John Garfield

ELLEN'S EVEN BIGGER REALLY BIG SHOW (9p.m., TBS) - Ellen DeGeneres hosts this new-fangled variety show from Caesars Palace in La Vegas. It features music, comedy and specialty acts from around the world, including magician Hans Klok. MOVIES ALONG...

Good guys gone bad and bad gals gone worse, claustrophobic cityscapes and never-ending nights, unsuspecting patsies and moral compasses gone hopelessly astray: Such is the world of film noir, that dense, gloomy cinematic genre that became all the rage...

David Brenner's been a busy, busy man. There's his Vegas gig. His touring (which, by the way, is bringing him to Zanie's in Chicago on Thursday, Pheasant Run on Friday and Vernon Hills on Saturday). And a comedy Web site that he's working on. But that's...

There's a mixed bag of movies today, with no real standouts, but a bunch of enticing contenders. In Hang 'Em High (1 p.m., AMC), Clint Eastwood is the victim of a near-lynching who dedicates himself to bringing justice to his Old West town ... and...

NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. After Hours Film Society Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove 630-534-4528...

Tattooed rock musicians, exploitation flicks, '90s animation - what's next, commercials? You'll have to forgive Turner Classic Movies junkies who fear for their beloved haven of uncut, uninterrupted, vintage Hollywood treasures. They saw what happened to...

Vincent Sherman, who directed Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Errol Flynn during their 1940s heyday at Warner Bros. and was one of the last surviving studio-era contract directors, has died. He was 99. Sherman died Sunday night of natural causes at...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's four-week Elia Kazan retrospective continues Friday and Saturday with the director's 1954 masterwork, "On the Waterfront," as well as the rarely revived "Panic in the Streets," "Boomerang!" and "Viva Zapata!" "Panic...

Marlon Brando's extraordinary emotional intelligence expressed itself in every inch of his body for every second - the phrase "being in the moment" might as well have been coined for him. Of course, other actors in New York and Hollywood had been as...

3 stars (out of 4) The late Massimo Girotti gives a towering performance as an elderly concentration camp survivor in the romantic Italian drama "Facing Windows." Acting in a minimalist, quiet style that tears at your heart, Girotti, a 65-year veteran of...

But if Grace was at times lordly, he was also respected, and at no time was that respect greater than during World War II. As the ultimate steel production man, he gave the country and its allies what they sorely needed: a rapid outpouring of steel in...

In times of war and trial, America has found relief and solace at the movies. They've rallied us, eased our fears, attacked our enemies, soothed our worries and, most of all, raised our spirits. No doubt they will again, even in the aftermath of last...