CHICAGO – The great and lofty Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago has brought the current political season right on target with “POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” now extended through December 17th. Click POTUS.
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Tribeca2023: Reviewing the Tribeca Festival Award Winners
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 18, 2023 - 6:55pmNEW YORK, NY – June 18th is the final day of the in-person Tribeca Festival, wrapping up 11 days of top festival film picks and other storytelling forms, including TV, VR, gaming, music and audio online. Beginning June 19th, the Tribeca at Home screenings begin, with an opportunity to experience what the festival has to offer. Tribeca prides itself on being a platform for creative expression and immersive entertainment.
Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2022, by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 7, 2023 - 11:54am- 2022
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- Best
- Bryan Cranston
- Chicago Critics Film Festival
- Chicago Humanities Festival
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Darren Aronofsky
- Entertainment News
- Feature
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jessica Lange
- Joe Arce
- Jon Bernthal
- Kathryn Hahn
- Katie Couric
- Kevin Smith
- List
- Misty Copeland
- Molly Shannon
- Patrick McDonald
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Selma Blair
- Top 25 2022
CHICAGO – 2022 was a year of change and transformation. The former leader of the free world morphed into a horribly photoshopped digital trading card spokesmodel and pitch man. That and a full on spy challenging the DOJ to find the stolen classified documents in a shell game of 3 card monte exactly like a subway car hustler.
Feature: Three Odd Chicago Connections to the JFK Assassination
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 22, 2022 - 2:52pm- Chicago
- Dallas
- David Von Pein
- Dealey Plaza
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- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jack Ruby
- Jaqueline Kennedy
- JFK
- John Connally
- John F. Kennedy
- Klein’s Sporting Goods
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Nellie Conolly
- News
- November 22 1963
- Orion Samuelson
- Patrick McDonald
- Texas
- Texas School Book Depository
- WGN Radio
- YouTube.
CHICAGO – The date of November 22nd, 1963, will always have meaning to certain generations of people as to the where-were-they-when-they-heard that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The City of Chicago was not immune to this event, and three odd connections became apparent as the news broke and in the subsequent associations that emerged afterward.
On-Air Film Feature: TOP FIVE FILMS in the First Half of 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 10, 2022 - 11:23amCHICAGO – The first six months of 2022 have flown by, and although the studios withhold their “prestige films” for the Fall, there were still many notable works of cinema for the first half of the year. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com breaks it down On-the-Air for WBGR-FM in Monroe, Wisconsin.
Feature: Top 10 Celebrity Portraits of 2021, by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2022 - 8:37pm- 10
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- Anthony Michael Hall
- Best
- Betty White
- Charlie Gillespie
- Debbie Gibson
- Elvis Presley
- Entertainment News
- Feature
- Harry Shum Jr
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Joe Arce
- Katie Cassidy
- Kenneth Branagh
- Lana Parilla
- List
- Lyric Ross
- Patrick McDonald
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Priscilla Presley
- Rebecca Hall
- Stormy Daniels
- Ten
- Top 10 2021
CHICAGO – In a Covid-free world no doubt this list would be a TOP 20 or 25 … in non-pandemic times, I photographed approximately 150 celebrities per year. In 2020, there were only two, before the global pandemic basically put my career – like that of so many others – into a medically induced coma.
Feature: Ten Memories from Sophia Wong Boccio Celebrates Season Ten of Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 2, 2020 - 4:00pmCHICAGO – Season Ten for Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) will kick off on March 10th, 2020, and this cultural gift to the city has grown with each new Opening Night. The success of APUC is due to its founder – veteran film curator Sophia Wong Boccio – who coordinates her board of directors, vendors, Chicago communities and volunteers to present the screenings and events.
Film News: Midwest Independent Film Fest ‘Best of the Midwest’ Best Feature is 'Cold War'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 18, 2019 - 7:39am- 4 Leaf Clover
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- Actress
- Amy Guth
- Atoms of Ashes
- Best
- Best of the Midwest
- Clare Cooney
- Cold War
- Director
- Documentary Short
- Feature
- Film News
- Grace
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- J. Wilder Konschak
- Lullaby Theories: Cereal Fluid
- Michael Blaiklock
- Midwest Independent Film Festival
- Mike Kweilford
- Patrick McDonald
- Runner
- Saints Rest
- Short Film
- Stage Four
- Stirling McLaughlin
CHICAGO – On a cold day in January, it was a “Cold War” night. The Midwest Independent Film Festival “Best of the Midwest” (BMA) Awards for 2018 were given out on January 17th, 2019, and “Cold War” took home three major honors, including Best Feature.
Film Feature: Top 20 Interviews of 2016, by Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 26, 2017 - 3:55pm- 2016
- Academy Award
- Damien Chazelle
- Don Cheadle
- Feature
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- Joe Arce
- John Krasinski
- LA LA Land
- Moonlight
- Norman Lear
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Dooley
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Richard Cotovsky
- Robert Irvine
- The Big Bang Theory
- Tom Hiddleston
- Top 20
- Warren Beatty
- Woody Allen
CHICAGO –To quote the sublime Bruce Springsteen, it’s just “talk, talk, talk ‘til you lose your patience.” Well, that ain’t HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald, who throws down the über-interview on a series of movers, shakers and magical filmmakers. Oscar Day is perfect for the Top 20 talks of 2016.
Oscar Week Feature: Top 20 Interviews of 2015, by Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 24, 2016 - 2:11pmCHICAGO –The movers, the shakers, the prominent filmmakers – they’ve all gone through the interview filter by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. What better way to celebrate Oscar week than to review the TOP 20 talks of the 2015, with many 2016 Oscar favorites among the celebrated.
Feature: Top 25 Interviews of 2014, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 12, 2015 - 2:48pm- Bennett Miller
- Chaz Ebert
- Dick Cavett
- Eddie Redmayne
- Feature
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- Jake Johnson
- Jason Schwarzman
- Joe Arce
- Katherine Turner
- Kevin Hart
- Life Itself
- List
- Liv Ullmann
- Mackenzie Phillips
- Michael Moore
- Michael Pitt
- Oliver Stone
- Patrick McDonald
- Richard Linklater
- Rob Reiner
- Selma
- Steve James
- Zach Braff
CHICAGO – One of the specialities of HollywoodChicago.com is the film and personality interview. The majority of these chats came through me, Patrick McDonald, and I couldn’t narrow it down to a top 10 or even a top 20. For 2014, there were 25 top interviews, and it is a diverse range of voices.
