CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
On-Air Film Review: The Mother Also Rises in ‘Flora and Son’
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 29th, 2023, reviewing “Flora and Son,” written/directed by John Carney (ONCE). In select theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ on September 29th.!—break—>
Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
Flora (Eve Hewson), a single mother living in Dublin, is having trouble with her estranged son Max (Oren Kilan), a rebellious teenage and petty thief. Encouraged by law enforcement to find Max a hobby, Flora rescues an old guitar from the garbage and, with the help from Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – who is her online Los Angeles based guitar teacher – Flora discovers that her salvation can come through music.
Flora and Son
Photo credit: Apple TV+