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American Cinematheque gets into the holiday spirit
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian and Aero theaters are getting into the holiday spirit with two festive programs: "Christmas With Charlie Chaplin" and "Holiday Spirit on the Big Screen." Chaplin and Paulette Goddard star in his last silent film, the...
Tags: Danny Kaye, Brian Dennehy, Movies, Sylvester Stallone, Arts and Culture
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Detective has been good to his creator
Special to Tribune NewspapersIt's been two decades since the maverick Los Angeles homicide detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch made his debut in Michael Connelly's first novel, "The Black Echo." In 18 novels over that span, the hard-charging, short-tempered, fiercely independent Bosch...Tags: Rodney King, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Television, Burn Notice (tv program) , The Lincoln Lawyer (movie)
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The lonely passion of Harry Bosch
I've seen him. Really. I'm not crazy. I'm not a liar. And I swear to you: I've seen Harry Bosch, the hero of Michael Connelly's brilliant, best-selling and melancholy-drenched mystery series. What's that you say? Bosch is a fictional character? -----...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department, FBI, Tribune Tower, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Mac Taylor, California's prop master
Whoever it was who coined "Lies, damn lies and statistics" didn't trust numbers. You won't find Mac Taylor subscribing to that. He's the state legislative analyst; his name is there in your ballot pamphlet as the source of independent information about...
Tags: The New York Times, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Government
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Jay Caspian Kang impresses with 'The Dead Do Not Improve'
-------------------- The Dead Do Not Improve A Novel Jay Caspian Kang Hogarth: 272 pp, $25 -------------------- Jay Caspian Kang's debut novel, "The Dead Do Not Improve," demands to be accepted on its own terms. Moving past the era in which...
Tags: Chris Isaak, Health and Safety at School, Mystery (genre), Arts and Culture, Literature
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Harry Hole is back on crime beat in Jo Nesbo's 'Phantom'
-------------------- Phantom A novel Jo Nesbo Knopf, 400 pp., $25.95 -------------------- Jo Nesbo, whose crime thrillers have sold more than 10 million copies in Europe and the U.S., has been anointed as the latest king of Scandinavian noir, the...
Tags: Oslo (Norway), Crime, Law and Justice
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Review: The dark sensibilities of 'Kingston Noir'
-------------------- Kingston Noir Edited by Colin Channer Akashic Books: 285 pp; $15.95 trade paper original -------------------- Starting in 2004 with "Brooklyn Noir," the more than 50 titles in the Akashic Books series of crime fiction have been...
Tags: BBC, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, Entertainment
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Harris Savides dies at 55; cinematographer on 'Zodiac' and 'Milk'
Harris Savides, who was widely considered one of the most influential contemporary cinematographers, earning acclaim for his canny visual sensibility on such films as "Zodiac" and "Milk," died Wednesday. He was 55. The Skouras Agency confirmed the New...
Tags: Greenberg (movie), Movies, Martin Scorsese, New York City, Photography and Video
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Five Years After the Cheshire Home Invasion, A Killer Answers Questions
While he sat on Connecticut's death row late in 2011, the trial of his accomplice in the Cheshire home invasion killings was underway in a New Haven courtroom. Joshua Komisarjevsky's lawyers were rolling out a no-holds-barred, detailed defense,...Tags: Missing Persons, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Prague (Czech Republic), Joshua Komisarjevsky
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In 'Argo,' Ben Affleck trades Boston crime for Tehran troubles
It's no secret that Massachusetts native Ben Affleck loves Boston. After all, "Good Will Hunting" — the film that put him and Matt Damon on the Hollywood map — was set there, as were his first two directorial efforts, "Gone Baby Gone" and "The...Tags: Matt Damon, Argo (movie), Movies, Ben Affleck, Tehran (Iran)
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Hoffa Case: Soil Tests Show No Evidence of Human Remains
CNNROSEVILLE, Michigan -- The seemingly never-ending search for the remains of missing Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa hit another dead end Tuesday when soil results taken from the grounds of a home in Michigan showed no evidence that human remains were buried...Tags: Organized Crime, The New York Times, CNN (tv network), James P. Hoffa, Career and Workplace
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A chat with Chabon
Michael Chabon's best-selling new novel, “Telegraph Avenue,” is set in and around Brokeland Records, a used-vinyl record store on the border between Oakland and Berkeley, Calif., where Chabon has lived since the late 1990s. The story follows...
Tags: Michael Chabon, Kill Bill (movie), Scott Rudin, Pulp Fiction (movie), Music Industry
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