I have been asking the same question for several months: why is Chicago Rock Radio so bad? For many years, I have complained about WXRT, which is supposed to be the best of the rock stations, but has never been as good as people remember and now is boring, irrelevant, and a bit ageist. My […]

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For the first time in three years, the Toronto International Film Festival was open for business, almost 300 films, live audiences, masks required in the theaters, lots of celebrities and more World Premieres than I can remember. Almost every film was a world premiere. For the 20th time, your friend and humble narrator ventured up […]

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The busiest day of the Festival for me, and it started with a star-studded documentary. “Sidney” is a documentary on the late Sidney Poitier, directed by my college roommate’s old friend from East St. Louis, Illinois, Reggie Hudlin and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. While I generally try to avoid Ms. Winfrey at all costs, […]

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After 20 film festivals, there are many times when time seems to bend back on itself – stars you’ve seen before, directors whose earlier films you’ve seen. Monday started this trend. Oscar winner Jessica Chastain who I’d seen in person at TIFF for the film “Molly’s Game” attended her latest movie, a well-acted but fairly […]

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The final day of films featured two films that I most wanted to see at the festival. First, Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Mr. McDonagh is known best for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “Seven Psychopaths” which I saw at TIFF in 2012. My favorite film he directed was “In Bruges,” the tremendously […]

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“He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.” – Hamlet, Act I, Scene II Everyone should have heard by now that broadcasting legend Vic Scully died yesterday at the age of 94. You do not need me to rehash all of the stories: broadcasting 67 […]

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For years, I have written here that I am no fan of Eddie Olczyk on hockey broadcasts, especially Blackhawks broadcasts which he has been doing for 16 years. Yes, I am very happy that he overcame cancer, and not as a horse racing enthusiast, I ignored his horse passion. As much as I love Pat […]

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