Chicago Tribune

'Richard Jewell' review: Clint Eastwood's seething reminder that sometimes, the fake-news rap is legit

"Richard Jewell" is a sincere and extremely well-acted irritant from 89-year-old director Clint Eastwood. It's destined to get under the hides of different moviegoers in radically different ways. You may loathe parts of it, and still come out shaken and teary-eyed. You can choose to read it apolitically, if you squint hard enough. But we'll get to that.

Bolstered by its cast - the culminating scenes get all the finesse they require from Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates and Sam Rockwell - it tells the story of how a hungry, sloppy media and a

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune3 min read
Musician Steve Rashid Plans Chicago-area Concert At Studio5 Venue He Helped Create
CHICAGO — The creative life can be, to borrow some words from the musical “Annie,” a “hard knock life,” or, as writer Maya Angelou once put it more gently, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Few people I know have mor
Chicago Tribune3 min read
Cubs' Christopher Morel Appears To Avoid Injury In Collision During 17-0 Blowout Loss To Red Sox
BOSTON — Chicago Cubs third baseman Christopher Morel’s all-out effort to snag a popup down the left-field line at Fenway Park nearly ended in disaster. Morel’s pursuit of a shallow fly ball off the bat of Red Sox center fielder Jarren Duran in the b
Chicago Tribune3 min read
Review: ‘Illinoise’ Puts Movement To The Music Of Sufjan Stevens — It’s Not The Usual Broadway Show
NEW YORK — Sufjan Stevens’ hipper-than-thou music defies easy categorization. It goes by chamber pop, folk pop, electronica and numerous other descriptions inadequate for its lushly orchestrated romanticism, as topped by lyrics at once esoteric and e

Related Books & Audiobooks