CHICAGO – Society, or at least certain elements of society, are always looking for scapegoats to hide the sins of themselves and authority. In the so-called “great America” of the 1950s, the scapegoat target was comic books … specifically through a sociological study called “The Seduction of the Innocent.” City Lit Theater Company, in part two of a trilogy on comic culture by Mark Pracht, presents “The Innocence of Seduction … now through October 8th, 2023. For details and tickets, click COMIC BOOK.
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Via Zoom Flashback: Director Sam Pollard of ‘The League’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 15, 2023 - 10:38amCHICAGO – Sam Pollard has established himself as a top director of documentaries, to add to his stellar career as a film editor … including for Spike Lee. His latest doc is a deep dive into the 20th Century curiosity of the Negro League. With interviews, archival photos/footage and comprehensive storytelling, the doc is entitled “The League.”
Flashback Interview: Directors Betsy West & Julie Cohen on Their Documentary ‘RBG’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 27, 2020 - 11:04pm- Anthony Kennedy
- Betsy West
- Elena Kagan
- Feminism
- Focus
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- John Roberts
- Julie Cohen
- Justice
- Magnolia Pictures
- Neil Gorsuch
- Notorious
- On the Basis of Sex
- Patrick McDonald
- RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel Alito
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Breyer
- Supreme Court
- Women’s Rights
CHICAGO – In honor of the recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Magnolia Pictures has re-released her documentary “RBG” in a limited theatrical run … and will also donate their net proceeds to the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg.
Podtalk: Director Alla Kovgan, Producer Derrick Tseng on Dance Doc ‘Cunningham’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2020 - 9:26amCHICAGO – In the post World War II art scene, when New York City took over the cutting edge while Europe lay in tatters, there emerged a dance creator who influenced the avant garde like no other. Merce Cunningham lived until age 90, and from the time he began in dance to the end of his life, the legacy was his impactful contribution.
Podtalk: Chicago Icon Bruce DuMont on ‘Mike Wallace is Here’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 30, 2019 - 10:35amCHICAGO – This week, the new documentary “Mike Wallace is Here” will release in Chicago, so who better to get a perspective on the CBS News and “60 Minutes” interviewer and reporter than Bruce DuMont, a Chicago broadcasting icon who has covered the scene since the late 1960s.
Podtalk: Doc Director Penny Lane on Her New Film ‘Hail Satan?’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 4, 2019 - 9:26amCHICAGO – Religion, and the separation of those institutions from the “state,” is an ongoing controversy in the United States. One such religious group may have found the ultimate solution to keep that separation in place. The Satanic Temple is an anarchist religion whose goal is to get a place at the table with the other holy influencers. They are profiled in director Penny Lane’s new film, “Hail Satan?”
Podtalk: Alison Klayman on ‘The Brink,’ Her New Documentary Profiling Steve Bannon
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 6, 2019 - 10:21amCHICAGO – What does the title of Alison Klayman’s new documentary, “The Brink,” mean? On the surface, it is a fly-on-the-wall profile of right wing operative Steve Bannon, who worked for Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 and was on his executive staff at the White House, until he unceremoniously resigned.
Oscar Week: Directors Betsy West & Julie Cohen on Their Nominated Documentary ‘RBG’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 20, 2019 - 2:50pm- 91st
- Academy Awards
- Anthony Kennedy
- Betsy West
- Clarence Thomas
- Elena Kagan
- Feminism
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- John Roberts
- Julie Cohen
- Justice
- Magnolia Pictures
- Neil Gorsuch
- Notorious
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel Alito
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Breyer
- Supreme Court
- Women’s Rights
CHICAGO – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the notorious “RBG,” has been a steady and abiding voice on that high court since 1993. But how much do we really know about this unassuming and highly admired jurist? Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen answer this question in their documentary “RBG.” The film is one of five nominees competing for gold in the Feature Documentary category, to be given on Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards.
Film Review: ‘Generation Wealth’ Tells Us What We Already Know
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2018 - 10:04amCHICAGO – When it comes to really being rich, what do we already know? Money doesn’t buy happiness. Family and friendship connections are more important than accumulation. Yet those simple lessons keep being broken up by the excess of more, the values of which are in the documentary “Generation Wealth.”
Podtalk: Co-Directors David & Nathan Zellner Rescues the Western in ‘Damsel’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 29, 2018 - 2:43pmCHICAGO – The familiar archetypes of the Hollywood Western… the dusty town, the swinging saloon doors and the cowboys looking the part… are all present and accounted for in “Damsel,” written and directed by David and Nathan Zellner (“Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter”). The twist comes in the action of the characters, portrayed by Robert Pattinson (“Twilight”), Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and the Zellners themselves.
Film Review: A Fashionable Life in ‘The Gospel According to André’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 3, 2018 - 10:31amCHICAGO – He’s not a household name, but his influence has affected the closets of those households. André Leon Talley (“ALT”) is a New York City fashionista of the highest order, despite a background that would never predict that fate. But a person in the right place at the right time with the right work ethic can product magical results, and “The Gospel According to André” conjures that journey for Talley.
