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).
Lewis MacDougall
Podtalk: Director Shana Feste & Actor Lewis MacDougall Establish Their ‘Boundaries’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 28, 2018 - 3:09pm- A Monster Calls
- Bobby Cannavale
- Boundaries
- Christopher Lloyd
- Christopher Plummer
- Country Strong
- Daughter
- Endless Love
- Father
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- Interview
- Kristen Schaal
- Lewis MacDougall
- Marijuana
- Patrick McDonald
- Peter Fonda
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- Road Trip
- Shana Feste
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Vera Farmiga
- Weed
CHICAGO – Combining an intimate, personal story with a superstar cast, writer/director Shana Feste realized a semi-autobiographical journey in her new film “Boundaries.” The cast includes Oscar winners Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga, as well as Lewis MacDougall (“A Monster Calls”), Kristen Schaal, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Lloyd AND Peter Fonda in a road trip picture that reunites ne’er do well Dad Jack (Plummer) with his desperate-to-connect-with-him daughter Laura (Farmiga).
Film Review: Fantasy & Feelings Comingle in ‘A Monster Calls’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 6, 2017 - 7:44pmCHICAGO – The nature of dying, especially in process with a close loved one, is a testing ground for unwieldy and alien emotions. When, why and how we’re challenged does not have a timetable, nor a convenience. All of this is played out as fantasy in the vital “A Monster Calls.”