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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
Red Carpet: Photo & Interview of Rebecca Hall at 57th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 23, 2021 - 12:54am
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Rebecca Hall at the 57th CIFF, October 20th, 2021
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
The 57th Chicago International Film Festival runs through October 24th, 2021. Click here for schedules and to purchase tickets.
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CHICAGO – 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.
The film is an adaptation of a novel by Nella Larsen that was published in 1929. Set in the 1920s, the story is of two black women – Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Claire (Ruth Negga) – who were friends as teenagers, but had lost touch as adults. On a hot New York City day, Irene spots her old friend in a hotel tea room, and finds out light-skinned Claire has been passing for white. As they reconnect, Claire admires Irene’s upper middle class lifestyle in Harlem, and seeks to go back to her roots, including developing a friendship with Irene’s physician husband Brian (André Holland). Both women play out implications they didn’t expect. It will open in select theaters on October 27th, 2021, before being available to stream on Netflix on November 10th.
Rebecca Hall at the 57th CIFF, October 20th, 2021
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Rebecca Hall has been a name actor in films since 2008, when she nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for “Vicky Christina Barcelona,” followed by roles in “The Town,” “Everything Must Go,” “Iron Man 3” and “The Gift.” Hall had a breakthrough in 2016 with “Christine,” portraying Christine Chubbuck … a woman who worked for a local news station in Florida, and took her life on the air. This year, she had the well-received lead role in “The Night House.” She has performed in many roles on stage, including Shakespeare, and has often been directed by her father Peter Hall, the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Rebecca Hall on the Red Carpet talking to Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, before she accepted an Artistic Achievement Award from the 57th CIFF and presented her directorial debut, “Passing” …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
