Events
04 / 26
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Stand-up comic Margaret Cho returns to the Chicago Theatre to laugh patrons out of their seats one more time. She’ll assuredly revisit the themes that make her hilarity famous including ridiculing her mom, gay rights and strong political and cultural commentary. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. Start: 20:00
End: 21:30
The Prop Thtr, which relishes in quipping about its “great air conditioning” in Chicago’s furthest west off-Loop theatre location, puts up the play “Ceres” against the backdrop of the Windy City’s (sometimes) booming financial district. | ||
04 / 27
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
04 / 28
Start: 23:00
The Midwest Independent Film Festival is offering free advance-screening passes to Sundance hit “Son of Rambow” on April 29, 2008 in Chicago. The screening will be overbooked. To attend, print out the following page in full. | ||
04 / 29
Start: 18:30
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: | ||
04 / 30
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: | ||
05 / 1
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Allison Pitaccio wrote in her 0.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Iron Man” with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard from director Jon Favreau: | ||
05 / 2
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
05 / 3
Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
05 / 4
Start: 15:00
End: 17:00
On May 4, 2008 at 3 p.m. at Facets Cinematheque (1517 W. Fullerton in Chicago), Jonathan Rosenbaum’s passage from his longtime tenure at the Chicago Reader will be celebrated. They say: Start: 18:30
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
05 / 5
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05 / 6
Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed “Standard Operating Procedure” director Errol Morris on his new Iraqi war documentary. Morris said in the interview: Everybody dumps on the [soldier participants] and dumps on the bad apples. As far as everyone is concerned, they are evil. Evil. Evil. Evil. End of discussion. | ||
05 / 7
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05 / 8
Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Speed Racer” from the makers of “The Matrix” (Chicago brothers Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski): Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Allison Pitaccio has interviewed “Son of Rambow” director director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith. Pitaccio wrote in the interview: | ||
05 / 9
Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new play “Old Town” about Chicago’s political machine: Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
05 / 10
Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
The sobering documentary “At the Death House Door” on the death penalty will premiere in Chicago on May 10, 2008 from “Hoop Dreams” filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert. Click here for our full preview story on this. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 11
Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. | ||
05 / 12
Start: 10:28
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed “Redbelt” star Chiwetel Ejiofor on the new David Mamet film with Tim Allen and Emily Mortimer. Ejiofor said in the interview: | ||
05 / 13
(all day)
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 14
(all day)
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 15
(all day)
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 18:00
End: 20:00
As part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival coming to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre in April and May 2008, we just announced a new HollywoodChica Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Before the Rains”: Set among the first wave of nationalism that led to India’s independence, this highly symbolic story is tautly constructed to create high-wire tension between the oh-so-white British colonialists and the traditional Indian ways. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” with Ben Barnes, Peter Dinklage, Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton and Eddie Izzard: | ||
05 / 16
(all day)
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 17
(all day)
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 18
End: 10:28
Start: May 12 2008 - 10:28am
End: May 18 2008 - 10:28am
“America the Beautiful,” a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film of the weekend, and the #2 independently released film (per screen average) in the nation. Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful” Start: 15:00
End: 17:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new play “The Mark of Zorro” at Chicago’s Lifeline Theatre: Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Witnesses” about AIDS in Paris in 1984: As in real life, often the main crisis morphs into a continuance that has no slam-bang conclusion. Rather, we just see a small hope that awakes to experience another sunrise. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new documentary “Body of War” about the war in Iraq: It’s the soldier in Iraq who fights on – in the face of public apathy at home – and who carries out the decisions of an administration that has chosen to hide their caskets in death. | ||
05 / 19
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05 / 20
Start: 19:00
Start: May 20 2008 - 7:00pm
End: May 21 2008 - 7:00pm
$10 Preview. 8PM start time Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 21
End: 19:00
Start: May 20 2008 - 7:00pm
End: May 21 2008 - 7:00pm
$10 Preview. 8PM start time Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 22
Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Allison Pitaccio wrote in her 0.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Postal” from controversial director Uwe Boll: Director Uwe Boll’s opening rant prior to the “Postal” screening in Chicago offered his personal disgust for his forced and depraved genre. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 23
Start: 10:57
Start: May 23 2008 - 10:57am
End: May 24 2008 - 10:57am
“America the Beautiful” is a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, featuring Eve Ensler, from the Vagina Monologues. It is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film two weekends in a row! Start: 19:00
Start: May 23 2008 - 7:00pm
End: May 24 2008 - 7:00pm
$10 Preview. 8PM start time Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 24
End: 10:57
Start: May 23 2008 - 10:57am
End: May 24 2008 - 10:57am
“America the Beautiful” is a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, featuring Eve Ensler, from the Vagina Monologues. It is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film two weekends in a row! End: 19:00
Start: May 23 2008 - 7:00pm
End: May 24 2008 - 7:00pm
$10 Preview. 8PM start time Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”: The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation. | ||
05 / 25
Start: 19:00
8PM start time OPENING NIGHT | ||
05 / 26
Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new musical “Avenue Q” at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre: There is an old show-business saying that a “cheap laugh is better than no laugh”. “Avenue Q” practically bases its whole show on that adage. Still, the audience had a rollicking good time with the premise. Start: 23:00
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed “Reprise” director Joachim Trier on his debut feature film. Trier said in the interview: | ||
