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. We've always considered ourselves fans of Anderson's work (even his commercials) and have greatly enjoyed repeat......

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......

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......