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.
Parallel Universe
Via Zoom: Writer/Director/Producer Rujanee Mahakanjana of ‘Lab 99’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 17, 2022 - 10:48amCHICAGO – Rujanee Mahakanjana continues to evolve. The filmmaker is an atmosphere, which played out in her early works and is proceeding through a film 12 years in the making (“Lab 99”), her founding of a content website (pixquid.com), several projects and a return to the in-person SHORTCUT 100 International Film Fest.!—break—>
Interview: Director Rujanee Mahakanjana Takes a Different Route to ‘Lab 99’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 13, 2016 - 10:40amCHICAGO – Director Rujanee Mahakanjana has created some atypical and artistic statements in her film career. Her studio Nebula Creatives represents that work, which includes the short films “Random Seating” and “Out of Sight,” and feature films “Man and His Erections” and “Parallel Universe.” She is taking a different route to her next film, “Lab 99,” with a creative process that utilizes the comic book format.
Interview: Shortcut 100 Film Festival Producer Rujanee Mahakanjana
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 29, 2014 - 10:59amCHICAGO – The short film gets its due this upcoming weekend, as the 2014 “Shortcut 100 Film Festival,” produced by Nebula Creatives, unreels on August 31st at the Chicago Filmmakers Loft, on Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood. Rujanee Mahakanjana is one of the producers of the festival, and the founder of Nebula Creatives.
Interview: Director Rujanee Mahakanjana Reflects Her ‘Parallel Universe’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 13, 2010 - 1:02pmCHICAGO – Last year, a documentary premiered here at the Gene Siskel Film Center, provocatively entitled “Man and His Erections.” The writer/director of the film is Rujanee Mahakanjana, an artist and designer who has been exploring filmmaking in the last five years. Her latest feature, premiering this week, is “Parallel Universe.”