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Sobering Documentary ‘At the Death House Door’ to Premiere in Chicago From...
CHICAGO– The Texas “killer burger” is literally sold right across the street from a state-mandated death house that brings convicted felons to their legal demise. While the death penalty is believed by...
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Film Feature: The 15th Annual EU Film Festival Arrives at Chicago’s Siskel...
CHICAGO– One of the annual gems of the Chicago movie scene is the Siskel Film Center’s unmissable European Union Film Festival. It provides local movie buffs with the opportunity to sample some of the...
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Interview: Jack C. Newell, Ron Falzone Chat Up Chicago Indie ‘Close Quarters’
CHICAGO– Director Jack C. Newell ended up meeting one of his great collaborators while taking classes at Columbia College Chicago. His future filmmaking partner turned out to not be a fellow peer, but...
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Film News: Gene Siskel Film Center, CFCA to Hold ‘Castles in the Sky’...
CHICAGO– Fans of the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and his magnificent Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli, have a cinematic treat in store this summer. The Chicago Film Critics Association...
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Film News: ‘Nate and Margaret’ Makes Chicago Debut at Gene Siskel Film Center...
CHICAGO– One of Nathan Adloff’s goals as a filmmaker is mastering the art of the awkward silence. That moment when audiences shift uneasily in their chairs, balancing on the razor’s edge between...
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Interview: Director Todd Looby Premieres ‘Be Good’ at Chicago’s Gene Siskel...
CHICAGO– One of the Chicago filmmakers to watch is Todd Looby. The director, who has won awards for his short film “Son of None” at Slamdance 2011 and the Boston Film Festival, premieres his latest...
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Film News: Patrick McDonald, CFCA Present ‘Spirited Away’ at Gene Siskel Film...
CHICAGO– The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago are teaming up to present “Castles in the Sky,” a 15-film series of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, highlighting...
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Film News: Indie Outlook Spotlights Charming Doc ‘Beauty is Embarrassing’
CHICAGO– Hollywood Chicago staff writer Matt Fagerholm’s independent film blog, Indie Outlook, published an exclusive review of Neil Berkeley’s charming documentary, “Beauty is Embarrassing,” which...
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Film News: Kentucker Audley Explores ‘Sun Don’t Shine’ on Indie Outlook
CHICAGO– Actor/filmmaker Kentucker Audley gave an exclusive interview to Indie Outlook, the independent film blog and podcast founded by Hollywood Chicago staff writer Matt Fagerholm. Audley stars...
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Film Review: Ulrich Seidl’s ‘Paradise’ Trilogy Proves Darkly Transfixing
CHICAGO– What is paradise but a mirage unaccustomed to reality? It hovers over us at all times, tantalizing our minds with illusions of perfection, divinity and eternal harmony. Only when one reaches...
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Film Review: ‘I Do’ Tackles Weighty Issues with Tender Insight
CHICAGO– Nothing bugs a critic more than obstacles strategically placed in the path of otherwise happy characters. Without the conspiratorial manipulations of the plot, these people would have no...
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Slideshow: Morgan Freeman Honored by Gene Siskel Film Center
Previous | Image 1 of 4 | Next Morgan Freeman honored by the Gene Siskel Film Center, June 7th, 2014.CHICAGO– The sonorous and familiar voice of Morgan Freeman was in Chicago on June 7th, 2014, as the...
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Interview: Co-Directors Aaron Wickenden, Dan Rybicky of Outsider Artist Doc...
CHICAGO– The discovery of an outsider artist’s eccentric creations leads to the testing revelation of a public shame in “Almost There,” a definitively human documentary that mixes the idiosyncratic...
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Red-Carpet Interview: Mark Ruffalo Honored by Gene Siskel Film Center
CHICAGO– He is one of the hottest movie actors on the market right now, but Mark Ruffalo will tell you he’s not an overnight success. Building his resume with a series of character roles, Ruffalo...
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Interview: Producer Marla Gamze to Present ‘Artists of the First Sunrise’ in...
CHICAGO– The traditions and ceremony of our tribal past have eventually become homogenized in modern society. But there are some parts of the world where those traditions still exist, and much of it...
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Film News: 19th Chicago European Union Film Festival at Gene Siskel Center...
CHICAGO– Last week, one of the most diverse film festivals of the year in Chicago opened with the Swedish film “The Paradise Suite.” The 19th Annual Chicago European Union Film Fest will be at the Gene...
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Film News: ‘Here Comes the Videofreex’ Panel Talk at Chicago’s Gene Siskel...
CHICAGO– What made the 1960s the petri dish for the counterculture had to do with many of that movement’s participants trying new things in the “underground.” When Sony released its first home video...
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Film News: 2016 Black Harvest Festival Closes in Chicago on Sept. 1 with...
CHICAGO– A sold out Gene Siskel Film Center will be the scene for the Closing Night of the 2016 Black Harvest Film Festival on Thursday, September 1st, 2016. For the last three and a half weeks, the...
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Interview: Director Julie Dash of ‘Daughters of the Dust’
CHICAGO– Iconic and historical are the two apt terms for a film directed by an African American woman, the first to be distributed theatrically, Was it the 1920s? 1940s? It had to be the 1970s. No, it...
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Film News: Gene Siskel Film Center to Honor Four Filmmakers at ‘Hollywood on...
CHICAGO– As Chicago evolves as a film town, so do its parties. The annual “Hollywood on State” gathering, put together by the Gene Siskel Film Center, is enhancing their Oscar watching event by...
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