CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Red Carpet: Hot Film ‘Precious’ Premieres at 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 15, 2009 - 8:39amCHICAGO – Backed by industry giants Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, the new film “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” had a red carpet premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 14th.
Red Carpet: Willem Dafoe at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival in Lars von Trier’s ‘Antichrist’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 14, 2009 - 10:50amCHICAGO – Willem Dafoe, the intense and excitable actor in so many classic films, walked the red carpet at the Chicago International Film Festival October 12th, representing the premiere of his new film with director Lars von Trier, “Antichrist.”
Interview: Director John Woo on His ‘Red Cliff’ Premiere at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 13, 2009 - 5:55amCHICAGO – John Woo, whose mastery of the action movie was once compared by director Sam Raimi to the suspense mastery of Alfred Hitchcock, premiered his new film, “Red Cliff” at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 9th.
Opening Night: Star Power at the Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 9, 2009 - 9:22amCHICAGO – The big hitters were out on the red carpet, kicking off the 45th Chicago International Film Festival. Opening with Uma Thurman’s “Motherhood,” prominent artists, politicians and Uma herself graced the proceedings.
Interview: Corbin Bleu of ‘High School Musical’ on His Motocross Film ‘Free Style’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 8, 2009 - 10:31pmCHICAGO – The challenge of instant fame caught up with Corbin Bleu, when he portrayed Chad Danforth in the “High School Musical” series. He is now producing and starring in “Free Style,” an underdog story centered around motocross racing.
Interview: Michael Stuhlbarg’s Passion in Joel, Ethan Coen’s ‘A Serious Man’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 7, 2009 - 8:54amCHICAGO – In “A Serious Man,” the remarkable new film by Joel and Ethan Coen, Michael Stuhlbarg carries the narrative weight through his amazing performance as Larry Gopnik, the put-upon victim of a series of odd and desperate circumstances.
Interview: Michael Moore on Detroit, Obama, Health Care, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
Submitted by BrianTT on October 2, 2009 - 3:44pmCHICAGO – One of the most divisive filmmakers in the history of the medium recently sat down with me for a very exclusive one-on-one interview.
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse With Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg of ‘Zombieland’
Submitted by BrianTT on October 1, 2009 - 4:46pmCHICAGO – Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg make an amazing comedy/horror duo in “Zombieland,” which is one of the most out-of-left-field surprises of 2009. It’s a great film that has been perfectly captured in the production notes in four words: “‘Midnight Run’ with zombies.”
Interview: Karen Allen and the Kingdom of Her Crystal Life
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 29, 2009 - 7:07pmCHICAGO – Actress Karen Allen, who made a debut smash in the 1978 film ‘Animal House,’ is most likely to be remembered as Marion in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and 2008’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’
Interview: An Ice Cream Social With Oscar Winner Richard Dreyfuss
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 23, 2009 - 10:46pmCHICAGO – Actor Richard Dreyfuss is comfortable. This was on display as he was eating ice cream while talking about his career and life, just before an appearance at the brand new Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville, Ill.