Film Review: Lone Gun Man? Audio of 'Truth is the Only Client'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 22, 2020 - 11:52pm
Brandon Sheehan
HollywoodChicago.com Content
Pat Über TV
The Official Investigation of the Murder of John F. Kennedy
Truth is the Only Client
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com reviews the new documentary "Truth is the Only Client: The Official Investigation of the Murder of John F. Kennedy" on the 57th Anniversary of the JFK assassination on November 22nd, 2020. The doc reassembles investigators of the 1964 Warren Commission.
Podtalk: Ned McGregor on 2020 Filmscape Chicago Expo, Virtual & Online August 29-30
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2020 - 10:26am
Cinespace Chicago
Filmscape Chicago
Layne Marie Williams
Ned McGregor
Podtalk
CHICAGO – One of the traditional Chicago film gatherings, now in its third year, will go virtual and online in this magic year of 2020. But that also gives interested parties a chance to sign up for their FREE classes from anywhere around the world. Registration for the Filmscape Chicago Expo is now open, click here to access.
Flashback: John C. McGinley Remembers the Passing of John Candy on Mar. 4, 1994
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 4, 2019 - 9:11pm
Planes Trains and Automobile
CHICAGO – It was 25 years ago today – March 4th, 1994 – that comic actor John Candy died on the set of the film "Wagons East." It was his 45th feature film, that extended back 21 years. One of his co-stars was John C. McGinley, best known as the irascible Perry Cox on the sitcom "Scrubs." In a HollywoodChicago.com exclusive soundbite below, McGinley describes the atmosphere on the fateful day the cast was told of Candy's passing.
Red-Carpet Talk: Opening Night of 2018 REELING LGBTQ+ Film Fest with 'Freelancer's Anonymous'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 25, 2018 - 10:34am
Cassandra Blair
Davis Theater
Freelancers Anonymous
International Film Festival
Lisa Cordileone
Megan Cavanaugh
Natasha Negovanlis
Reeling2018
Sonia Sebastián
CHICAGO – It was an Opening Night celebration at the 36th REELING LGBTQ+ International Film Festival on September 20th, 2018. The opener was the screwball comedy "Freelancers Anonymous," and walking the Red Carpet was director Sonia Sebastián, writer/lead actor Lisa Cordileone, producer Eugene Sun Park and cast members Natasha Negovanlis, Megan Cavanaugh and Cassandra Blair.
Film News: Burt Reynolds, The Movie Star King, Dies at 82
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 6, 2018 - 10:41pm
Burt Reynolds is Dead
Joe Arce
Jules Levy
Robert L. Levy
Sally Fields
The Last Movie Star
JUPITER, FLA – When I met Burt Reynolds in 2011, I knew I was meeting Hollywood royalty… he filled the room as a Movie Star King. He was frail at that time, complaining of the injuries he endured in the over 90 films in his career, but nothing stopped his stardom until it was over. Reynolds died on September 6th, 2018. He was 82.
Podtalk: Eddie Muller of 'Noir City,' at Chicago's Music Box Theatre from Aug. 17-23, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 17, 2018 - 6:01am
Devil in the Blue Dress
Eddie Muller
James McEllroy
John Alton
Music Box Theatre
Noir City
One False Movie
The Blue Dahlia
The Spiritualist
CHICAGO – It's always darkest before the dawn, and an entire genre of film is available to remind us of that chilling thought. The historic Music Box Theatre presents "Noir City" – August 17th-23rd, 2018 – an annual celebration of "film noir," the dark category of film drama that usually takes place at night, and features a rogues gallery of dames, gumshoes, coppers and crooks. Hosting for the 10th straight year is Eddie Muller, a recognized world expert on noir and also the host of Turner Classic Movie's (TCM) "Noir Alley." For more information, including tickets, click here.
Podtalk: Rebecca Fons & Jack C. Newell on Second 'Destroy Your Art' in Chicago, Aug. 10, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 9, 2018 - 9:38pm
Andrew Stasiulis
Deja Harrell
Jack C. Newell
Jacquelyn Jamjoom
Lydia Fu
Rebecca Fons
The Iowa
Vincent Singleton
Wabash Lights
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 it once to the audience, and then destroys it forever. Destroy Your Art takes place on August 10th, 2018, at Silent Funny Gallery in Chicago. For more information, including tickets, click here.
Slideshow, Audio: Photos & Interviews at Chicago's 'a Night with Oscar' on March 4, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 7, 2018 - 10:11pm
a Night with Oscar
Center on Halsted
Comcast/NBCUniversal
Jean-Claire Fitschen
Rebecca O'Neal
Tico Valle
Tom Lenk. HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
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Actor Tom Lenk on the Red Carpet at 'a Night with the Oscar.'
CHICAGO – It was super finery and ultimate glam at the Park West in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Academy Awards night, March 4th, 2018, where "a Night with Oscar" took place. The event, which was a benefit for Center on Halsted and presented by Comcast/NBCUniversal, combined food, drink, Red Carpet and Oscar viewing revelry with information about the support that Center on Halsted provides for the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago. The event was co-hosted by variety of local notables, including Lee Ann Trotter, who covers entertainment for the local NBC5 news.
Oscar Week: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 1, 2018 - 8:12am
Ben Mendelson
Clementine Churchill
CHICAGO – He has been cleaning up in the preliminary awards so far in 2018, and he's an odds-on favorite to take the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday, March 4th. Veteran actor Gary Oldman donned make-up and found the right accent to portray Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" (also nominated for the Best Picture).
Interview: Vito Forlenza on Comcast's Innovative Winter Olympic XFINITY X1 Viewing Experience
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 7, 2018 - 2:09pm
Vito Forlenza
CHICAGO – The 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, South Korea, begin this week, with opening ceremonies on Friday, February 9th. NBCUniversal TV will be the broadcast source for the Games, but their parent company Comcast is upping the ante for their XFINITY X1 TV system subscribers, offering a viewing experience that is a more flexible and user friendly way to see virtually all aspects of the 2018 Winter Games, and Team USA. Vito Forlenza, Executive Director of Business Product Management – who helped developed the strategy for the viewing experience – stopped by in Chicago to promote the multi-platform system.