Columbia College will be putting on Round 10 of its fantastic Cinema Slapdown series this Friday, April 18th. This edition features Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums followed by a spirited debate between Sheldon Patinkin and Tim Kazurinsky (Sweetchuck!) over the movie's merits (or lack thereof). Previous entries in the series have included Crash, It's A Wonderful Life, and SuperFly. more ›

If Monday’s holiday has you cramming five days of work into a four-day week and the headlines are only aggravating you further, you need to put the laptop away and get yourself to a comedy show this weekend. The Blerds, a cabal of mostly Chicago-based comics and a film producer, are celebrating their Paper Anniversary Saturday night at The Spot. Drink specials have been promised. The good people at The Bastion are totally crushing on... more ›

This morning as Chicagoist was watching WGN News, we overheard they were running a poll on the Most Romantic Valentine’s Day movie. Dean Richards was rattling off the usual suspects like Casablanca and Officer and a Gentleman. Wow, no joke. Every time we see Louis Gossett Jr. sweep Richard Gere off his feet and carry him out of the factory, we get chills. One choice had us really confused though: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Huh? Which... more ›