The Polish Brothers don't need anybody else. Michael directs, Mark acts, both write, and their movies take $100,000s, not millions, to make.

The posters hanging on the walls of the broadcasting booth at Chicago's Nine FM are as eclectic as the music the radio station plays -- Pink Floyd and Aerosmith sharing space with the Marx Brothers, the Rat ...

Weeks new releases include Miami Vice, John Tucker Must Die, Scoop, Ant Bully, Little Miss Sunshine and Brothers of the Head

Tashlin quit animation for good in 1944 to become a gag writer for the Marx Brothers and Lucille Ball as well as a screenwriter.

Listen to this story The producer brothers of Miramax fame have struck a deal with Blockbuster for exclusive DVD distribution of their films.Comment

Well, perhaps not as easily as you once could. But there's certainly no penalty for making perfectly groundless statements on Marx with an air of great certainty. In some quarters, doing so is obligatory. For a fine round-up of the standard nonsense and its precise, well-documented refutation, there is now Marx Myths & Legends. Frankly, I doubt it will do one bit of good. This is a matter in which total ignorance tends to be quite proud of itself.Read More...

If you've been keeping up with the site this week, you know that Chicagoist made a new friend in local rocker Richard Marx.Comment