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+.
The Babadook
Podtalk: Aisling Franciosi Takes the Lead in ‘The Nightingale’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 13, 2019 - 4:33pmCHICAGO – The “star is born” expression is not to be used lightly, yet it absolutely applies to the performance of Aisling Franciosi (Lyanna Stark in “Game of Thrones”) in the role of Clare for “The Nightingale.” As a late 19th Century woman with nothing to lose, she suffers an emotional death, a survival rebirth and humanist hope.
Podtalk: Aisling Franciosi at 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 23, 2019 - 3:34pmCHICAGO – The discovery of rising stars is among the many things the Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) does best, and that continued on May 19th, 2019, at the 7th annual fest. Aisling Franciosi is the lead actress of “The Nightingale,” a new film from Jennifer Kent (“The Babadook”), and she appeared on behalf of the film.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2014, By Nick Allen
Submitted by NickHC on December 31, 2014 - 4:19pm- A Most Violent Year
- Boyhood
- Christopher Nolan
- David Wain
- DMX
- Film Feature
- Frank
- Gary Poulter
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interstellar
- Joe
- List
- Locke
- Marion Cotillard
- Michael Bay
- Nick Allen
- Nightcrawler
- Obvious Child
- Selma
- The Babadook
- The Best Films of 2014
- The LEGO Movie
- The Raid 2
- They Came Together
- Top Five
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Two Days One Night
- Whiplash
CHICAGO – Just like every year before it, there were no perfect films in 2014. I do not see this as a negative thing - reaching for greatness is far more electrifying than the plateau of achieving it, as presented in a hustler’s opus like ‘Whiplash,” which specifically eschews applause after a drum solo that just may have been perfection.
Preview: First Weekend of 50th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 9, 2014 - 10:54amCHICAGO – The 2014 edition, the 50th Chicago International Film Festival, kicks off tonight on October 9th. The premiere film will be “Miss Julie,” an adaptation of the August Strindberg play adapted and directed by Liv Ullmann. The first weekend promises a scintillating variety of cinema indulgences.
2014 Sundance Diary, Day 6: Wrapping it Up with a Twisted Double Feature
Submitted by BrianTT on January 23, 2014 - 3:08pmPark City was abuzz on the final day with guesses as to what the secret screening known as “Film X” would be on Tuesday night. Could it be Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel”? Maybe “Foxcatcher,” which was almost done in time for awards season and so may be now? “Snowpiercer”? The new Kevin Smith? “Star Wars, Episode VII”?