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Podtalk & Portraits: Actor Christina Jackson on Netflix’s ‘Shirley’
CHICAGO– One of the great lesser known pioneers of social and civil rights history is Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. As a black woman in the 1960s/70s, she not only was elected to the House of...
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Podtalk: Joan Shamanic on Life Force Arts ‘Hawaiian Goddesses: Fire of Life,’...
CHICAGO– Healing is the goal of the Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE). Combining Shamanic practice with the arts of music, dance, poetry and paintings, the current thematic exhibit is “Conscious Body:...
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Via Zoom: Actors Caleb Landry Jones & Jojo T. Gibbs for 'DogMan'
CHICAGO– In one of the more unusual film releases of late, Caleb Landry Jones and Jojo T. Gibbs are the feature lead actors in “Dogman,” opening in Chicago on March 29th and wider on April 5th. Written...
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Podtalk: Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of The George Eastman Museum
ROCHESTER, NY– The last week of the “job well done” certainly applies to the career of Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. After 42 years she retires as of...
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Podtalk: Director Ahn Hung Tran for ‘The Taste of Things,’ Digital Release on...
CHICAGO– The great food movies of cinema history … think “Babette’s Feast” or “Big Night” … use food prep cinematically as a palette for the senses. A French/Belgium film from last year continues that...
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Podtalk: Producer Scott Perlman of Documentary ‘Out of the Loop'
CHICAGO– Chicago is acknowledged as one of the great comedy cities in the world mostly for The Second City influence. However like other cities, there is an ebb and flow regarding stand-up comedy, and...
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Podtalk: Writer/Director Alice Rohrwacher on ‘La Chimera’
CHICAGO– One of the heralded auteur filmmakers of the recent decade is Alice Rohrwacher. The Italian director joins her cinema forebears like Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini, both of which...
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Podtalk: Writer/Director Laurent Négre on ‘A Forgotten Man’
CHICAGO– The 20th Century crisis that was World War II resulted in a bloodbath for virtually all of European and Allied countries … except in “neutral” Switzerland. Veteran writer and director Laurent...
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Podtalk: Matthew Modine, Plus Director & Producer of ‘Hard Miles’
CHICAGO– The journey of a thousand miles begins … in the case of “Hard Miles” starring Matthew Modine … with a single pedal. “Hard Miles” joins the pantheon of cycling movies, in this case with Modine...
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Podtalk: Writer/Director Minhal Baig of Set-in-Chicago ‘We Grown Now’
CHICAGO– There was once a Chicago housing project called Cabrini Green, and its legacy was a damning testament to Chicago’s mismanagement of housing for the poor in general. It’s gone now, the victim...
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Red Carpet: Dazzling Season 18 Closing Night of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Film...
CHICAGO– The spotlight and excitement was at the Final Weekend of Season 18 for Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC). The buzz was for APUC Bright Star Awardee Carlos Chan. The respect was for Hong...
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Podtalk: Rebecca Martin Fagerholm of Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Apr....
CHICAGO– Rebecca Martin Fagerholm has built the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival from online beginnings to primary in-person events, and the 6th festival will open at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre on...
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Podtalk: Quin Mathews JFK/Dallas Doc at the Dallas International Film Fest,...
CHICAGO– The Dallas International Film Festival Opens on Thursday, April 25th and runs through May 2nd, 2024. On April 26th, director Quin Mathews will screen his documentary “City of Hate: Dallas and...
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Podtalk: Cinema Femme Film Fest to Honor Filmmaker Haroula Rose
CHICAGO– Haroula Rose has made a mark on creative culture as a filmmaker, musician and performer, and the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival will acknowledge her on the April 25th Opening Night with a...
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Film News: Cinema Femme Film Festival, Two Closing Night Shorts Programs on...
CHICAGO– The Closing Night of the 2024 Cinema Femme Film Festival will be the short film showcase, based on letter writing themes, as the “Sincerely, Yours” block will start at 7:30pm, and “P.S.” will...
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CCFF24: Lee Sun-kyun’s Last Film ‘Sleep’ on Chicago Critics Fest Opening...
CHICAGO– Opening Night at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) on May 3rd will include the last film of popular South Korean (SK) Actor Lee Sun-kyun, entitled “Sleep” (click here for tickets)...
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Music Review: Zandi Holup Shines at Nashville’s ‘The Listening Room’
NASHVILLE– I recently had the extraordinary opportunity to attend a performance at The Listening Room Cafe, where I was treated to an unforgettable evening featuring the “Next from Nashville” lineup....
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Podtalk: Brittani Ward for ‘Single Car Crashes’ at Midwest Film Fest in...
CHICAGO– The Midwest Film Festival of Chicago is on the road this weekend and heading north to Milwaukee to screen writer/director Brittani Ward’s award-winning “Single Car Crashes” at the historic...
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Podtalk: Programmer Raul Benitez on FACETS Chicago Speakeasy Cinema on May...
CHICAGO– Get out your flapper dresses and raccoon coats as FACETS Chicago goes back to the early talkies and so-called “pre-code” films, paired with a cocktail bar at their new “Speakeasy Cinema,”...
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Podtalk: Michael Shannon & Travis A. Knight in Red Orchid’s ‘Turret’ Through...
CHICAGO– One of Chicago’s icon theater actors … Michael Shannon … is performing again in town, in the company that he co-founded. Red Orchid Theatre presents Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight in the...
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