David Mamet was born and raised in Chicago. "We have some strange local mythology. No Chicagoan makes gangster jokes or thinks of the City as particularly violent (which it isn't). (Al Capone did say, 'You get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun tha...

"In this country of incessant obbligatos accompanying all activity--music in offices, and elevators, tapes in cars, radios in restaurants--Mamet has heard the ultimate Muzak, the dissonant din of people yammering at one another and not connecting. He is...

Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet is highly praised for his accurate rendering of American vernacular, through which he explores the relationship between language and behavior. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1947, he studied at Goddard...

AFTER THE WEDDINGRunning time 120 minutesDirected by Suzanne BierWritten by Suzanne Bier and Anders Thomas JensenStarring Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding, from a screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by...

Gary Sheffield has made many tough decisions in his life. Joining the Detroit Tigers wasn't one of them.The 38-year-old slugger needed just one assurance from Tigers manager Jim Leyland before agreeing to a trade from the New York Yankees to Detroit in November."Mr. Leyland asked...

Hundreds of North and South Koreans held tearful reunions via video Tuesday as part of revived reconciliation efforts on the divided peninsula after the North agreed to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.The reunions come weeks after the two sides agreed at high-level talks to...

Dozens of South Korean workers entered North Korea Wednesday to resume construction of a hotel-like facility to be used for reunions of families separated by the world's most heavily fortified border.The resumption of work on the so-called reunion center at the North's Diamond Mountain resort...