By Joanne Weintraub, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct. 9--VERONA -- Most of the time, Nicholas Hitchon goes about his life undisturbed: driving to his job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, meeting with his engineering students, pursuing his research, taking karate classes to work out the kinks.

By Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune Nov. 3--Michael Apted's "49 Up" is the latest installment in an ongoing series that, collectively, makes up one of the great documentaries in the history of the cinema.