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Tag: Movies
Oct 30, 2024

Chicago International Film Festival

The last 12 days in Chicago have been a cinephile's dream. In its 60th year, Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive international film festival, featured many classic and new films.

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Mar 9, 2024

Ready for the Oscars

I look forward to watching the Academy Awards show every year. True, there are plenty of other shows focused on recognizing the best in television and film these days: the Screen Actors Guild awards, Hollywood Foreign Press awards, People's Choice, BAFTA, Golden Globes. But for years the Oscars was the only televised game in town, and even now winning the golden statue  is generally regarded as the pinnacle of achievement in the film industry.

Dec 31, 2023

Visiting Home Alone Locations

In a recent blog I wrote about a local pizza place transformed into the fictional Little Nero's Pizza from Home Alone. Remembering parts of the movie were filmed just north of Chicago, I went searching for a few of the famous locations.

Luxury Travel in Chilean Patagonia: Where Refinement Meets the Wild Edge

At the gateway to Chilean Patagonia, Los Lagos opens a landscape in constant motion. Volcanic peaks rise sharply above glacial lakes, mist moves through dense forests, and light shifts across every horizon. Here, luxury travel in Chilean Patagonia unfolds moment by moment, balancing raw energy with seamless comfort.

Oct 21, 2023

Chicago International Film Festival

The Chicago International Film Festival is running through October 22, and I am checking out a lot of premieres. This is the best time of year for cinephiles in Chicago.