Lauren Viera

The gift of humor It's the day after Christmas, and you've had just about all of the love, kindness and bonhomie that you can stand for one month. Yes, we...

Here's your fair warning that tickets for music, dance and an array of theater performances are still available for shows on New Year's Eve. You don't want to be the...

Because it's Thanksgiving Day, we asked various Tribune and Metromix food writers and enthusiasts to name restaurants or specific dishes for which they are particularly thankful. Part reminiscence, part insider's...

"How do you get cartoons? You think of them." It's a simple explanation, but the question is one that's likely passed through the brains of anyone who's marveled at all...

'Backyard' ('El Traspatio') *** The "backyard" in question here is Juarez, Mexico, where unsolved kidnappings and murders fester in the litter-strewn desert beyond the barbed-wire border with El Paso, Texas....

'Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno' **** One of the most compelling tales of an artist in crisis ever put on film, this is both a reconstruction and dissection of a movie ("L'Enfer")...