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).
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Pride Week!: Audio Review of Award-Winning ‘Gun Hill Road’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 25, 2021 - 8:32amCHICAGO – Jon Lennon Espino of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the PRIDE film “Gun Hill Road” (2011), currently on TUBI for free, about the culture of Latino machismo when confronted with a transgender son. Happy Pride Week!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Spare Parts’ With George Lopez, Marisa Tomei
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 13, 2015 - 4:39pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new true-story drama “Spare Parts” starring George Lopez and Marisa Tomei!
Film Review: Family Dynamics Provide Unusual Journey Down ‘Gun Hill Road’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 16, 2011 - 1:11pmCHICAGO – Who you are at birth eventually becomes entangled in where and how you are nurtured throughout your life. Given who you are, did you get the proper care, encouragement and love? Did you get to blossom into the best part of your nature? The new film “Gun Hill Road” explores these questions, filtered through the family, in an odd and poignant way.
