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‘Gravity’ and ‘Enough Said’ – High-flying and Down to Earth
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 10, 2013 “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world…” “Mere” anarchy? Had William Butler Yeats seen “Gravity,” he would have
‘The Spectacular Now’ – Spectacular Zen
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 26, 2013 The great Zen puzzle of life is how to balance living in the moment, mindful and focused on now, versus the need to plan ahead
‘In a World’ – Woody Strikes Again
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 12, 2013 Call it “The Curse of Woody Allen.” Seemingly talented filmmakers are inspired to clone Allenesque characters whose neurotic, awkward, sometime loutish, usually semi-oblivious and often
Dogs Get to Splish-Splash at YMCA Pool
Evanston RoundTable, August 29, 2013 Several dozen doggies got in the swim of things at the McGaw YMCA on Aug. 24 at the Y’s first canine swim-in, a fundraiser for
‘Blue Jasmine’ – Sub-stellar Woody
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 15, 2013 In “Blue Jasmine,” Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cate Blanchett plays Jasmine French, a down-on-her-luck New Yorker forced to move in with her sister in San
‘Fruitvale Station’ – Still Struggling
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 1, 2013 It’s ironic and sad that “Fruitvale Station” appeared in movie theaters just days after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
‘Fill the Void’ – Love and Duty
Evanston RoundTable, July 18, 2013 “There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson One of the great appeals of cinema is
‘About Midnight’ – Meditations on Adulthood
Evanston RoundTable, July 3, 2013 There’s a defining moment in “Before Midnight” when the central characters – Celine and Jesse – are seated at a café watching the late-afternoon sun
Riding the Rails
I When people think of trains they think of speed and mass. But trains come alive first with sound. “Alllllllll aboooooooard!” the conductor sings out. In response the cars jerk