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Interview: Director Noah Baumbach on Timing in ‘While We’re Young’
CHICAGO– Director Noah Baumbach is a master in creating cinematic atmosphere. Whether it’s the adolescent mood of “The Squid and the Whale,” the weird loneliness of “Frances Ha” or his screenplays with...
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Film Review: Trite ‘Woman in Gold’ Lacks a Compelling Story
CHICAGO– The horrors of the Holocaust have been expressed in cinematic art through many angles. “Woman in Gold” takes another track, that of restoring a work of art that was stolen from a Jewish family...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 15 Pairs of Guaranteed Anytime Passes to ‘Danny...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 15 pairs of guaranteed anytime movie tickets up for grabs to the new dramedy“Danny Collins” starring Al Pacino! Pick your own theatre...
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Film Review: Wham, Bam, Pass the Popcorn, Man For ‘Furious 7’
CHICAGO– The “Fast & Furious” franchise of films has probably one of the strangest evolutions in action history. What began as a rebellious street race movie, has morphed into a sort of superhero...
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Film Review: Relentlessly Action-Packed ‘Furious 7’ Actually Has a Story, Too
CHICAGO– I’ve never classified myself as a “Fast & Furious” franchise fan. Nor have I been a hater. I’ve fallen somewhere in between – willingly watching the popcorn flicks but then quickly going...
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Film Review: An Age Range of Human Conditions in ‘While We’re Young’
CHICAGO– We’re born, we’re nurtured, we seek purpose and we die. In between there are a million decisions between the words of that opening sentence, and writer/director Noah Baumbach understands that...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Desert Dancer’ With...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new biography/drama“Desert Dancer” starring Freida Pinto and Reece...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Longest Ride’ From...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new romantic drama“The Longest Ride” from “The Notebook” and “Dear John”...
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Film News: 31st Chicago Latino Film Festival Opens on April 9, 2015 With ‘The...
CHICAGO– The 31st edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival Kicks Off on Thursday, April 9, 2015, with the Venezuelan/Spanish film “The Liberator” (“Libertador”). All films are at the AMC River East...
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Interview: Director Richard Raymond on the Passion of ‘Desert Dancer’
CHICAGO– What does anyone understand about regimes outside their political or moral universe? The setting is Iran, the time is during their controversial 2009 elections and the medium is dance as...
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Film Review: ‘The Longest Ride’ is a Journey to Nowhere
CHICAGO– “The Longest Ride” is sentimental schlockmeister Nicholas Sparks’ latest attempt to remix “The Notebook.” It’s got an old man recounting lost love, handwritten letters, young lovers kissing in...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 60 Pairs of Passes to ‘Monkey Kingdom’ & Lincoln...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 60 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new Disneynature film “Monkey Kingdom” narrated by Tina Fey along with a...
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Slideshow: Chicago International Film Festival TV Awards Slated for April 22....
Previous | Image 1 of 3 | NextCIFF TV Artistic Achievement Award honoree. Jesse Spencer of ‘Chicago Fire.’CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) kicks off its 51st year by presenting...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Unfriended’ From Jason...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film horror producer Jason Blum (“Paranormal Activity,” “The...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of ‘Insidious: Into the Further 4D...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of Oculus Rift virtual reality passes up for grabs to the new “Insidious: Into the Further 4D Experience” at C2E2plus20 pairs...
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Theater Review: ‘Down the Moonlit Path’ a Sensational, Interpersonal Stage...
CHICAGO– The power of creativity, and the risk of live theater, is all on display through Nothing Without a Company’s latest amazing journey, “Down the Moonlit Path.” The interactive stage experience...
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Film News: CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, opens...
CHICAGO– CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, has become one of the fastest growing and buzzworthy Chicago film festivals in recent years. Combining film, tribute events and...
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Interview: Director Alex Garland Seeks Humanity in ‘Ex Machina’
CHICAGO– Who are we anyway, when as inventors of artificial intelligence, we can create a new wave of thought process? That is what writer – and now director – Alex Garland (“28 Days Later…,”...
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Film Review: ‘Monkey Kingdom’ is a Disappointing Destination
CHICAGO– Disney has always imported a bit of its cutesy narratives into its nature films. The best ones seem to spring organically from the images on screen and it becomes easy to forget the...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Little Boy’ With Kevin...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new war dramedy“Little Boy” starring Kevin James, Emily WatsonTom...
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