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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
The Spark That Lights Fire! Audio Review of ‘Ema’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 15, 2021 - 1:41pm
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Ema
Photo credit: Music Box Films
“Ema” is in select theaters (see local listings) beginning on August 13th. Featuring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini and Giannina Fruttero. Written by Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larrain and Alejandro Moreno. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Rated “R”
© 2021 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new Pablo Larrain film “Ema,” a Chilean Film distributed in the U.S. by Music Box Films of Chicago. In select theaters, including the Music Box Theatre. beginning August 13th, 2021.
The director of 2016’s Jaqueline Kennedy bio JACKIE, Pablo Larrain, follows up with “Ema,” featuring Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character, a dancer married to choreographer Gaston (Gael Garcia Bernal), but their marriage is haunted by a failed adoption. Their union begins also to fail, and it affects the pair’s professional dance partnership. In the meantime, Ema bursts out into a new rhythm of life, bringing in old and new relationships into her web, to figure out what is next.
Ema
Photo credit: Music Box Films
Audio Film Review of “Ema,” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
