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Talking 'Blueberry Nights' with Wong Kar-Wainew
Directors rarely indulge in wholesale revision of their work; so-called director's cuts going back to a baggier version of what's in the theaters, yes, but a wholesale rethinking, no. But Wong Kar-Wai seems to have done it on almost every project he's tackled.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai
Yeasayer Breaks Throughnew
On All Hour Cymbals, the band mashed sounds that shouldn't have ever been dumped into the same pot. But it worked, as the band received bundles of press all along the blogosphere and invites to various festivals around the globe.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
Head of Femur: In Plain Sightnew
The Chicago band went through a bit of a reinvention a couple years ago when the band decided to strip down the elements it was most known for -- the endless barrage of instruments on stage, horns to strings to whatever else -- and go with the bare essentials.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Great Plains, Head of Femur
Will a Critics' Dearth Hurt Hard Films?new
What if a movie like Stop-Loss falls in the forest and there are no crickets there to chirp its praises?
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-02-2008 |
Movies
Nada Surf Reminds Itself to be Happynew
Matthew Caws speaks quietly at a measured pace, not unlike how he sings one of his ballads. A tender tone persists just this side of protected laziness -- he puts you at ease, even if he isn't.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Parlaying the Art of Killing Martians into the Best Job Evernew
The video-game pioneer Eugene Jarvis helped initiate a geek revolution and a golden age for gaming when he and partner Larry DeMar designed the arcade classic Defender, which led to other successes like Robotron: 2084, Blaster and Cruis'n USA.
Chicago Newcity |
Andy Seifert |
04-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Holy Ghost! Revitalizes Disco, Eats Pizzanew
One well-received single is all it takes for a group to garner notice and these guys are no exception.
Chicago Newcity |
Garin Pirnia |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Holy Ghost!
Murder by Death Returns for More Mayhemnew
As the band blends elements of punk, alt-country, airy instrumental and gypsy, Adam Turla weaves tales of power and adventure, religion and good's fight against evil.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Does 'Look' Show?new
There are many salient points and lasting fears under the conceit of a movie told entirely from the perspective of spy-cams, but Rifkin's film doesn't rise above its gimmick.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rifkin, Look
Tie-ing One Onnew
How did such a great accessory -- the last classic accessory men could truly utilize to show off their personality -- find itself so quickly heading the way of the dodo bird?
Chicago Newcity |
Josh Eisenberg |
03-26-2008 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Shirley Mordine, the Dean of Dancenew
She talks about founding the Dance Center and forty years of contemporary dance in Chicago.
Chicago Newcity |
William Scott |
03-12-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Venn and the Art of Internet Bloggingnew
Jessica Hagy gets her work Indexed.
Chicago Newcity |
Laura Castellano |
03-12-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Indexed, Jessica Hagy
The Hush Sound is Not Emonew
The Chicago four-piece's third full-length record for the Fall Out Boy bassist's Decaydance imprint is unlike what you'd expect from a label spawned from Fueled by Ramen.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Goodbye Blues, The Hush Sound
Talking 'Married Life' with Ira Sachs and Chris Coopernew
The four friends in Sachs' mix of drama, dark comedy and a couple of scenes of genial whimsy, are lucid about some things but reserved about others.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
A Casino in Chicago May be a Sucker's Movenew
It's just a matter of time before there's a casino downtown -- the proposal for a land-based casino has already passed through the state senate and is waiting on house approval. Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) speculates that could happen sometime this year.
Chicago Newcity |
Clay Champlin |
02-27-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: casinos, public policy issues
