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Join Me for a Special Nick's Pix Screening Wed, March 12 @ 7 pm in Oak Park! Some movies define your love of cinema—movies that hit you at just the right age, in the right way, and stay with you for life. Escape from New York  is one of those movies. It’s not just one of my favorite movies of all time—it’s a defining moment in my journey as a film lover. That’s why I’m thrilled to host a special Nick's Pix screening of John Carpenter ’s Escape from New York  on Wednesday, Ma

Let's celebrate Valentine's Day early with a night of laughter, tears, and great cinema with a movie that captures the messy, beautiful chaos of love and life at my next Classic Cinemas Nick's Pix screening  on Wednesday, February 12th, at 7 PM at the Lake Theater in Oak Park! My good friend Monica Eng  from Axios Chicago  will join me as a co-host, sharing her unique connection to the film. Trust me, you don't want to miss this. "Away We Go" (2009) with John Krasinski and Ma

My next monthly Nick's Pix is Paul Schrader's  searing drama Blue Collar, one of the best films of the 1970s and features the finest performance by the great Richard Pryor . This one-night-only  screening is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, at Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park. It will feature trivia, prizes, and special guest Tom Appel from Consumer Guide Automotive. Get your tickets here! Life is very unpleasant for three Detroit auto workers and best friends (Pryo

My next monthly Nick's Pix is Steven Spielberg 's "1941," the epic comedy with an all-star line up. This one-night-only screening is at 7pm, Wednesday, December 4th at Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park with trivia, prizes, and fun. Get your tickets here! It's one of the craziest movies ever AND a personal favorite. "1941" is breathlessly entertaining, unapologetically loud, and completely go-for-broke in its manic depiction of the widespread hysteria that blankete

This one-night-only screening is Wed, October 9th at the Lake Theater in Oak Park. Purchase tickets here ! My next Classic Cinemas 'Nick's Pix'  film screening is The Craft , one of the best horror films of the 90s, and also a powerful and effective examination of the obstacles and challenges of being a teenage girl and overcoming insecurities, objectification, and the mental damage of adolescence in our culture. The plot:  After transferring to a Los Angeles high school, Sa

Coming up next for my monthly Nick's Pix series is the 1982 American drama "Shoot the Moon," directed by Alan Parker and starring Diane Keaton and Albert Finney. This one-night-only screening scheduled for Wed, Sept 11th at the Lake Theater in Oak Park is one of the most devastating movies about marriage and divorce ever made; it's also one of my favorite films of all time. The opening title of one of my favorite movies of all time. I was 16 years old when I first saw Alan P