Monthly Archives: February 2014

Another book about John Ford? Yes! Thank you!

John Ford, America’s greatest filmmaker, has been dead for forty one years. Since his death, every aspect of his life and films has been examined cinematically, psychologically, historically, mythically, sociologically, symbolically, and religiously. So why does Chicago iconographer Joseph Malham think the world needs another book about John Ford, and a modest three hundred page […]

February 20, 2014 – 2:34 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, from Paul, History, Movies | Comments Off on Another book about John Ford? Yes! Thank you!

ShawChicago’s ST. JOAN: Thrilling Theater

When I was a theater student, common wisdom held that the two great theater writers of the English language were Shakespeare and Shaw. Their plays were taught in classes, sold in bookstores, and regularly performed. This is no longer the case. Shaw has disappeared from the classroom and the bookstores. Performances are, alas rare. Why […]

February 2, 2014 – 6:08 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, History, Men and Women, Mini-Review, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on ShawChicago’s ST. JOAN: Thrilling Theater