Robert K. Elder

The 18th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival runs through Wednesday, although there will be an additional program of films shown on Thursday. Following is a capsule review of a film,...

The 18th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival runs through Wednesday, although there will be an additional program of films shown on Thursday. Following are capsule reviews of films, in chronological...

"The Other Side of Heaven," the tale of John Groberg's Mormon missionary work on the Tonga Islands in the 1950s, captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness...

"Habit," directed by HIV-positive video documentarian Gregg Bordowitz, plays like a video scrapbook. Not quite a literal video diary, "Habit" is Bordowitz's meditation on what it means to suffer from...

John Hughes, where are you? Zoe Clarke-Williams' "New Best Friend," the artless class story of a brainy girl gone bad, has none of the insightful examination of youth culture that...

The 18th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival starts up Friday, primed to prove again that it's one of the city's cultural film treasures and a great gathering point for Chicago's...

NEW TO DVD/VIDEO. Capsule reviews of new DVDs/videos released Tuesday (subject to change by studios): Heist (star)(star)(star)1/2 A smart, modern caper thriller by David Mamet that recalls classical noirs, but...

Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release (for films released this week, see full reviews in this section). Aberdeen (star)(star)(star) The tale of an embittered high-powered young...

Some said it's like returning to the womb. A colleague said, " The last time I was in a sensory deprivation tank, I hallucinated." Apparently, he'd seen the film "Altered...

Architecture Robert Ivy, the editor of New York City-based Architectural Record magazine, predicts that architects will go beyond the now-mature concept of ecologically minded, or "sustainable," design and will shape...