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Podtalk: Director Felix Van Groeningen of ‘Beautiful Boy’
CHICAGO– In a film certain to get Oscar buzz, “Beautiful Boy” opened on October 19th in Chicago, and opened the recent Chicago International Film Festival. The delicate and sensitive portrayal of...
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Film News: Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema Screens ‘Walking Past the Future,’...
CHICAGO– After a short break, Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) continues on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018, with a film from China, “Walking Past the Future. Director Lee Rui-jun...
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Red Carpet Talk: Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman, Cover Stars for Michigan...
CHICAGO– Arguably Hollywood’s greatest current “power couple” are cover stars for the October 2018 issue of Michigan Avenue Magazine. Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman “graced” that cover and appeared...
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Podtalk: Robert Forster & Elizabeth Chomko of ‘What They Had’
CHICAGO– Families dealing with the effects of aging parents – which include dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease – can experience a new film which explores these topics through the family dynamic. “What...
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Film News: FREE SCREENING of “Ritoma” at Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema on...
CHICAGO– Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) continues on Friday, October 26th, 2018, with a FREESCREENING of “Ritoma,” a film about the surprising obsession of Tibetian nomads...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Gabe Polsky is ‘In Search of Greatness’
CHICAGO– What is “greatness”? Is it an undefinable element in human beings that no one can explain, or can we get insight if we listen to those who have achieved it? Documentary filmmaker Gabe Polsky...
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Film News: Advertising Community Shorts at Midwest Independent Film Festival,...
CHICAGO– The opportunity to showcase talent beyond day-to-day client work is one of the reasons the Advertising Community Shorts is one of the most popular “First Tuesdays” of the Midwest Independent...
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Film News: Next Screening for Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema is ‘Dear Ex’ on...
CHICAGO– Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) continues on Thursday, November 8th, 2018, with “Dear Ex,” a story of duplicity and acceptance. The Taiwanese film will make its North...
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Podtalk: Exec Director Brent Kado of the 8th Chicago Comedy Film Festival,...
CHICAGO– It is time once again for Chicago to get its funny on, in the category of contemporary comedy films. The 8th Chicago Comedy Film Festival (CCFF) is from November 9th to 11th, 2018, and this...
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Podtalk: Joel Edgerton & Garrard Conley for ‘Boy Erased’
CHICAGO– In “Boy Erased,” the story is based on a memoir by Garrard Conley, about his experiences going through “gay conversion” therapy… that exists to change a gay person to a straight person....
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Amy Scott Revitalizes Director Hal Ashby in Her New...
CHICAGO– The name Hal Ashby might not be as familiar to today’s film watchers, but the movies he made in the 1970s are considered classics… like “Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo,”...
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Film News: ‘One Cut of the Dead' is Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema CLOSING...
CHICAGO– Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) is coming to a close on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018, with the Midwest Premiere of “One Cut of the Dead,” the Japanese horror sensation...
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Entertainment News: Chance the Rapper to Host Mayoral Fundraiser for Amara...
CHICAGO– The City of Chicago has its campaigns for Mayor heating up, and one of the frontrunners is Amara Enyia, who recently made news by getting endorsements from both Chance the Rapper and Kanye...
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Podtalk: Director Jason Reitman Votes for ‘The Front Runner’
CHICAGO– The year 1988 marked a border crossing in the way that the media covered national candidates. Senator Gary Hart seemed destined for president, until a extramarital relationship with Donna Rice...
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Podtalk: Co-Directors Explain How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’
CHICAGO– The visual density of today’s animation reaches a new height in a rare Walt Disney Studio sequel, “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” This is a follow-up to “Wreck-It Ralph,” a huge animated hit...
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Podtalk: Creator and Lead Actor of Web Series ‘Deadbeat 2’
CHICAGO– Not many web series start out as music videos, but the new online (YouTube) drama “Deadbeat 2” was just that. Created, written and directed by Danny Froze, the made-in-Chicago story recently...
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Interview: Thrash Metal Band ‘Alien Weaponry’ to Appear in Chicagoland on...
CHICAGO– This old Headbanger would like to personally thank “Alien Weaponry” for providing a much-needed shot of adrenal into the future of Thrash Metal. While I consider myself an optimist, if you had...
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Podtalk: Jon Heder for ‘When Jeff Tried to Save the World’ at Music Box...
CHICAGO– When your first major role was as the title character in ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ the way through the rest of your career is paved with gratitude. Actor Jon Heder portrays another title character...
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Podtalk: Producer Stephanie Buxbaum on Her Adventures in Reality & Doc Series...
CHICAGO– In the history of “Reality TV” there has been periods of up-and-down popularity, shows that have been around seemingly forever (“Big Brother,” “Amazing Race”) and spinoffs to new styles like...
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Podtalk: Jerry Vasilatos Presents ‘Solstice’ at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre...
CHICAGO– In a bit of a Christmas miracle, a film that was shot in Chicago in the early 1990s will see the light of screen again in the same theater – the historic Music Box Theatre – where a key scene...
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