Michael Wilmington

Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" sets fire to the Earth, dares the heavens and almost wins. Based on a lesser-known episode of the Crusades, Scott's new film traces the rise...

ARCHITECTURE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DECORATIVE DESIGN Architectural historian and Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Lyman Shepard speaks on "Cross Currents: The Dynamics of Frank Lloyd Wright's Decorative Designs" at the foundation,...

Who's in it: Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Will Denton, Debra Monk, Shayna Levine, Stephen Adly Guirgis What it's about: The main character in director Todd Solondz's ("Welcome to the...

"Beautiful Boxer" is certainly bizarre: a major Thai box-office hit and prize-winner based on the true story of transgendered boxing legend Parinya Charoenphol, a young monk who became a champion...

Sometimes a major Oscar can be a curse in disguise. And a reputation as a movie disaster can be an injustice. Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate"--an epic western about the Johnson...

Even if the financial pages bore you--even if you've never watched Lou Dobbs or Neil Cavuto and never will--"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" should hold you spellbound. Alex...

ARCHITECTURE `WEST-EAST' Albuquerque-based architect Antoine Predock, whose completed projects include a baseball park for the San Diego Padres and a federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas, speaks Wednesday at 6...

"The Interpreter"--a new Sydney Pollack political thriller set and shot largely in New York City's United Nations headquarters--is the kind of polished, exciting treat the movies should give us far...

"Eating Out" is a low-budget gay movie comedy that tries for some Hollywood-style teen sex comedy riffs and occasionally succeeds. Writer-director Q. Allan Brocka's film, a big hit on the...

ARCHITECTURE THE PRACTICE OF PRESERVATION Gunny Harboe, vice president of McClier's Preservation Group, who has guided the restoration of such Chicago landmarks as the Rookery and the Reliance Building, speaks...