Casey Affleck follows up his mesmerizing turn as Jesse James' once-idolatrous killer with an equally superlative, and quite different, performance in brother Ben Affleck's highly auspicious directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax).
Published in Movies : Oct 19, 2007
Golden dust rubs off on families in Navajo country
The lives of Anglo and Navajo families intersect in the New Mexican town of Shiprock, where a shuttered uranium mill is the centerpiece of Ann Cummins’ second novel, “Yellowcake.”
Published in Books : Oct 18, 2007
The lives of Anglo and Navajo families intersect in the New Mexican town of Shiprock, where a shuttered uranium mill is the centerpiece of Ann Cummins’ second novel, “Yellowcake.”
Published in Books : Oct 18, 2007
Couple undaunted in ministry to provide decent housing
Author Bettie B. Youngs takes up her writer’s hammer and frames out a compelling account of an Alabama farmer’s son with a vision to eradicate “poverty housing.”
Published in Books : Oct 11, 2007
Author Bettie B. Youngs takes up her writer’s hammer and frames out a compelling account of an Alabama farmer’s son with a vision to eradicate “poverty housing.”
Published in Books : Oct 11, 2007
Miller’s play is timeless and timely
Certainly Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley and his colleagues at the Chicago Public Library could not have foreseen what is taking place these days in Jena, La., when they announced in late August the fall selection for the ongoing “One Book, One Chicago” program.
Published in Books : Oct 4, 2007
Certainly Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley and his colleagues at the Chicago Public Library could not have foreseen what is taking place these days in Jena, La., when they announced in late August the fall selection for the ongoing “One Book, One Chicago” program.
Published in Books : Oct 4, 2007
Fear of fire prompts anxiety on Midwest frontier
Most would agree that the all-time popular depiction of pioneer life in the United States is drawn from the prolific writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder in her “Little House on the Prairie” series that captivated readers and then viewers when it claimed a weekly place on the small screen a few decades ago.
Published in Books : Sep 28, 2007
Most would agree that the all-time popular depiction of pioneer life in the United States is drawn from the prolific writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder in her “Little House on the Prairie” series that captivated readers and then viewers when it claimed a weekly place on the small screen a few decades ago.
Published in Books : Sep 28, 2007
A film that combines football and ballet, and adds a healthy dollop of sentiment to the mix, "The Game Plan" (Disney) can surely be said to have something for everybody. Though its plot is slightly implausible, this comedy, intended mainly for children, should manage to endear itself to all but their most cynical adult guardians.
Published in Movies : Sep 28, 2007
"The Kingdom" (Universal) is certainly a riveting film. It is stylish, fast-paced and all too relevant; few viewers will fail to be absorbed by it.
Published in Movies : Sep 28, 2007
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture on the lonely shore," begins the quotation from Lord Byron that opens this remarkable film.
Published in Movies : Sep 21, 2007
Those with memories of an idealized Jesse James as played by Tyrone Power in the 1939 film are in for a vastly different -- but satisfying -- experience with this latest cinematic incarnation of the famous Western outlaw.
Published in Movies : Sep 21, 2007
Biography of Holy Cross founder reveals strength and struggles
Author Gary MacEoin’s biographical account, “Basil Moreau,” was recently reissued—45 years after its first run—to remind readers of the legacy established by the priest who was beatified Sept. 15 in his home diocese of LeMans, France.
Published in Books : Sep 20, 2007
Author Gary MacEoin’s biographical account, “Basil Moreau,” was recently reissued—45 years after its first run—to remind readers of the legacy established by the priest who was beatified Sept. 15 in his home diocese of LeMans, France.
Published in Books : Sep 20, 2007