'80s teen-comedy director John Hughes dies at 59. (Obit and poll …

A native of Lansing, Mich., who later moved to suburban Chicago and set much of his work there, Hughes rose from ad writer to comedy writer to silver screen champ with his affectionate and idealized portraits of teens, …

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First French Film Festival foreshadows fall | Joe's Movie Lounge …

St. Louis has an Italian film festival, a Jewish film festival, a gay-and-lesbian film festival, even a 48-hour festival

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