Interview: Director Damien Chazelle Cracks the ‘Whiplash’
CHICAGO– Simply one of the best movies of 2014, “Whiplash” has a tone, energy and sensibility all its own. Damien Chazelle wrote and directed the story of a jazz drummer prodigy at a prestigious New...
View ArticleInterview: Ted Melfi Directs Bill Murray in ‘St. Vincent’
CHICAGO– There are few better opportunities for a filmmaker than directing Bill Murray in a character role. Theodore “Ted” Melfi got that assignment, after pursuing Murray with his screenplay for the...
View ArticleInterview: Producer, Actors of ‘The Good Lie’ Tell Us the Truth
CHICAGO– “The Good Lie” is a honorable film overview of the Sudanese “Lost Boys,” who were refugees from a horrific civil war in that African country. Many of those boys came to America, and producer...
View ArticleInterviews: Short Film Directors at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO– The opportunity to sample new filmmakers is one of the true pleasures of the 50th Chicago International Film Festival, and this year’s crop of City & State short films, made in either...
View ArticleInterview: Oliver Stone on the Red Carpet at the 50th Chicago International...
CHICAGO– Love him or not, Oliver Stone is one of the most important directors of the last generation. The creator of “Born on the Fourth of July,” “JFK,” “Platoon,” “Nixon” and “Any Given Sunday” was...
View ArticleInterview: Kathleen Turner on the Red Carpet at the 50th Chicago...
CHICAGO– She was the Queen of 1980’s femme fatales, who later became a memorable stage and character actress. Kathleen Turner wowed audiences back in the day with hits including “Body Heat,” “Romancing...
View ArticleInterview: Jason Schwartzman Hears All in ‘Listen Up Philip’
CHICAGO– Jason Schwartzman likes to portray writers – he was one in his HBO series “Bored to Death” – and he portrays one in his latest film, “Listen Up Philip.” He also has played many characters in...
View ArticleInterview: Director Justin Simien Reflects on ‘Dear White People’
CHICAGO– Some say, to use a FOX News term, that America is “post-racial.” The election of Barack Obama is supposed to have ended the debate on race, and any marginalization because of race. Of course,...
View ArticleInterview: Cindy Crawford is Prepared for Her Opportunities
CHICAGO– Cindy Crawford is one of the great supermodels, and while she acknowledges her one-of-a-kind beauty, it was also her intelligence and hard work that created her successful modeling and...
View ArticleInterviews: Filmmaker Michael Moore Meets Chaz Ebert at 50th Chicago...
CHICAGO– What better way to get over the post-election hangover than hearing from the progressive lion, Michael Moore. Moore was on the Red Carpet at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival, and...
View ArticleInterview: Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Directed ‘Beyond the Lights’
CHICAGO– The show business life is ripe for drama, and the new film “Beyond the Lights” explores the difficulties of the the superstar reaches of the music business, through a Beyoncé-type singer....
View ArticleInterview: Eddie Redmayne Explains ‘The Theory of Everything’
CHICAGO– Portraying Stephen Hawking, as Eddie Redmayne did in “The Theory of Everything,” required an intense physicality and emotionalism that was projected from different angles, much more...
View ArticleInterview: The Story of Maziar Bahari in Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’
CHICAGO– Journalists are under fire, both in the hot zones of the world’s conflicts, and within the economics of the shrinking news business. One journalist – Maziar Bahari – became part of the drama...
View ArticleInterview: Director Bennett Miller is the Hound in ‘Foxcatcher’
CHICAGO– There are many categories of film director types – facilitators, tacticians, framers, to name a few – but there are few real artists. Bennett Miller has guided three films in his career,...
View ArticleInterview: Filmmaker Darryl Roberts on ‘America the Beautiful 3’
CHICAGO– Filmmaker Darryl Roberts has been on an eight-year journey to chronicle the influence of corporations, advertising and images on today’s teenagers. After releasing the first two “America the...
View ArticleInterviews: Women in Film Chicago 2014 Focus Award Honorees
CHICAGO– Women in Film (WIF) Chicago is a advocate group for women filmmakers, on-set professionals and executives in the creative arts, and every year they present their Focus Awards to significant...
View ArticleInterview: Cinema Icon Liv Ullmann Directs ‘Miss Julie’
CHICAGO– Evoking the name Liv Ullmann is to bring back one of the more glorious and creative periods of Scandinavian cinema, especially the films of Ingmar Bergman. The actress has directed her seventh...
View ArticleInterview: Grace McPhillips. Steve Scholz on Chicago Acting in Film Meetup's...
CHICAGO– Every year, HollywoodChicago.com explores the state of the Chicago film actor through Grace McPhillips and Steve Scholz, the president and vice-president of the Chicago Acting in Film Meetup...
View ArticleInterviews: On Set for the Chicago Production ‘The View From Tall’
CHICAGO– The Chicago independent film scene keeps thriving, and a local production that just wrapped up will soon be a part of it. “The View From Tall” is based on a play written by co-director Caitlin...
View ArticleInterview: Co-Executive Producer Cindy Caponera of ‘Ground Floor’
CHICAGO– December 9th is the 2014 second season premiere of “Ground Floor,” the TBS workplace comedy featuring John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”), plus Skylar Astin and Briga Heelan (seen in the film “Pitch...
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