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CHICAGO – One of the open secrets of Chicago is its horrible racist past, which remains like an echo. Playwright Joshua Allen has been exploring this theme in his Grand Boulevard Trilogy – the last chapter talking place during the infamous 1919 race riots – in Raven Theatre’s “The Prodigal Daughter.” For tickets and info, click TPD.
Red Carpet Podtalk: Director Pamela Adlon of ‘Babes’ at CCFF 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 25, 2024 - 8:02pm
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Pamela Adlon at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Pamela Adlon Strikes Another Pose
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
“Babes” released nationwide on May 24th. See local listings. Featuring Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, Hasan Minhaj, Stephan James, Sandra Bernhard, Oliver Platt. Written by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz. Directed by Pamela Adlon. Rated “R”
© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – The excellent new film “Babes,” which screened at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) on May 4th, was the feature film director debut from a familiar name … Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”). “Babes” expanded nationwide on May 24th for Memorial Day weekend.
Pamela Adlon at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
“Babes” is a hilarious riff on women friendships/bonding and an unexpected pregnancy. Eden (Ilana Glazer, also co-writer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) are besties, having grown up together in New York City, and are now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree and single Eden finds herself pregnant after a one night stand, she decides to have a baby on her own, and her friendship with Dawn will face its greatest challenge. “Babes” is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about the bonds of friendship and the messy, unpredictable challenges of adulthood and becoming a parent.
Pamela Adlon is a mighty force of show biz awesomeness. In her early career, she was in the classic films “Say Anything … “ and “Grease 2.” She made name recognition with her husky-voiced characterization of Bobby Hill on the seminal animated series “King of the Hill,” which led to a varied animation VoiceOver career. She also had major supporting roles in “Californication” and “Louie” (on which she also produced and wrote episodes). But her big TV splash was on FX’s “Better Things,” the five-season series that she co-created, wrote, produced, directed and starred in.
Pamela Adlon Strikes Another Pose
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com photographer Joe Arce got the Exclusive Portraits of Pamela Adlon on the Red Carpet at the Chicago Critic’s Film Festival on May 4th, 2024.
In Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com on the Red Carpet from the 2024 CCFF, Director Pamela Adlon gives the pitch for “Babes” …
CLICK HERE for the 4.5/5 review of “Babes” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
