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Anatomy of Popnew
Ingrid Michaelson and her Girls and Boys.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girls and Boys, Ingrid Michaelson
The Icy Beauty of 'Atonement'new
There's much to admire in the glassy expanses of this film, yet much that's puzzling as well.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
The Socio-Cultural Anthropology of Italian Beefnew
Few things make Chicago finer than its native sandwich, the Italian Beef, an offering so ubiquitous around here that ex-pats are usually amazed to discover that it's an "only-in-Chicago" thing. In that spirit, we offer up a bite of the city's best beefs.
Chicago Newcity |
Staff |
12-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
Crispin Hellion Glover's Strange Nocturnal Emissionsnew
Working with cash banked from playing an eccentric baddie in Charlie's Angels, Glover produced and directed a feature from a perspective no one else would likely ever consider.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-28-2007 |
Reviews
Cheb I Sabbah's Worldly Electronicanew
Throughout his career, which has taken him around the world, he has seen and experienced lots of change since he began DJing in Paris as a teenager in the 1960s.
Chicago Newcity |
Zeb Resman |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cheb I Sabbah
Grace in Bubbles: A Seasonal Guide to Sparkling Winenew
Here's a list of sparkling objects of affection for your holiday drinking pleasure.
Chicago Newcity |
Michael Nagrant |
11-28-2007 |
Food+Drink
Thrill Jockey Records Crosses the 15-Year Linenew
"I was a really big fan of Touch & Go and Dischord," founder Bettina Richards says, "especially their ethos. You don't see it written about much these days, but it still means a shitload to me -- the open relationship with the artist, that fundamental thing."
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-28-2007 |
Music
Testing the Limits of Artistic Vision in 'Margot'new
Baumbach fifth feature follows in terse, cutting strokes a short-story writer Margot Zeller with teenage son in tow to the wedding of her estranged sister.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
The Freewheelin' Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There'new
Hoping to write about Todd Haynes' new not-a-biopic of Bob Dylan almost feels like trying to write footnotes to footnotes, a circular exercise that would wind even the fabulist likes of Jorge Luis Borges.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
The Coen and Cormac Frontier in 'No Country for Old Men'new
The casting is superb, but the notes each of the actors are allowed to search out and discover are what make No Country For Old Men at least within a well-hurled rock's throw of a "masterpiece" as some writers have already gratefully dubbed this glory of pearlescent carborundum.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Caribou's Dan Snaith and His 'Andorra'new
Undoubtedly inspired by the work of the Beach Boys, Snaith uses more vocals than ever to create bubbly, but somewhat vast, sweet tarts, each more memorable than the last.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Chicago Indie Coffeehouse Guidenew
Sit down, relax and have a cup.
Chicago Newcity |
Staff |
11-07-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Sean Hayes Codenew
A staple in the Bay Area's tightly knit syndicate of songwriters, Hayes hits the road in support of his latest release, Flowering Spade.
Chicago Newcity |
K. Tighe |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flowering Spade, Sean Hayes
Behind the Scenes With Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphonynew
A Dutch treat in the Windy City.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
10-31-2007 |
Music
What a Gas it is Getting Old With Sidney Lumetnew
Devil is a fantastically sinister thriller with a twining, fucked-up family plot that would be great even if Lumet didn't make it.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
10-31-2007 |
Reviews
