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Podtalk: Morgan Gire, Artistic Associate of The Factory Theater Chicago, on...
CHICAGO– It’s time again for live theater in Chicago, and The Factory Theater – in anticipation of their 2021-22 Season – is launching “Quiet Please! It’s A Silent Auction,” an online silent auction...
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Via Zoom: David Dastmalchian, Polka-Dot Man in ‘The Suicide Squad’
CHICAGO– One of the more fun, crazy and comic-book-like superhero films opening this week (August 6th) is “The Suicide Squad.” A band of imprisoned misfit rogues in the DC comics universe are sent on a...
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Via Zoom: Rebecca Fons of the Gene Siskel Film Center, ReOpening on August 6,...
CHICAGO– A cinema treasure, the Gene Siskel Film Center, reopens in-theater screenings on Friday, August 6th, 2021, the first since the pandemic closure in March of 2020. During the closure, they also...
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Via Zoom: That’s a Wrap! Director Nick Celozzi on ‘The Class’
CHICAGO– One of the more high profile local film productions this summer was “The Class.” The film essentially reunites Anthony Michael Hall of “The Breakfast Club” with John Hughes-land, and brings...
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Via Zoom: Filmmaker/Actor Clare Cooney on Her New Short ‘Pick Up’
CHICAGO– Although this former Chicago-based actor has moved on to Los Angeles, she continues as a filmmaker with her excellent second short, “Pick Up.” Clare Cooney wrote, directed and is featured in...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker/Actor Ashton Swinford Talks Magic in Her New Short Film,...
CHICAGO– When we last checked in with actor and filmmaker Ashton Swinford, she had just completed her hilarious web series ”Miss Information”. She is back with a new short film, equally funny, in the...
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Film Fest News: Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema & Reeling39 Announce Sept. 2021...
CHICAGO– September of 2021 is just around the corner, and two major Chicago film festivals have announced their Fall film line-ups … both Season 13 of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) and the 39th...
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Via Zoom: Filmmaker Chris Hudson of ‘The Mayberry Effect’
CHICAGO– Start whistling the theme to “The Andy Griffith Show” and most likely you’ll get someone to whistle along. This is the aura and the premise for the new documentary “The Mayberry Effect,”...
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Entertainment News: Ed Asner, Eternally Lou Grant, Dies at 91
CHICAGO– Meeting Ed Asner is like meeting the grumpy uncle that you still love, because you know despite his curmudgeon nature, his has passion, spunk and delivers all of it in many ways. He was Lou...
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Podtalk: Lead Actors, Director of ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’
CHICAGO– Coming out as one’s true self is a benefit of our evolving social order. In “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” which will stream on Amazon Prime Video on September 17th, the title character is...
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Via Zoom: Director Angelo Madsen Minax of ‘North by Current,’ at REELING39 on...
CHICAGO– REELING39 continues with its Documentary Centerpiece on Saturday, September 25th, 2021 – the searing family portrait of “North by Current,” created and directed by Angelo Madsen Minax. For...
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Podtalk: Frank Carr on Virtual/Online YippieFest 2021 on Sep. 26
CHICAGO– One more time, virtual and online. YippieFest 2021 will air on Twitch TV and through their website on Sunday, September 26th (7pm start). The freewheeling festival is usually a live theater...
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Via Zoom: T.J. Parsell of ‘Invisible’ at REELING39 Film Fest, Sep. 29, 2021
CHICAGO– The ongoing REELING39 Festival … Chicago’s International LBGTQ+ showcase … will screen “Invisible,” a new documentary by T.J. Parsell. The original subtitle of the film was “Gay Women in...
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Via Zoom: Joshua Young of Chicago Southland International Film Festival, Oct....
CHICAGO– South of Chicago, specifically the south suburbs, is Governors State University (University Park, Illinois). Emerging from the pandemic is the Chicago Southland International Film Festival,...
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DAY TWO: Tony Scott-Green, Composer of ‘Sink’ at Chicago International Film...
CHICAGO– It’s Day Two of the just-begun 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), and the spotlight shines on local short films at the CITY&STATE program, which includes ”Sink” directed by...
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DAY THREE: Thriller Films on Tap at 57th Chicago International Film Festival,...
CHICAGO– Day Three of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), and the festival kicks into gear with many notable films, including the much anticipated thriller “Antlers” at the ChiTown...
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DAY FOUR: Holly Morris of 'Exposure' at 57th Chicago International Film Fest,...
CHICAGO– Day Four of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) will feature a filmmaker appearance by Holly Morris of the documentary “Exposure” (click EXPOSURE for details), and many other...
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Via Zoom: Bobcat Goldthwait's New Film Takes a ‘Joy Ride’
CHICAGO– The career of comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is a wild roller coaster of hilarity and passion, so naturally his latest film is called “Joy Ride.” The film will be co-presented by the Chicago...
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Red Carpet: Photo & Interview of Rebecca Hall at 57th Chicago International...
CHICAGO– Rebecca Hall is not content being one of the best actors of her generation, she also has directed her first feature film, “Passing.” Representing the film at the 57th Chicago International...
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Podtalk: Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack on ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’
CHICAGO– In 1987, one of the oddest incidents in broadcast history took place in Chicago, when a local news sports segment and an episode of “Dr. Who” on PBS was interrupted by a bizarre video sequence...
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