CHICAGO – When two brothers confront the sins of each other and it expands into a psychology of an entire race, it’s at a stage play found in Chicago’s Invictus Theatre Company production of “Topdog/Underdog,” now at their new home at the Windy City Playhouse through March 31st, 2024. Click TD/UD for tickets/info.
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Rosebud! On-Air Reviews of ‘Mank’ & ‘The Last Vermeer’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 19, 2020 - 7:05pm- Amanda Seyfried
- Citizen Kane
- Claes Bang
- Gary Oldman
- Guy Pierce
- Herman Mankiewicz
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- Mank
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- Movie Review
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- Orson Welles
- Patrick McDonald
- Rosebud
- Scott Thompson
- The Last Vermeer
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Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on November 19th, 2020, reviewing the new films “Mank” (in theaters, on Netflix December 4th) and “The Last Verneer” (only in theaters).
Fate of a Nation is Contemplated in ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 22, 2018 - 9:22pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – You might think that “Fahrenheit 11/9,” the latest advocate documentary from provocateur Michael Moore, is all about Donald Trump and his diffident administration. But that’s not the whole thing, which is the strength of the film. Moore goes back to hometown Flint, Michigan, and other places in the USA, which exposes the symptoms rather than the Trump disease.
Personal Holocaust Horror is Rooted in ‘Son of Saul’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 29, 2016 - 2:02pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The Oscar nominated, Golden Globe winning Best Foreign Language Film is a another trip into the well of horror that was the Holocaust. After over 100 movie treatments, director László Nemes finds a more personal story to tell, and it all unfolds in “Son of Saul.”