CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
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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.
Interview: Chicago’s Asian Pop-up Cinema Features ‘High Flash’ on Mar. 28, 2019
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 28, 2019 - 10:19amCHICAGO – It’s week three in Season Eight of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC), featuring films from Taiwan. On Thursday, March 28th, 2019, APUC will screen “High Flash,” a whodunnit thriller mixing romance, corporate intrigue, the environment and politics.
Podtalk: Ike Barinholtz, First Time Director for ‘The Oath’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 18, 2018 - 8:59amCHICAGO – The life we have in these “interesting times” is rife with the peril of outside influences… which makes for difficult confrontations with both the known and the unknown. Comic actor Ike Barinholtz (“Blockers”) writes and directs his first film, “The Oath,” dealing with a family Thanksgiving within a Trump-like world.
Film Review: Ain’t That America in New Documentary ‘Weiner’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 1, 2016 - 10:32amCHICAGO – It’s almost impossible to invent any punishment that former Congressman Anthony Weiner hasn’t inflicted upon himself. According to modern media, his indiscretions are the ultimate sin, but the media hacks are also the rock throwers in the glass houses. It’s all in the new doc, “Weiner.”
