CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Swimming to Cambodia
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Jonathan Demme
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 2, 2017 - 8:50amCHICAGO – The impact that director Jonathan Demme had on the last couple generations of cinema will live beyond his passing last week, at the age of 73. The Oscar-winning filmmaker also made an impact with the film writers of HollywoodChicago.com – Jon Espino, Patrick McDonald and Spike Walters.
Film News: Oscar-Winning Director Jonathan Demme Dies at 73
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 27, 2017 - 3:00pm- Academy Awards
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NEW YORK CITY – He was the helmsman of “The Silence of the Lambs,” which won him Best Director and took home Best Picture at the 1992 Academy Awards, and made numerous other late 20th Century movie classics. Director Jonathan Demme died in New York City on April 26, 2017, at the age of 73.
DVD Review: Audacious ‘Swimming to Cambodia’ Gets Long-Awaited Release
Submitted by mattmovieman on May 28, 2013 - 9:07amCHICAGO – Moviegoers allergic to copious amounts of talk will be hacking and wheezing minutes into “Swimming to Cambodia.” It’s a cinematically lensed 1987 recording of a show that consists entirely of actor/writer Spalding Gray sitting in a chair telling stories. He’s a vibrant presence and a brilliant wordsmith, but his mouth could literally talk one’s ear into a coma.