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.
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Film News: Chicago’s REELING42 Opening Night ‘Young Hearts’ at Music Box, Sept. 19, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 18, 2024 - 1:03pmCHICAGO – The 42nd edition of the REELING International LBGTQ+ Film Festival (Reeling42) kicks off on September 19th, 2024, and runs through October 6th. The Opening Night film is “Young Hearts” at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. For info/tickets click REELING42.
Podtalk: Eddie Muller for ‘Noir City Chicago,’ Sept. 6-12, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 4, 2024 - 8:16amCHICAGO – The Czar of Noir is coming to town, bringing his “Noir City Chicago” back to the Music Box Theatre, September 6-12, 2024. Eddie Muller, the host of Turner Classic Movies “Noir Alley,” will host the first weekend of the series, entitled “Darkness Has No Borders.” For more information, full schedule and tickets, click NOIR CITY.
Podtalk: Jon Silver on His World Premiere Film ‘The Premiere’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 26, 2024 - 11:17amCHICAGO – What better film to have a World Premiere in Chicago than local filmmaker Jon Silver’s “The Premiere,” happening at the Davis Theater in Chicago on August 27th (8pm). Art meets life in a wacky and poignant way for a director during the premiere day of his latest film. For tickets and deets, click THE PREMIERE.
Podtalk: Meezahn Senbetta & Davis Cameron Chu on Film ‘Hand Job’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 30, 2024 - 2:28pmCHICAGO – Last week, filmmakers Meezahn Senbetta & Davis Cameron Chu had their friends/family premiere of their debut short “Hand Job” … and don’t let the title lead you astray. The film is an incredibly expressive and unique journey of one man’s savior hand. They reserved their first interview for HollywoodChicago.com and Pat Über-Critic McDonald. !—break—>
Podtalk: Filmmaker Sarah Lasley for ‘Welcome to the Enclave’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 23, 2024 - 5:26pmCHICAGO – Scheduled within the recent 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival was “Shorts Program #2.” During that event … curated by CCFF shorts programmer Collin Souter … the Windy City was introduced to Filmmaker Sarah Lasley, with her surreal, expressive and brilliant short “Welcome to the Enclave.”
Podtalk: Programmer Kyle Cubr on ‘Godzilla vs. Music Box (Theatre)’ from June 7-13, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 4, 2024 - 12:04pmCHICAGO – Run for your lives, Chicago, or run to the historic Music Box Theatre for “Godzilla vs. Music Box,” an unprecedented mega-festival celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the World’s Most Famous Reptile. Besides presented by the Music Box and the Japanese Arts Foundation, GvMB is programmed and curated by Kyle Cubr, Music Box Senior Operations Manager by day, Godzilla Enthusiast through at all other times. The series unspools from June 7th-13th, 2024, for schedule, tickets and details, click GvMB for tickets/details.
Podtalk: A. Ashley Hoff on ‘With Love, Mommie Dearest’ Event at Chicago's Music Box, June 4, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 2, 2024 - 10:13amCHICAGO – “With Love, Mommie Dearest” is a new book by A. Ashley Hoff, chronicling the making of the camp classic. Chicago’s Music Box Theatre will screen “Mommie Dearest” and Hoff will sign his new book on June 4, 2024. Click CRAWFORD for tickets/details.!—break—>
Red Carpet Podtalk: Director Pamela Adlon of ‘Babes’ at CCFF 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 25, 2024 - 8:02pmCHICAGO – The excellent new film “Babes,” which screened at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) on May 4th, was the feature film director debut from a familiar name … Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”). “Babes” expanded nationwide on May 24th for Memorial Day weekend.
Podtalk: ‘Relative’ by Michael Glover Smith, Digital Streaming Beginning on May 21, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 15, 2024 - 1:48pm- Cameron Scott Roberts
- Clare Cooney
- Cool Apocalypse
- Elizabeth Stam
- Francis Guinan
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Keith D. Gallagher
- Melissa DuPrey
- Mercury in Retrograde
- Michael Glover Smith
- Music Box Theatre
- Pat Über TV. Music Box Films
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Podtalk
- Relative
- Rendezvous in Chicago
- Wendy Robie
CHICAGO – Writer/director Michael Glover Smith’s award-winning feature film “Relative” (2022) was snapped up by Chicago-based Music Box Films, and will have its Digital release on May 21st, 2024. But first, how about one more special screening at the historic Music Box Theatre on Wednesday, May 15th. Click RELATIVE at for tickets and info.
CCFF2024: Audience Awards for 11th CCFF, and HollywoodChicago’s Five Best Films
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 12, 2024 - 1:01pm- 11th
- 2024
- Alex Thompson
- Audience Award Winners
- Bob’s Funeral
- CCFF
- CFCA
- Chicago Critics Film Festival
- Chicago Film Critic’s Association
- Christopher Wilcha
- Film News
- Flipside
- Ghostlight
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jack Dunphy
- Kelly O’Sullivan
- Music Box Theatre
- Patrick McDonald
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Sarah Lasley
- Short Films
- Welcome to the Enclave
CHICAGO – The Audience is the determiner for the Award Winners of the 11th Chicago Film Critics Film Festival, which took play from May 3rd-9th, 2024.