CHICAGO – When two brothers confront the sins of each other and it expands into a psychology of an entire race, it’s at a stage play found in Chicago’s Invictus Theatre Company production of “Topdog/Underdog,” now at their new home at the Windy City Playhouse through March 31st, 2024. Click TD/UD for tickets/info.
2020
Pride Week! Three Audio Film Reviews for a Happier Pride
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 21, 2023 - 5:19pm- 1968
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- Best Picture
- Boris Karloff
- Carla Bruni
- Eddie Volkman
- Elsa Lanchester
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Hannah B
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- James Whale
- Jon Lennon Espino
- Matt Crowley
- Michelle Yeoh
- Movie Review
- Netflix
- New York City
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- The Boys in the Band
- The Bride of Frankenstein
- The Daniels
- Universal Pictures
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CHICAGO – Happy Pride! One of the best ways to celebrate Pride Week in Chicago is to take in some LGBTQ+ themed films, and HollywoodChicago.com presents three choices, reviewed by Patrick McDonald, contributor Jon Lennon Espino and guest reviewer, Chicago Preservationist Carla Bruni.!—break—>
Podtalk: Director David Siev for His Doc on Hometown ‘Bad Axe’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2022 - 12:17pmCHICAGO – The combination of the divisive Donald Trump election and the pandemic affected many U.S. communities. David Siev, an American filmmaker from a Cambodian-origin family, turned on his camera to tell the story of that time in his hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan. The results became the documentary “Bad Axe.”!—break—>
Film News: It’s a ‘Nomadland’ Night at 93rd Academy Awards
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 26, 2021 - 1:44pmCHICAGO – In a low key and later-in-the-awards season ceremony due to the pandemic, the 93rd Academy Awards took place on Sunday, April 25th, 2021. ‘Nomadland,’ the story of on-the-road drifters in the U.S., scored Best Picture, Best Director (for Chloé Zhao) and Best Actress (Frances McDormand).
Film News: Midwest Film Festival’s Virtual ‘Best of the Midwest’ Awards on Jan. 14, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 13, 2021 - 8:10pmCHICAGO – Getting through Year 2020 intact would prove to be a major accomplishment for any monthly film festival, but the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) did it with both style and their trademark sense of a film community during a year where that was missing for so many. The Fest is going virtual and online for their BEST OF THE MIDWEST AWARDS on January 14th, 2021. 7-9pm. You’ll need a ticket for this spectacular event, click here for all the particulars, including General Admission and VIP levels.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2020, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 3, 2021 - 12:15am- 10
- 10 Best Movies 2020
- 2020
- Film News
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- I’m Thinking of Ending Thinks
- Kajillionaire
- List
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Patrick McDonald
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- Ten
- Ten Best Films 2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Trip to Greece
- The Twentieth Century Soul
- Top Ten 2020
- Uncle Frank
CHICAGO – In a world gone a bit madder and sadder, the films of 2020 were a welcome escape from the travails of weekly reality. Without theater exhibition by and large, films had to be experienced on smaller home screens, shrinking bold cinematography and emphasizing the story.
Film Feature: Preview for 37th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Thru Nov. 22, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 13, 2020 - 1:23pmCHICAGO – The great advantage of film festivals this year, if we’re to see a silver lining, is that most of the offerings are available to a wider audience via online virtual screenings. The 37th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival will be virtual/online and available to children of all ages from November 13th-22nd, 2020.!—break—>
Podtalk: Lonnie Edwards’ ‘Periphery' at CUFF 27 Drive-In, Nov. 13, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 13, 2020 - 10:28amCHICAGO – Artist Lonnie Edwards is traveling the film festival circuit again, exhibiting his latest short “Periphery,” and this time it will appear at the 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF 27) Chicago Shorts Program 2, at the Chi-Town Movies Drive-In on Friday, November 13th, 2020.!—break—>
Podtalk: Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco of ‘Flannery,’ at the CUFF 27 Drive-In, Nov 12, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 12, 2020 - 2:35pmCHICAGO – The 1950s/60s Southern author Flannery O’Connor gets an overdue documentary by co-directors Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco. “Flannery” screens at the 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival Drive-In on November 12th, 2020.!—break—>
Film Feature: Preview for 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Running Nov. 9-22, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 9, 2020 - 10:51amCHICAGO – The one great off-the-beaten-track cinema festival remains the Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF). Like all festivals around 2020, CUFF 27 will be virtual and online from November 9th-22nd, 2020, with special Drive-In events.!—break—>
Via Zoom: Steve James and Zak Piper for ‘City So Real,’ Premiering on NatGeo Oct. 29, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 27, 2020 - 10:40pmCHICAGO – The 2018-19 mayoral campaign in Chicago was a historic moment for the city, as the first woman of color (Lori Lightfoot) was elected. Director Steve James, of the legendary “Hoop Dreams,” takes on the events leading up to this history and beyond, in “City So Real.”!—break—>