CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
DVD Gift Ideas: Three Titles for the Film Elite AKA Geeks in Your Life
- Blonde: The Marilyn Stories
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
- DVD Review
- Early Short Films of the French New Wave
- Eddie Volkman
- Film Chest Media Group
- Film Movement
- Hannah B
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Icarus Films
- Marilyn Monroe
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Scott Thompson
- WBGR-FM
- WSSR
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Film elites are a particularly hard category of movie buffs to satisfy come gift giving time. When they drop terms like auteur and film movements and directors you’ve never heard of, what’s the best DVDs to give them? Here are three notables that have been released in the last couple of years.!—break—>
The “Early Short Films of the French New Wave,” (Icarus Films), “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” (Film Movement) and “Blonde: The Marilyn Stories, Marilyn Monroe” (Film Chest Media Group) can satisfy any film geek.
’French New Wave’ Shorts, ‘Dona Flor’ & ‘Blonde: The Marilyn Stories’
Photo credit: Icarus Films/Film Movement/Film Chest Media Group
Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com overview of DVD gifts for the Film Elite …
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