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).
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Podtalk: Co-Founder Ian LeWinter of TV/Film Creator ‘DAO’ Film.io
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 13, 2024 - 9:41amCHICAGO – When an entrepreneur is also a storyteller, they work to make that creativity happen. Ian LeWinter is the co-founder of Film.io, or FILMIO, a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) that seeks to make a creator’s dream come true in the ever-evolving Film and TV production industry. Click FILM.IO to begin the journey.
Podtalk: Michael Shannon & Travis A. Knight in Red Orchid’s ‘Turret’ Through June 9, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 11, 2024 - 11:01amCHICAGO – One of Chicago’s icon theater actors … Michael Shannon … is performing again in town, in the company that he co-founded. Red Orchid Theatre presents Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight in the World Premiere of “Turret” by Levi Holloway, now at the Chopin Theatre through June 9, 2024.
Podtalk: Programmer Raul Benitez on FACETS Chicago Speakeasy Cinema on May 11. 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 10, 2024 - 10:38pmCHICAGO – Get out your flapper dresses and raccoon coats as FACETS Chicago goes back to the early talkies and so-called “pre-code” films, paired with a cocktail bar at their new “Speakeasy Cinema,” programmed by Raul Benitez. The first film is “The Doorway to Hell” (1930) on Saturday May 11th, starting at 6:30p. For ticket info and more details, click SPEAKEASY.
Podtalk: Brittani Ward for ‘Single Car Crashes’ at Midwest Film Fest in Milwaukee, May 11, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 9, 2024 - 11:40am- Angie Gaffney
- Billy Dec
- Billy Zane
- Brittani Ward
- Charín Alvarez
- Chris Lee
- Cinequest Film Festival
- Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel
- film two one films
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
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- Lindsey Morgan
- Midwest Film Festival
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- New Vision Award.
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- Paulina Olszynski
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- Trevor Morgan
- Wisconsin
CHICAGO – The Midwest Film Festival of Chicago is on the road this weekend and heading north to Milwaukee to screen writer/director Brittani Ward’s award-winning “Single Car Crashes” at the historic Oriental Theatre on May 11, 2024 (11am). For details and tickets for this road show event, click MFF ROAD TRIP.!—break—>
Film News: Cinema Femme Film Festival, Two Closing Night Shorts Programs on May 1, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 1, 2024 - 9:41amCHICAGO – The Closing Night of the 2024 Cinema Femme Film Festival will be the short film showcase, based on letter writing themes, as the “Sincerely, Yours” block will start at 7:30pm, and “P.S.” will begin at 9:30pm. Both programs will be at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre. For more information and tickets, click SINCERELY or P.S.
Podtalk: Cinema Femme Film Fest to Honor Filmmaker Haroula Rose
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 23, 2024 - 5:15pmCHICAGO – Haroula Rose has made a mark on creative culture as a filmmaker, musician and performer, and the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival will acknowledge her on the April 25th Opening Night with a Special Tribute to Haroula, beginning at 7pm at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. For more information, click ROSE.
Podtalk: Quin Mathews JFK/Dallas Doc at the Dallas International Film Fest, Apr 25-May 2, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 23, 2024 - 9:22amCHICAGO – The Dallas International Film Festival Opens on Thursday, April 25th and runs through May 2nd, 2024. On April 26th, director Quin Mathews will screen his documentary “City of Hate: Dallas and the Assassination 60 Years Later.” For more tickets and more information about the Dallas International Film Fest, click DIFF.
Podtalk: Rebecca Martin Fagerholm of Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Apr. 25-May 2, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 22, 2024 - 8:40pmCHICAGO – Rebecca Martin Fagerholm has built the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival from online beginnings to primary in-person events, and the 6th festival will open at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre on April 25th, 2024, with a tribute to filmmaker Haroula Rose. For details and program information, click CINEMA FEMME.
Red Carpet: Dazzling Season 18 Closing Night of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 21, 2024 - 4:04pm- AMC
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- Asian Pop-Up Cinema
- Band Four
- Benny Lau
- Bright Star
- Carlos Chan
- Chicago
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- It Remains
- Kelvin Shum
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- New City
- Pai Niang Niang: The Last Osmanthus Blossom
- Patrick McDonald
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- Season 18
- Sophia Wong Boccio
- We Are Family
CHICAGO – The spotlight and excitement was at the Final Weekend of Season 18 for Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC). The buzz was for APUC Bright Star Awardee Carlos Chan. The respect was for Hong Kong legend Rebecca Pan, who received APUC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, all during Hong Kong Cinema Showcase.
Podtalk: Writer/Director Minhal Baig of Set-in-Chicago ‘We Grown Now’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 17, 2024 - 9:08amCHICAGO – There was once a Chicago housing project called Cabrini Green, and its legacy was a damning testament to Chicago’s mismanagement of housing for the poor in general. It’s gone now, the victim of gentrification, but its memory lives on in “We Grown Now,” a new release from writer and director Minhal Baig.!—break—>