This is the season of playwright David Hare on film. First–although it has yet to open in Chicago–there is his superb direction of his original script ”Wetherby,” a shattering, empathetic portrait of ...

Playwright David Hare`s ”Wetherby” is very much a playwright`s film. Its formal symmetries come from the theater, and a great deal of the dialogue has a stagey tone. Yet even if that sometimes keeps ...

Is it better to speak one’s mind or to withhold an opinion out of deference to another person’s needs? Does a good education make a person superior and, if not, what’s the point of school? These ...