The Friday Article Roundup Simulates Reality
Maybe we can learn about life via computer simulations, but can we learn to truly…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
A massive week in home video, anchored by three 4K releases from that most massive…
Let’s take a sleigh ride: Fred Willard, 1933-2020
In 1963 I was working backstage at Second City and heard Fred Willard introduce a…
The Friday Article Roundup Forbids Nothing
Spending extra money on an action sequel in peril, pushing the envelope in onscreen depictions…
Lunch Links: GIRLFRIENDS (aka AMIES)
NSFW: Violence GIRLFRIENDS from Travelling distribution on Vimeo. There’s something of a joke in my…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
The big title this week is Birds of Prey, a movie which promises two things;…
There Might Be Something Funnier on the Way: Jerry Stiller, 1927-2020
Not liking either Seinfeld or King of Queens cuts you off from a lot of…
I Feel I Have So Many Projects and I Haven’t Completed Them Yet: Roy Horn, 1944-2020–an obituary by Persia
I grew up in the waning days of the variety show, and of big, flashy…
The Friday Article Roundup Knows All the Secrets
Video store stashes previously known only to Chicago’s oddest cinephiles. The behind-the-scenes battles of music…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
On two very opposite ends of the spectrum, Criterion’s Blu-Ray upgrade of Eric Rohmer’s Six…