By WALTER ADDIEGO, San Francisco Chronicle
Graphic novel explores intellectual quest
Bertrand Russell is an unexpected comic book hero, but then, "Logicomix" is full of surprises.
PROFILE: Damon plays odd duck in 'Informant!'
Matt Damon's new film character is a kind of undercover agent, but he's a far cry from Jason Bourne. In "The Informant!," the actor plays Mark Whitacre, a real-life corporate whistle-blower who worked with the FBI in the 1990s to uncover a price-fixing scandal involving his employer, agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland.
'Mrs. Goldberg' profiles pioneering Jewish sitcom star
Aviva Kempner, 62, makes documentaries about unsung Jewish heroes. The New York filmmaker had a critical hit in 1998 with "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," about the player often described as baseball's first Jewish superstar.
Film: Talking with 'Humpday' director-writer Lynn Shelton
Director-writer Lynn Shelton's "Humpday" makes thoughtful comedy from a high-concept premise that could easily have produced a crude farce.
DVD: Hugh Hudson recuts maligned 'Revolution'
After "Chariots of Fire" won four Oscars in 1982 -- including Best Picture -- British director Hugh Hudson was king of the movie world. He followed with "Greystoke," a Tarzan movie that earned respectful reviews and three Oscar nominations (but no wins).
Harry Connick Jr. talks about his new movie
Harry Connick Jr. is a singer, composer, pianist, actor and humanitarian, and quite a popular guy, musically -- he's scored 1,271,818 plays on Last.fm, the British Internet radio site. That number puts him ahead of the venerable Tony Bennett, though he has a long way to go to catch Frank Sinatra, his musical forebear.
Five great movies with ghosts
In the romantic comedy "Ghost Town," Ricky Gervais plays a misanthropic dentist who acquires the power to see spirits. Things get sticky when a ghost (Greg Kinnear) asks the Gervais character to break up the impending marriage of the ghost's widow (Tea Leoni).

