The Northwest Chicago Film Society and portoluz will screen the 1941 Preston Sturges Depression-era screwball comedy Sullivan's Travels 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Portage Theater in a newly restored 35 mm print from Universal Pictures. more ›

Earlier this week we had a rather wistful experience. One of our all-time favorite Christmas movies is Remember the Night, written by Preston Sturges and starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. We were anxious to see it again but unfortunately it's never been released on DVD. Luckily Specialty Video still rents out tapes, and amazingly they carry it. We happily brought the box to the counter and handed it to the clerk. He looked at it quizzically and said, "You know this is VHS, right?" more ›