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The Way We Get By: The Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald on The Stories of John Cheever (and Classic Gangster Movies)

By Kevin McDonald | March 30, 2020

By Kevin McDonald | March 30, 2020

The Way We Get By: The Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald on The Stories of John Cheever (and Classic Gangster Movies)

Quarantined in Toronto writing the rebooted Kids in the Hall TV show, Kevin shares what he's doing to stop climbing the walls.

Coppola Just Premiered The Cotton Club Encore — and It’s a Masterpiece

By Jim Hemphill | September 6, 2017

By Jim Hemphill | September 6, 2017

Coppola Just Premiered The Cotton Club Encore — and It’s a Masterpiece

Jim Hemphill, just back from the Telluride Film Festival, reports on the revelatory new version of one of the great director's most troubled movies.

TV Writer Chris Goodwin (China, IL) Talks Scott Cooper’s Black Mass

By Chris Goodwin | September 28, 2015

By Chris Goodwin | September 28, 2015

TV Writer Chris Goodwin (China, IL) Talks Scott Cooper’s Black Mass

A Boston native who grew up during the time of Whitey Bulger's reign sizes up this movie about the mobster's legend.