CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the doc series “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” about the rise and bitter fall of the major league legend, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, only to be banned from the sport because of gambling. Streaming on MAX and on HBO since July 24th.
Film Movement
On-Air Film Review: The Weight of the World in ‘Club Zero’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 17, 2024 - 8:26pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Club Zero,” a presupposition story about eating techniques that can lead to complete elimination for food, written and directed by Jennifer Hausner. In select theaters since March 15th. See local listings
DVD Gift Ideas: Three Titles for the Film Elite AKA Geeks in Your Life
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 22, 2023 - 2:53pm- Blonde: The Marilyn Stories
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
- DVD Review
- Early Short Films of the French New Wave
- Eddie Volkman
- Film Chest Media Group
- Film Movement
- Hannah B
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Icarus Films
- Marilyn Monroe
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Scott Thompson
- WBGR-FM
- WSSR
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Film elites are a particularly hard category of movie buffs to satisfy come gift giving time. When they drop terms like auteur and film movements and directors you’ve never heard of, what’s the best DVDs to give them? Here are three notables that have been released in the last couple of years.
Audio Film Review: An Identity Initiation in ‘The Book of Delights’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 1, 2022 - 1:37pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “The Book of Delights,” and adaptation of a famous South American novel that is a production of Brazil and Argentina, currently available for digital download or through Video On Demand beginning on September 2nd, 2022.
Flashback Podtalk: Director Haroula Rose of ‘Once Upon a River,’ in Chicago Oct. 2, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 2, 2020 - 12:33amCHICAGO – A Chicago director comes into focus with her debut film, “Once Upon a River” with a Chicago screening beginning on Friday, October 2nd, 2020, at the historic Music Box Theatre. Director Haroula Rose – with Bonnie Jo Campbell, the author of the source novel of the film – sat down last year for HollywoodChicago.com at the 55th Chicago International Film festival regarding the film.
