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UPDATE: Music Box Theatre IS OPEN! Gene Siskel Center Continues At-Home...
CHICAGO– Using safety-first precautions, the Music Box Theatre of Chicago has reopened as of July 3rd for limited seating (see link below for details). The Gene Siskel Film Center continues “Film...
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UPDATE: Chicago’s Music Box Screens 'Inception,' AMC ReOpens, Plus Gene...
CHICAGO– An exciting opening on Friday, August 14th, 2020, for the historic Music Box Theatre (which was the first movie house to open with safety precautions last month). They will be the ONLY movie...
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Podtalk: Lonnie Edwards is Chicago Onscreen, Sept. 12, 2020
CHICAGO– As an artist, it doesn’t get any more high profile than filmmaker and man-as-happening maestro Lonnie Edwards. Edwards will be showcasing his latest short film, “Periphery,” as part of The...
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Film News: Union & Indie Passion Shorts Night at Midwest Film Festival, Sept....
CHICAGO– The Midwest Film Festival adds three fall dates to their revived 2020 season and kicks off on September 29th, 2020, with a Drive-In presentation of “Union & Indie Passion Shorts Night.”...
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Podtalk: Director Kerri Lyn Walsh at Midwest Film Fest Ad Community Shorts...
CHICAGO– The Midwest Film Festival continues their 2020 Fall Drive-In Programs on October 21st, 2020, with the presentation of “Ad Community Shorts Night.” Doors open at 5:30pm at the Chi-Town Movies...
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Podtalk: David Weathersby of ‘The District’ at 26th Black Harvest Film Fest,...
CHICAGO– On Friday, November 6th, 2020, the 26th edition of Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival (BHFF) opened for online and virtual access. The BHFF is one of the country’s most prestigious...
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Podtalk: Okema 'Seven' Gunn of ‘Black Mama Sable’ at 26th Black Harvest Film...
CHICAGO– The 26th edition of Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival (BHFF) continues with online and virtual access. One of the short films, in the program “Voices of Our Time,” is writer/director Okema...
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Via Zoom: Filmmaker Jack C. Newell on His New Film ‘Monuments’
CHICAGO– The evolution of the “local filmmaker” always seems to be defined through where that person is. Jack C. Newell appears to not be measured by time and place, but as a filmmaker of artistic...
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Podtalk: Producer Kali Patrice on ‘(C)answers: The Answer to Cancer,’ in...
CHICAGO– The premiere of a documentary feature, “(C)answers: The Answer to Cancer” will take place this Saturday, July 31st, 2021, at the Gene Siskel Film Center and through online virtual cinema....
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Via Zoom: Rebecca Fons of the Gene Siskel Film Center, ReOpening on August 6,...
CHICAGO– A cinema treasure, the Gene Siskel Film Center, reopens in-theater screenings on Friday, August 6th, 2021, the first since the pandemic closure in March of 2020. During the closure, they also...
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On-Air Film Review: Frankie and ??? Review of ‘Annette’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 5th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Annette.” In theaters on...
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Audio Film Review: Black Sisters United! Review of ‘Unapologetic’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new release by Chicago’s Kartemquin Films, “Unapologetic,” premiering at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on August...
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Film News: Premiere of ‘Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 7’ at Gene Siskel Film...
CHICAGO– For years, Full Spectrum Features has delivered a yearly highlight reel of local Chicago filmmakers producing the area’s best short films. The latest, “Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 7,” is an...
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Via Zoom: Lead Actors of ‘Ma Belle, My Beauty,’ at Gene Siskel Film Center...
CHICAGO– If you ever wondered how a polyamorous relationship might play out – in this case He-She-She – then writer/director Marion Hill has created “Ma Belle, My Beauty” as one such delving into the...
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Via Zoom: Mike Houlihan for Irish Movie Hooley, Sep. 24-26, 2021
CHICAGO– It twill be a touch of the Irish in Chicago’s Loop this weekend, as the Gene Siskel Film Center on State Street screens the Irish American Movie Hooley, produced by Hibernian Media Chairman...
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Via Zoom: Director Maria Finitzo’s ‘The Dilemma of Desire’ at Midwest Film...
CHICAGO– The Midwest Film Festival, which launched a reboot in the beginning of 2020, will hold their first in-theater event – at Chicago’s downtown Gene Siskel Film Center – since that time. On...
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Podtalk: Music Supervisor Cait Rappel for ‘Relative,’ at Midwest Film Fest,...
CHICAGO– The made-in-Chicago film “Relative” … written and directed by Michael Glover Smith … will get its city/Midwest premiere at (appropriately) the Midwest Film Festival on April 5th, 2022. The...
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Podtalk: Michael Glover Smith Proves Everything is 'Relative'
CHICAGO– The journey from idea to completed film is a fever dream for the writer/director. Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith has realized his dreams in his fourth feature film, “Relative.”...
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Film News: Judy Garland Summer Centennial at Gene Siskel Film Center, June 1...
CHICAGO– She was born Frances Gumm on June 10th, 1922, but the world knew her as megastar Judy Garland. To celebrate her birth centennial, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents nine of her films from...
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Via Zoom: Actor Elizabeth Stam Shines in New Film ‘Relative’
CHICAGO– One of the breakout performances in Michael Glover Smith’s new film, “Relative,” is from Elizabeth Stam, who portrays the pivotal role of Hekla. The “Relative” special Chicago general releases...
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