After a really wonderful time away (see here), it honestly wasn't until I was on the plane back to the U.S. that I started thinking about, you know, being back in the U.S. That first week was fairly chill (as have been the subsequent weeks, too). I may get into that side of things in a future post, ...
Maybe Watch This: A United Kingdom
In 2014, director Amma Asante - former actress turned filmmaker - hit the scene in a big way with one of the most underrated films of that year, Belle. Actually her sophomore feature, she'd previously been named Most Promising Newcomer at the BAFTAs in 2005, a prescient prediction. This week, ...
Maybe Watch This: The Founder
There's a family story I've heard at holidays and cookouts since I was a kid. A joke, really. And that's the story that my great grandmother went to high school with Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's. Had she played her cards differently, we might all be in very different circumstances today. Imagine! ...
12 hours, 8 acts, one unforgettable experience
Lest you worry all this list writing is keeping me from exploring Chicago, I thought I'd share that in fact, I spent all day Saturday at the theater. Yes, all day. I started building my lists by researching a lot of "best of..." terms - best museums, best neighborhoods, best theater. That last one ...
The Indie in the Blockbuster
Like Lincoln last year and [insert period drama here] before that, 12 Years A Slave has been an anticipated film for months and is expected to make quite a sweep come awards season. And like anyone keeping track of these things, 12 Years A Slave was on my list of films to see as soon as the ...