April

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"Mad Men": Back to the beginning?

While he knows he can't get back to the beginning - in terms of starting again - at the same time, his loveless beginning will always be a part of him, will forever drive him.

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Chicago's Palestine Film Festival line up announced

The world's longest running Palestinian film festival will be held from April 18-30 at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

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Rushes to judgment: The top 10 assassination movies

To observe the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's liquidation, here are the Top 10 assassination/conspiracy films of all time.

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Today in history: John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” is published

Millions who have never read the book have seen the film version starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.

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The Americans: "One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov"

"As we near the end of the season, many of the pieces that have been laid out are coming together."

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Today in history: 'Wizard of Oz' songwriter & socialist Yip Harburg is born

"I am a rebel by birth," Yip said, "I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity."

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"Mad Men": Don Draper wonders "Is That All There Is?"

The opening scene rather brilliantly encapsulates the questions and issues to be dramatized: What is real and what is fantasy?

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"Eye-conic": Viva "Sagrada!"

One of the world's most enigmatic churches, Sagrada Família in Barcelona remains a major construction site almost 90 years after Gaudí's death.

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Today in history: An occasional poem for the first night of Passover

Tonight begins the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.

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“The Americans”: Considering evil and electric sheep

This episode largely concerns the secrets that women so often carry, some of them to the grave.

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