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“No” and “Life of Pi” Reviewed
Evanston RoundTable, March 28, 2013 There are some vexing incongruities and problems that hamper “No,” the Chilean film starring Gael Garcia Bernal as Rene, a young ad executive recruited to
Review of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and ‘Flight’
Evanston RoundTable, March 14, 2013 There’s a lot that’s troubling about “Zero Dark Thirty,” perhaps the least of which is the controversy – which ultimately embroiled Congress in hearings –
Author Shaped by Evanston Scores with Debut Novel
Evanston RoundTable, March 14, 2013 Like many first-time writers, Matt Henderson Ellis’s first novel, “Keeping Bedlam At Bay in the Prague Café” is heavily drawn from his own experience –
‘Amour’: Art as Dark and Deep As Life
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 14, 2013 Art is what makes beauty out of ugliness, renders despair into acceptance, and creates order and understanding from chaos. Without art, life would be hard
Kelly Amonte Hiller: LaCrosse’s Winningest Coach
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 31, 2013 Kelly Amonte Hiller’s office in Patten Gym on the Northwestern campus is casual and spare. There are few plaques and photos on the wall. Her
Review of “Silver Linings Playbook”
Evanston RoundTable Jan. 17, 2013 There’s a line comedies can cross over, sometimes into stupidity, sometimes into cruelty. Either way it’s rarely amusing. Such is the problem with “Silver Linings
Review of “Les Misérables,” “Argo,” Anna Karenina,” and “Lincoln”
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 3, 2013 Some of the year’s best movies, still playing at first-run theaters, are set in the past, which makes for a delightful holiday season for us
Review of “Lincoln”
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 6, 2012 Steven Spielberg’s epic new biopic “Lincoln” opens on a panorama of Boschian horror, black and white soldiers hacking away at each other with guns, bayonets,
Letter to the New York Times on Meeting Kurt Vonnegut
New York Times Book Review, Nov. 11, 2012 To the Editor: Kurt Andersen’s entertaining and rueful recollection of meeting Kurt Vonnegut called to mind my own experience. In 1998, working