CHICAGO – There is no better time to take in a stage play that is based in U.S. history, depicting the battle between fact and religion. The old theater chestnut – first mounted in 1955 – is “Inherit the Wind,” now at the Goodman Theatre, completing it’s short run through October 20th. For tickets and more information, click INHERIT.
Mental Health
Exclusive Photos: Super Bowl Sunday with Comedian Maria Bamford
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 10, 2024 - 8:05pm- 2023
- AFTER MIDNIGHT
- Chicago Humanities Festival
- Exclusive Photo
- Fall Season
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
- Joe Arce
- Late Night with Steven Colbert
- Maria Bamford
- Mental Health
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Podtalk
- Taylor Tomlinson
CHICAGO – Maria Bamford has been a top comic force since her breakthrough in the first decade of the millennium. She will be appearing on the Super Bowl Sunday edition of CBS-TV’s @FTER MIDNIGHT, the new show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson after “Late Night with Stephen Colbert.” Appearing alongside her will be A-listers Wayne Brady and Kevin Smith.
Podtalk: Lead Actor Jennifer Scott of ‘Eyes Upon Waking’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 8, 2023 - 10:35amCHICAGO – Perseverance is most likely the greatest trait, beyond talent and creation, in filmmaking. Jennifer Scott had a passion project that she co-wrote 13 years ago, and after the various stops and starts over a course of getting it off the ground, the film “Eyes Upon Waking,” went before the cameras in 2019, and is currently on the film festival circuit.
Podtalk: Writer/Director Alex Heller on ‘The Year Between,’ Releasing on VOD March 3, 2023
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 3, 2023 - 2:41pmCHICAGO – It’s been an amazing journey for actor and filmmaker Alex Heller with her directorial debut film “The Year Between.” The film premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and screened at the hometown Chicago International Film Festival last October. The film is being released through Video-On-Demand beginning March 3rd, 2023.
On-Air Film Review: ‘On the Count of Three’ is a Pact Leader
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 16, 2022 - 11:53am- Annapurna
- Ari Katcher
- Christopher Abbott
- Dan Baker
- Henry Winkler
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- J.B. Smoove
- Jerrod Carmichael
- Memory
- Mental Health
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- On the Count of Three
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Ryan Welch
- Scott Thompson
- Suicide
- The Morning Mess
- Tiffany Haddish
- United Artists Releasing
- WBGR-FM
- Wisconsin
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 12th, reviewing “On the Count of Three,” the directorial debut of comedian Jerrod Carmichael, in select theaters and through Video On Demand beginning May 13th.
Flashback Interview: Jamie Redford, Filmmaker of ‘Resilence’ and Son of Robert, Dies at Age 58
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 20, 2020 - 6:32amMARIN COUNTY, CALIF. – James “Jamie” Redford was on a righteous mission. The activist filmmaker created documentaries that spoke of the ills society is facing, including “Toxic Hot Seat” (chemicals in households), “Paper Tigers” (childhood psychology), “Resilence” (a deeper dive into Adverse Childhood Experience) and his recent “Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution.” Jamie Redford died of bile duct cancer on October 16th, 2020, at his home in Marin County, California. He was 58.
Podtalk: Michael Lippert of ‘Miriam is Going to Mars’ at Ithaca Fantastik Fest on Nov. 11, 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 10, 2017 - 11:08amCHICAGO – The issue of mental health is given a celestial spin in the short film “Miriam is Going to Mars,” written and directed by Michael Lippert of Cutters Studios in Chicago. The film recently was the Grand Jury Winner at the Midwest Independent Film Festival “Midwest Advertising Community Shorts Night,” and follows that up with a screening at the Ithaca (New York) Fantastik Fest on November 11th, 2017.
Film Review: Aubrey Plaza Steers the Unsettling ‘Ingrid Goes West’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 23, 2017 - 6:09pmCHICAGO – Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Recreation”) is an actor who always seems to do something memorable in her performances. In “Ingrid Goes West,” she carries an entire movie on her quirky and sometimes disturbing character… that of a bipolar stalker who can’t find balance.
Interview: Director James Redford on His Essential Film ‘Resilience’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 4, 2016 - 3:13pmCHICAGO – James “Jamie” Redford is on a righteous mission. Using the power of his latest documentary film, “Resilience,” he is informing all of society to something WE ALL can relate to – Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). Why is this important? Because virtually everyone is affected by these traumas, and it may be the key to healing many mental AND physical health problems, as well as some societal ills.
Film Review: Unexpected Lessons for the Student of ‘Indignation’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2016 - 9:23amCHICAGO – America was a very different place in 1951, and there are very few people around to tell us about it. That is why reminders of the more confining social order that existed back then is necessary, and is expressed in the film “Indignation.” This is an adaptation of a recent Philip Roth novel, and he was able to articulate the era.