Past: Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, etc.
Present: Film, theater, arts, culture; writing, editing, talking, teaching. Director, U of I Ebert Fellowship. Weekly on Classical WFMT-FM's "Soundtrack." Frequent "Filmspotting" guest.
Thin on the page, but the all-pro duo of "Send Help" -- Rachel McAdams and dir. Sam Raimi -- rescues the movie from itself. It's "Cast Away" if Wilson the volleyball were a total a-hole. My review for the @sfchronicle: www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...