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Podtalk: Exec Director Karen Cardarelli of FACETS on 2024 So Far
CHICAGO– It’s been an exciting year so far for the gem of film exhibition, FACETS Cinema in Chicago’s DePaul Neighborhood. And spearheading that excitement is Executive Director Karen Cardarelli, who...
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Podtalk: Brittani Ward for ‘Single Car Crashes’ at Gene Siskel Film Center...
CHICAGO– Writer/director Brittani Ward is bringing her made-in-Chicagoland feature, “Single Car Crashes” back home to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a special screening run on July 12th-14th &...
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Podtalk: Richard Knight Jr. for His Music Appearance at Evanston's SPACE on...
CHICAGO– Singer/songwriter Richard Knight Jr. believes that “Love is Possible,” so that is the title of his latest album. He will be performing selections from that album and more as he appears at...
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Podtalk: Johnny Brower Remembers John Lennon in ‘REVIVAL69’
CHICAGO– One month after John Lennon made his iconic walk across Abbey Road for that classic album cover, he got a call from Canadian promoter Johnny Brower. Would Lennon play at a Toronto rock show?...
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Podtalk: Gregg Jaffe for ‘Big Teeth Small Shorts’ Summer ’24 Live Film Fest...
CHICAGO– In filmmaking, the short film is usually the medium where most potential directors do their first works or present a shorter version of what they hope will become a longer film or simply that...
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Podtalk: Paul Raci, Divine Eye Maclin & Dino Johnson of ‘Sing Sing’
CHICAGO– The power of performance is on unique display in “Sing Sing,” expanding in theaters this August. It’s directed/co-adapted by Greg Kwedar and features the consummate Colman Domingo. The film is...
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Podtalk: Director Greg Kwedar & Producer Monique Walton of ‘Sing Sing’ w/...
CHICAGO– The power of performance is on unique display in “Sing Sing,” expanding in theaters this August. It’s directed/co-adapted by Greg Kwedar and features the consummate Colman Domingo. The film is...
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Podtalk: Michael P. Nash on Updated Issues from HIs 2010 Film ‘Climate Refugees’
CHICAGO– Michael P. Nash is a filmmaker on a mission. As searing heat bakes the country this summer, with extreme weather like severe tornadoes and the recent Galveston floods in its wake, the...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Sarah Lasley for ‘Welcome to the Enclave’
CHICAGO– Scheduled within the recent 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival was “Shorts Program #2.” During that event … curated by CCFF shorts programmer Collin Souter … the Windy City was introduced to...
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Podtalk: Meezahn Senbetta & Davis Cameron Chu on Film ‘Hand Job’
CHICAGO– Last week, filmmakers Meezahn Senbetta & Davis Cameron Chu had their friends/family premiere of their debut short “Hand Job” … and don’t let the title lead you astray. The film is an...
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Podtalk: Ariel Julie on Benefit for Upcoming Windy City Comedy Fest
CHICAGO– The future is bright for Chicago comedy, as the stand-up scene keeps growing along with the improv and sketch juggernauts. Comedian Ariel Julie is organizing the upcoming Windy City Comedy...
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Podtalk: Gene & Roxi Pope for ‘Queen of Knives’ in Chicago
CHICAGO– The “Queen of Knives” has been on tour since its release to theaters and VOD earlier this summer, and is in Chicago for a FREE screening at the AMC River East 21 Theatre on August 14th, 2024...
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Podtalk: CAMERONOISE on New Album ‘Songs From the Big Chore’
CHICAGO– Tim Cameron has been known by many names, but the prolific Canadian musician has a new project, CAMERONOISE, and he has just released his sixth instrumental album under that moniker, “Songs...
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Podtalk: Eddie Muller for ‘Noir City Chicago,’ Sept. 6-12, 2024
CHICAGO– The Czar of Noir is coming to town, bringing his “Noir City Chicago” back to the Music Box Theatre, September 6-12, 2024. Eddie Muller, the host of Turner Classic Movies “Noir Alley,” will...
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Podtalk: Author David K. Wilson of ‘Murder in Spa City’
CHICAGO– Author David K. Wilson had a plan during the pandemic, and it evolved to a now seventh book in his Sam Lawson mystery series, entitled “Murder in Spa City.” David spent time in his early...
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Podtalk: Founder Joyce Porter for Inaugural Oak Park Film Festival, Sept. 12...
OAKPARK, IL– When there is an awesome Village like Oak Park (Illinois) right adjacent to Chicago, it stands to reason that Joyce Porter, a prominent character actor, would put in motion the first Oak...
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Podtalk, Review: Elisa Levine's Documentary ‘Sweetheart Deal’
CHICAGO– The United States is a nation of judgement without justice. That is what the new release documentary “Sweetheart Deal” is expressing in a story of sex workers and those who profess to help. It...
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Podtalk, Review: Actor Adam Pearson is Guide to ‘A Different Man’
CHICAGO– Learning how to navigate in the rough waters of life is a strange combination of who we are, where we come from, what educational opportunities we partake in and of course, how we look. Adam...
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Audio Film Review: ‘All Happy Families’ Abides in Their Own Way
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “All Happy Families,” a drama/comedy about the common life element of family that all of us must deal with in our own way,...
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Podtalk: World Premiere of Filmed in Chicago Sci-Fi ‘Wizdom’
CHICAGO– It’s time to get some “Wizdom”! In the WORLDPREMIERE at the same Chicago studio (CineCity) where it was filmed, the completed short will premiere on Friday, September 20th (6pm), and that...
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