. Conan O'Brien had both Friday night at his final...
A genial kitten with a whip
Director Mary Harron and the title character she has imagined in "The Notorious Bettie Page" have one thing in common: They accentuate the positive. Tossing aside the childhood trauma and...
Hard to forget the questions raised by amnesiac’s tale
Equally fascinating and frustrating, Rupert Murray's documentary "Unknown White Male" tells the story of Doug Bruce, a successful, model-handsome, privileged Brit who, in the summer of 2003, opened his eyes...
World’s manual laborers the focus of toilsome `Workingman’s Death’
(Austria/Germany; Michael Glawogger, 2005) After slaughtering, scrubbing and roasting some 350 goats in a horrific pit of blood, smoke and guts, a Nigerian man tells Austrian documentary filmmaker Michael Glawogger...
Trends come and go, we try to keep up
Out with the old, in with the new, right? Well ... not exactly. When it comes to fashion, some of 2005's biggest trends will carry over into the new year...
`Shopgirl’ highlights Tuesday at the Chicago International Film Festival
The Tribune's wrap-up of the Chicago International Film Festival schedule, by Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington and the movie reviewing staff, appears each day. - indicates a personal appearance by...
Monday at the Chicago International Film Fest
The Tribune's wrap-up of the Chicago International Film Festival schedule, by Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington and the movie reviewing staff, appears each day. - indicates a personal appearance by...
LATE EXPECTATIONS
'They" say not to go into any movie with expectations. But "they" make it very hard, what with the hype and the publicity machine and the screenings of the movies...