CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Film Review: ‘Beyond the Lights’ Has a Respect for Storytelling
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2014 - 6:13pmCHICAGO – Writer/Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the creator of the cult favorite “Love & Basketball,” is back with another original story that she created, an intimate and romantic perspective on a singer on the path to nowhere, despite superstar-level fame. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as that singer in “Beyond the Lights.”
Interview: Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Directed ‘Beyond the Lights’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 12, 2014 - 11:26amCHICAGO – The show business life is ripe for drama, and the new film “Beyond the Lights” explores the difficulties of the the superstar reaches of the music business, through a Beyoncé-type singer. Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Noni, and the film’s director is Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”).
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Beyond the Lights’ From ‘Love & Basketball’ Filmmaker
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 10, 2014 - 10:26pm- Adam Fendelman
- Aisha Hinds
- Belle
- Benito Martinez
- Beyond the Lights
- Danny Glover
- Darryl Stephens
- Elaine Tan
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- India Jean-Jacques
- Isaac Keys
- Love & Basketball
- Minnie Driver
- Nate Parker
- Relativity Media
- Richard Colson Baker
- Tyler Christopher
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new drama “Beyond the Lights” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Belle”) from the writer and director of “Love & Basketball”!
Slideshow: 50th Chicago International Film Festival Opening Night, Black Perspectives Gala
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 16, 2014 - 9:24am- Andrew Davis
- Beyond the Lights
- Black Perspectives Gala
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Collin Farrell
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Grace McPhillips
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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- HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
- Jessica Chastain
- Joe Arce
- Kathleen Turner
- Liv Ullmann
- Michael Kutza
- Miss Julie
- Opening Night
- Patrick McDonald
- Red Carpet
Colin Farrell of ‘Miss Julie’ at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival. CHICAGO – The 2014 edition of the 50th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off on October 9th with a spectacular presentation of “Miss Julie,” directed by the legendary Liv Ullmann, featuring Colin Ferrell and Jessica Chastain. The following evening was the Black Perspective Gala, at which the spotlight was on “Beyond the Lights,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
