Plus: Poehler, Phair, Springsteen, Dybek

1. Dirty Wars.
Investigative reporter and author Jeremy Scahill is scheduled to be in town on Saturday and Sunday.
Details from Chicago Area Peace Action:
WHERE:
SATURDAY DINNER
St. Francis Xavier Parish Gym
549 Ninth Street, Wilmette
SUNDAY COFFEE TALK
Loyola University Crown Center Auditorium
1001-25 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago

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Posted on October 31, 2014

Sure, Gillian Flynn, But What About Phil’s Fishhouse?

So, on top of everything else, I have this couple to worry about.

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Posted on October 14, 2014

Plus: Gangsters & Grifters

“The great Chicago writer Nelson Algren gets the documentary treatment with not just one but two feature-length projects debuting this month: Mark Blottner and Denis Mueller’s 20-years-in-the-making Nelson Algren: The End is Nothing, The Road is All, and Michael Caplan’s Algren,” Reel Chicago reports.
“Blottner and Mueller’s The End is Nothing preview[ed] Oct. 3 in advance of its festival run and Caplan’s Algren has its world premiere Oct. 14 in the 50th Chicago International Film Festival.”

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Posted on October 7, 2014