A-list stars take backseat to supporting actors

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Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio may be the marquee names, but Body of Lies belongs to two other performers: Mark Strong and Golshifteh Farahani.

Festival celebrates epics, economists, and emergence

One of the focal points of the Chicago Humanities Festival will be this Saturday’s Hyde Park Day.

Expect the Spanish Inquisition from Red Tape Theatre

Dog in a Manger works less as a play and more as a two-and-a-half hour polemic.

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Punks, Trannies and Nobel Laureates

Themes of modernity flow through Gorges

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Displacement focuses on the displacement of people and of places caused by the river’s shifting waters.

Despite avant-garde pretensions, Wallpaper sticks

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If the phrases “Gorilla Tango Theater” and “Wicker Park” conjure up pretentious avant-garde hipsters, withhold judgment for a minute.

Chicago Manual of Style

The ever-growing, ever-younger crop of in-demand models is a symptom of a larger “cradle culture” that covets youth.

Media satire shows how to lose fans and alienate audiences

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People opens with a young man equating Hollywood to Shangri-La.

Gordon Center exhibit weds the academic and the aesthetic

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Science in Art aims to bridge the gap between scientists and non-scientists, using art to foster dialogue.

Chicken DVD amuses, but fails to take flight

For a show as capricious as Robot Chicken, the DVD extras are surprisingly bland.

Art Institute pays dues to Burnham’s brainchild

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2009 marks the centennial of Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, a plan whose features dominate Chicago life.

Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination

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Ever since the Spice Girls said goodbye to the music world, the girl-group genre has been at an all-time low, rife with groups devoid of lyrical and musical substance.

Caroline sings a different tune than conventional musicals

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Something peculiar happened on Broadway in 2004.

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The Express draws no fouls, but scores no extra points

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A run-of-the-mill inspirational story like this needs some thing extra—stellar acting, a great score, powerful dialogue, or clever cinematography—to set itself apart.

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