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).
The Innkeepers
Blu-ray Review: Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ Offers Slow Burn Horror
Submitted by BrianTT on May 1, 2012 - 2:37pmCHICAGO – Ti West’s “The Innkeepers” is one of the most divisive films of the year, a love-it-or-hate-it affair — my favorite kind of movie. I see both sides. I get how the slow burn doesn’t work for some people (and, honestly, it didn’t really work for me in West’s “House of the Devil”) and I get how modern horror fans might be upset at the lack of a sure payoff in this ghost story.
Film Review: Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ is Terrifying Horror Gem
Submitted by BrianTT on February 2, 2012 - 11:26amCHICAGO – Ti West’s “The Innkeepers” is one of the most effective horror movies of the last several years, a true gem of the genre that reminds a scary movie junkie like myself why I fell in love with them in the first place.
Interview: Director Ti West, Actress Sara Paxton of ‘The Innkeepers’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 1, 2012 - 9:17amCHICAGO – Director Ti West has formulated a career re-imagining some of the scare tactics used in the classic horror films of the late 1970s and early ‘80s. His deliberately paced style created a frightening “House of the Devil” in 2009, and now he’s back with up-and-coming Sara Paxton for “The Innkeepers.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘The Innkeepers’ With Sara Paxton
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 26, 2012 - 5:41pmCHICAGO – In our latest horror/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “The Innkeepers” starring Sara Paxton from “The House of the Devil” director Ti West!
