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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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Film Festival Hit, Irish Oscar Entry ‘Viva’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 2, 2016 - 11:09amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival hit “Viva”! Shot entirely in Havana, the film was directed by an Irish director and was Ireland’s official Oscar entry last year!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to Sundance Film Festival Hit ‘Dope’ From Forest Whitaker
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 14, 2015 - 4:03pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance Film Festival hit “Dope” from producer Forest Whitaker and executive producer Pharrell Williams!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of 7-Packs to 2015 Chicago Critics Film Festival at Music Box Theatre
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 27, 2015 - 2:42pm- Adam Fendelman
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- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
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- People, Places, Things
- Quitters
- Raiders!
- South by Southwest
- Sundance Film Festival
- The Overnight
- The Second Mother
CHICAGO – Exclusive! Free festival 7-packs! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of guaranteed festival 7-packs up for grabs to the third-annual Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre from the Chicago Film Critics Association!
Film Review: Tense Creepy Factor Along the Way for ‘It Follows’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 22, 2015 - 10:48amCHICAGO – There is a particular atmosphere in “It Follows,” that stalks a viewer long after the credits recede. That is a fine legacy for a horror film, which contains symbolic elements of life itself, and some graveyard humor that breaks the agitation. Yet it also relies on the same old, same old.
2015 Sundance Diary: ‘Listen to Me Marlon,’ ‘Pervert Park,’ ‘Seoul Searching’ & Festival Wrap-Up
Submitted by NickHC on February 9, 2015 - 12:25pm- 2015 Sundance Diary
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- Alison Brie
- Ariel Kleiman
- Benson Lee
- Frida Barkfors
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- Jason Sudeikis
- Lasse Barkfors
- Leslye Headland
- Listen to Me Marlon
- Marlon Brando
- Nick Allen
- Partisan
- Seoul Searching
- Sleeping with Other People
- Stevan Riley
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PARK CITY, Utah – This is the last batch of Sundance reviews I’ve got to offer. A tad late, but I couldn’t let these films go uncommented on, especially with their special offerings for those who seek them out. I hope that each of these films finds an audience.
2015 Sundance Diary: ‘Digging for Fire,’ ‘Entertainment’ & ‘Results’
Submitted by NickHC on February 2, 2015 - 9:38pm- 2015 Sundance Diary
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- Anna Kendrick
- Brie Larson
- Chris Messina
- Cobie Smulders
- Digging for Fire
- Entertainment
- Gregg Turkington
- Guy Pearce
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- Jake Johnson
- Joe Swanberg
- Kevin Corrigan
- Nick Allen
- Results
- Rick Alverson
- Sam Rockwell
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PARK CITY, Utah – There are still some films to be discussed in my Sundance coverage. Here’s write-ups of “Digging for Fire,” “Entertainment,” and “Results,” which featured the return of festival-approved directors, albeit heading in different directions.
2015 Sundance Diary: ‘Don Verdean,’ ‘The Mask You Live In’ & ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
Submitted by NickHC on January 30, 2015 - 11:47amPARK CITY, Utah – HollywoodChicago.com’s coverage of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival is far from over. This is the latest batch of reviews of movies that I’ve seen there. One film was a triumph while the other two are titles that I wouldn’t want to be stuck talking to at a party.
2015 Sundance Diary: ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ ‘Eden,’ ‘Z for Zachariah’ & ‘Knock Knock’
Submitted by NickHC on January 26, 2015 - 2:43amPARK CITY, Utah – There are too many films and not enough time between shuttle shuffles and line waiting to cover the festival day by day. So, in pure improvised festival-going fashion, I’ll now be posting reviews for material that I see, but necessarily in viewing order. Enjoy!
2015 Sundance Diary, Day 1: ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?,’ ‘The Bronze’ & ‘The Amina Profile’
Submitted by NickHC on January 23, 2015 - 10:59pmPARK CITY, Utah – The 2015 Sundance Film Festival is well underway in Park City, Utah, a snow-adorned mega village where everything looks like ski lodges, even the movie theaters. The festival occurs in a place that transforms for the cause of movies.
Film Feature: Preview of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Submitted by NickHC on January 18, 2015 - 11:06pm- 2015 Sundance Film Festival
- A Walk in the Woods
- Beaver Trilogy Part IV
- Cop Car
- Digging for Fire
- Don Verdean
- Entertainment
- Experimenter
- Festival Coverage
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Knock Knock
- Last Days in the Desert
- Nasty Baby
- Nick Allen
- People Places Things
- Results
- Seoul Searching
- Sundance Film Festival
- The Amina Profile
- The Bronze
- The End of the Tour
- The Mask You Live In
- Tig
- Welcome to Leith
- What Happened Miss Simone?
- Z for Zachariah
CHICAGO – This Thursday marks the beginning of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and yours truly will be in attendance to cover the fest for HollywoodChicago.com. Last year, the Park City, Utah event introduced the world to its 2014-defining sensations like “Whiplash” and “Boyhood”.