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Interview: Vera Farmiga Ascends to ‘Higher Ground’
CHICAGO– As an actress, Vera Farmiga broke out big in 2009 with her Oscar nominated performance in “Up in the Air.” Farmiga is now taking a total filmmaker’s role, playing the lead character and...
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Film News: Patrick McDonald Hosts Screenplay Reading of ‘The Other One’ on...
CHICAGO– The pre-production period, right before a film is about to go into principle photography, is one of the most important steps in the overall creation of a new work of cinema. On Monday, April...
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Interviews: Women in Film Chicago at the 2013 Focus Awards
CHICAGO– Women in Film Chicago is one of the greatest Midwest advocates for women filmmakers. Every year, they present “Focus Awards” to honor notable female breakthroughs in the film and television...
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Exclusive Portrait: Russell Crowe in Chicago for ‘The Water Diviner’
CHICAGO– Actor and Oscar Winner Russell Crowe, known for films such as “L.A. Confidential,” “Gladiator,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Cinderella Man,” “Les Miserables” and “Man of Steel,” breaks out in his...
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Interview: Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees on Finding ‘Amy’
CHICAGO– She burned like a firework in the sky, and just as quickly faded away. The unique voice of Amy Winehouse was fresh air into the music vacuum, and yet the delicate state of her destructive...
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Film News: 51st Chicago International Film Festival Kicks Off with ‘Mia Madre’
CHICAGO– The 2015 edition, the 51st Chicago International Film Festival, kicks off tonight on October 15th with a Red Carpet at 5:30pm, and film at 7pm. The premiere will be “Mia Madre” a...
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Film News: 2016 Chicago 48 Hour Film Project Kicks Off Aug. 26
CHICAGO– The annual Chicago 48 Hour Film Project, 2016 edition, begins on Friday, August 26th. Filmmakers from all over the Chicagoland area will compete in an attempt to make the best short film in 48...
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Interview: Director Kyle Ham on the Chicago Premiere of ‘Reparation’ on Sep....
CHICAGO– The premiere of a new director’s work is cause for an event, and the new film “Reparation” will get its Chicago premiere on September 10th, 2016, at the suburban Wilmette Theatre (details...
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Interview: Larry Ziegelman on Chicago Web Series ‘Geek Lounge,’ Screening on...
CHICAGO– The idea was to combine the TV series nerd culture of “Silicon Valley” with the back-and-forth bar banter of “Cheers,” and creator/director Larry Ziegelman came up with a natural composite...
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Interview: Larry Ziegelman's Chicago Web Series ‘Geek Lounge,’ Screening...
CHICAGO– Getting to the next step of any new creative project is the goal, and creator/director Larry Ziegelman has done it. One year after premiering his new web series, “Geek Lounge,” he has...
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Red-Carpet Interview: Gene Siskel Film Center Honors Ethan Hawke
CHICAGO– Ethan Hawke has made 2018 his year, and on June 7th the Gene Siskel Film Center of Chicago recognized his recent artistic achievements and his career by honoring him with their annual...
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Podtalk: Rebecca Fons & Jack C. Newell on Second ‘Destroy Your Art’ in...
CHICAGO– The happening is lovelier, the second time around. Chicago film power couple Rebecca Fons and Jack C. Newell bring back “Destroy Your Art,” an event in which a filmmaker creates a film, shows...
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Film News: Chicago Premiere of ‘Banana Season’ at Gene Siskel Film Center,...
CHICAGO– The Gene Siskel Film Center is screening a Chicago premiere, and it’s the debut director effort of producer/cinematographer Sanghoon Lee. “Banana Season” is the story of friendship and...
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Podtalk: Ike Barinholtz, First Time Director for ‘The Oath’
CHICAGO– 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...
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Film News: Next Screening for Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema is ‘Dear Ex’ on...
CHICAGO– Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) continues on Thursday, November 8th, 2018, with “Dear Ex,” a story of duplicity and acceptance. The Taiwanese film will make its North...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Amy Scott Revitalizes Director Hal Ashby in Her New...
CHICAGO– The name Hal Ashby might not be as familiar to today’s film watchers, but the movies he made in the 1970s are considered classics… like “Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo,”...
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Film News: Midwest Independent Film Fest ‘Best of the Midwest’ Best Feature...
CHICAGO– On a cold day in January, it was a “Cold War” night. The Midwest Independent Film Festival “Best of the Midwest” (BMA) Awards for 2018 were given out on January 17th, 2019, and “Cold War” took...
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Podtalk: Midwest Independent Film Fest Opener is ‘An Acceptable Loss’ on Feb....
CHICAGO– Some extraordinary local and outside talent coordinated to produce the film “An Acceptable Loss” in 2018, including featured stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter (“Southside with You”)....
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Soundbite: Composer Stephen Schwartz on Bob Fosse, of TV Series ‘Fosse/Vernon’
CHICAGO– The final episode of the FX Network’s miniseries “Fosse/Vernon” airs on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019, concluding one of the more fascinating explorations of a historic show business couple. Bob...
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Podtalk: Rebecca Fons & Jack C. Newell on 3rd ‘Destroy Your Art’ in Chicago,...
CHICAGO– In what has become an annual happening, Chicago arts power couple Rebecca Fons and Jack C. Newell bring back “Destroy Your Art,” an event in which a filmmaker creates a film, shows it once to...
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