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Coming to Chicago on Dec. 14, Watch Out For Acclaimed Indie Film ‘Juno’
CHICAGO– On Sept. 12, 2007, I published a list of independent films coming through the Chicago circuit over the next few months. While I’m familiar with many of them, I wasn’t with a film called “Juno”...
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Chicago International Film Festival Kicks Off With Tribute to Legendary...
CHICAGO– Producers, writers and actors all took a backseat on Thursday night as the Chicago International Film Festival kicked off its 43rd year with a moving tribute to legendary film critic Roger...
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Chicago International Film Festival Announces 2007 Award Winners
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 14 announced its 2007 award winners.Mexico, China, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States took top honors in the festival’s 43rd...
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DVD Review: Social Realism of ‘El Norte’ Resonates With Criterion Release
DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– Gregory Bava’s “El Norte” is a riveting commentary on the impact of the American dream on the rest of the world. It’s easily one of the best films produced about the complex...
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Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Goodbye Solo’ Stands Alone So Far in 2009
Rating: 5.0/5.0CHICAGO– There were a few great films of late 2008 that weren’t widely released until early this year including “Waltz With Bashir” and “Che,” but Ramin Bahrani’s “Goodbye Solo” is the...
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Blu-Ray Review: Criterion Inducts Terry Zwigoff’s ‘Crumb,’ ‘Louie Bluie’
CHICAGO– Terry Zwigoff’s “Crumb” is one of the best documentaries ever made. It’s that cut-and-dry. I can still remember first seeing Terry Zwigoff’s brilliant dissection of art, sexuality, and...
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Famed Chicago Film Critic Roger Ebert Announces New Weekly Movie Review Show...
CHICAGO– “Roger Ebert Presents at the Movies,” which is a weekly, 30-minute film review program, was announced on Friday by producers Chaz Ebert and Roger Ebert. The program continues its 35-year run...
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Film News: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Joins Christy Lemire on ‘Roger Ebert Presents...
CHICAGO– The balcony is officially open and back in business at WTTW Chicago, the same network where Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel hosted “Sneak Previews” roughly 35 years ago. On Friday, Jan. 21 at...
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Film News: Ebertfest 2012 Lineup Announced
CHICAGO– As a graduate of the University of Illinois, I can tell you there is one time of the year that is very close to my heart, and many others in the Champaign-Urbana community. That is the last...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Casablanca: 70th Anniversary Edition’ Worth Remembering
CHICAGO– Every seasoned movie lover can attest to having a favorite shot in Michael Curtiz’s 1942 classic “Casablanca,” a picture practically overflowing with indelible imagery. The first appearance of...
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Film News: Chicago’s Music Box Theatre Pays Off Roger Ebert Bet, Will Screen...
CHICAGO– In Feb. 2012, the Music Box Theatre (on Chicago’s north side) offered a challenge to Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. If he could beat them in predicting the 86th Annual Oscars – as...
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TV Review: ‘The Layover with Anthony Bourdain’ Comes to Chicago
CHICAGO– The great Anthony Bourdain, who entertained viewers for seasons with his foodie adventures around the world on “No Reservations,” has altered his recipe a bit for The Travel Channel’s “The...
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Film Tribute: Legendary Film Critic Roger Ebert Passes Away at 70
CHICAGO– On Thursday, April 4, 2013, the film industry lost a titan as Roger Ebert succumbed to his long battle with cancer. Far more than just an icon in the film industry, the first film critic to...
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Breaking Film News: Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies at 70
CHICAGO– The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that Roger Ebert, beloved and influential film critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, has died today at age 70, of complications due to cancer. Ebert is an icon of...
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Film Tribute: Remembering Roger Ebert, Memories from the Screening Room
CHICAGO– Roger Ebert may have left this world today, but he did not die. He is alive in every moviegoer he guided toward a cinematic epiphany and in every writer who believes that big ideas can be...
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Film Tribute: In Appreciation, Roger Ebert is Why I’m Here
CHICAGO– When I first walked into the Chicago film critic’s screening room in January of 2008, Roger Ebert was sitting there, in the seat where he always held court. I had met him only a couple times...
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Interview: Jeff Nichols Explores Love From Male Perspective in ‘Mud’
CHICAGO– Rare is the film that explores love from a male perspective and doesn’t become overtly preoccupied with sex. Writer/director Jeff Nichols’s fabulously entertaining third feature, “Mud,” is a...
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Interview: Dennis Quaid, Ramin Bahrani of ‘At Any Price’
CHICAGO– Writer/director Ramin Bahrani delivers his most mainstream film this weekend with the Chicago release of “At Any Price,” an old-fashioned melodrama starring Dennis Quaid as a grain farmer...
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Interview: Sarah Polley Finds Reasons Behind ‘Stories We Tell’
CHICAGO– Sarah Polley’s brilliant “Stories We Tell” was the opening night film of the 2013 Chicago Critics Film Festival and the writer/director/actress sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to discuss...
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Blu-ray Review: Beautiful, Mesmerizing World of ‘Blancanieves’
CHICAGO– There’s something even more bittersweet and poignant about the beautiful, mesmerizing “Blancanieves,” new to Blu-ray and DVD, when one thinks that it was one of the last movies that Roger...
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