LOL (directed by Joe Swanberg) Half naked, hot young things gyrating on screen are just a click away in the wonderful world of the Internet. But does the proliferation of cheap video and the pervasiveness of text messaging and instant messaging actual keep us from really connecting, one human being to another? This is the intriguing premise behind LOL, a feature film directed by Joe Swanberg, one of the directors in the much-buzzed about "mumblecore"......

For a few days this week, we're lucky to have someone from the alma mater as well as someone from our -ist family interviewing a few fine folks: C. Mason Wells.C. Mason Wells was born and raised in Chicago, and his undying love for the Second City led him to write music and movie coverage for Chicagoist this past summer. His other, less blog-worthy ramblings have appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and The Mobius Strip,......