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CHICAGO – Just in time for Pride Month, Strawdog Theatre Co. presents an updated staging of the Oscar Wilde classic, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Strawdog policy … the tickets are FREE (donations encouraged), but you must put in a reservation by clicking EARNEST.
Podtalk: Cory Grant for ‘Screams From the Tower’ at the Midwest Film Fest
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 23, 2024 - 8:43am
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’Screams From the Tower’ at the Midwest Film Festival
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
Chicago’s Midwest Film Festival presents “Screams From the Tower” on Monday, June 24th, 2024, at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Featuring Richie Fusco, David Bloom, TJ Lee, Madison Devlin and Melody Betts. Written and directed by Cory Grant. For more information on The Midwest Film Festival, click here. Happy Pride!
© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – Happy Pride from the Midwest Film Festival of Chicago, celebrating with a special film event on June 24th, 2024 … writer/director Cory Grant’s “Screams From the Tower.” For tickets and information, click SCREAMS.
The film follows Julien (Richie Fusco), his best friend Cary (David Bloom) and their outcast friends, as they navigate high school in the mid 1990s. When Julien and Cary’s dream of having their own morning show on the high school radio station is finally realized, it begins a chain of events that brings them popularity, a challenge to their friendship and Julien coming out to who is really is … all while filmed in the same Chicagoland north shore suburbs as the best of John Hughes.
’Screams From the Tower’ at the Midwest Film Festival
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
Cory Wexler Grant is an actor, writer, director and producer. He spent his formative years in San Francisco and Chicago, and moved to New York City permanently after being accepted into NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. After graduation, he began writing, directing, and producing original theatrical works, including three plays and two musicals. Cory wrote and directed his first feature film “Painter” in 2018, which was awarded Grand Prize, Best Feature Film at Rhode Island International Film Festival. Cory lives in Greenwich Village with his husband and their two children.
In Part One of a Podtalk interview by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, it’s writer/director Cory Grant on “Screams From the Tower” …
In Part Two is Cory Grant the inspiration for the character “Cary”? …
In a Video Clip, Cory Grant pitches to the potential audience …
The Midwest Film Festival has been a staple in Chicago’s film community since 2004. At the beginning of 2020, the festival was reinvented with a a new outlook and name, facilitated by Executive Director Erica Duffy. It remains one of the most influential and provocative film festivals in the Windy City.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
