CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Day Five
Red Carpet: Exclusive Photo of Kenneth Branagh at 57th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 30, 2021 - 7:13am- 2021
- 57th
- Belfast
- Caitriona Balfe
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Clarán Hinds
- Day Five
- Death On the Nile
- Exclusive
- Focua Features
- Hamlet
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jamie Dornan
- Joe Arce
- Jude Hill
- Judi Dench
- Kenneth Branagh
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Murder on the Orient’s Express
- October 21
- Patrick McDonald
- Photo
- Tenet
CHICAGO – Kenneth Branagh may be the ultimate hybrid. Hie reputation as an actor is beyond the pale … he is a performer that makes a film or stage play better. But beyond that, he has just directed his 23rd and most personal film. “Belfast” is an elegy to his hometown, but it is also a remembrance of when his life changed profoundly at the tender age of nine.
Red Carpet: Photo & Interview of Rebecca Hall at 57th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 23, 2021 - 12:54amCHICAGO – 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 Film Festival (CIFF), she walked the Red Carpet … Joe Arce got the Exclusive Photo and Patrick McDonald got the interview.
DAY EIGHT: Rebecca Hall film 'Passing' at 57th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 20, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 19, 2021 - 9:58pmCHICAGO – Day Eight of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) welcomes actor Rebecca Hall, presenting her debut film as director, “Passing,” the emotional story of racial identity in the early 20th Century (click PASSING for details).
DAY SEVEN: Centerpiece 'C’mon C’Mon' at 57th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 19, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 18, 2021 - 10:00pmCHICAGO – Day Seven of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) highlights the Centerpiece Film “C’mon C’mon.” The upcoming fall film was directed by Mike Mills (“Beginners”) and features Joaquin Phoenix (click C’MON for details).
DAY SIX: Monday is ‘Dune’ Day at 57th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 18, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 17, 2021 - 10:47pmCHICAGO – Day Six of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) morphs from Monday to “Dune”Day. The exquisite film adaptation of the iconic novel is nothing short of miraculous, especially if you love the source (click DUNE for details).
DAY FIVE: Chicago Film History at 57th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 17, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 17, 2021 - 12:09amCHICAGO – Day Five of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) will present a documentary on Oscar Micheaux, the originator of black filmmaking, who began in Chicago. (click OSCAR MICHEAUX for details), as well as a whole slate of films and events.