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27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans
Karolina Bielawska, the filmmaker of the documentary “Call Me Marianna,” showcased her film in the annual Polish Film Festival that took place last month in Chicago. The film is about Marianna, a transgender woman who sues her parents to obtain a sex reassignment and spotlights the sacrifices a transgender person has to make to be his or […]
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Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
December 17, 2015 Comments Off on Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
The recently released movie “Chi-Raq,” directed by Spike Lee, has caused an uproar among some Chicagoans who say it will offer an unrealistic depiction of the city. “I lived in an impoverished part of the city when I was a child and it’s not beautiful or easy to look at,” said Chicago resident Jocelyn Gutierrez. Gutierrez, who […]
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Filmmaker Malik Bader and the Making of “Cash Only”
November 29, 2015 Comments Off on Filmmaker Malik Bader and the Making of “Cash Only”
In just one month with a budget barely big enough to make a music video, Malik Bader directed a film about an Albanian slum-lord in Detroit called “Cash Only.” A Chicago native, Bader was working on a teen film in Los Angeles when he got an email from Nickola Shreli, an Albanian actor from Detroit. […]
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Young Filmmakers Look at (In)Justice at Upcoming Film Festival
April 13, 2015 Comments Off on Young Filmmakers Look at (In)Justice at Upcoming Film Festival
The (In)Justice for All Film Festival (IFAFF) brings to audiences films that explore our current criminal justice system – police, courts, and corrections – the causes and drivers of over incarceration, and the for-profit industries that feed at this trough of human misery. See the work of young filmmakers as they examine how the justice […]
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18th Annual European Union Film Festival
March 28, 2015 Comments Off on 18th Annual European Union Film Festival
There’s more than European cinema than French and Italian! This month marks the beginning of the 18th annual European Union Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center which began its run March 6th and runs through April 2nd. The festival gives movie lovers the opportunity to experience international films from countries they normally wouldn’t […]
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Film Review: Mortdecai – Not the High Point of Johnny Depp’s Career
January 27, 2015 Comments Off on Film Review: Mortdecai – Not the High Point of Johnny Depp’s Career
There is a golden rule in acting when performing comedy. Never act funny. Don’t let the audience know you are in on the joke. You play your role seriously, as a believable character, just as you would any other role. As you watch “Mortdecai” (2015), directed by David Koepp, and see Johnny Depp on-screen, you quickly […]
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Blues Brothers or Ghostbusters fan? Dan Aykroyd tells you what’s up with him lately.
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on Blues Brothers or Ghostbusters fan? Dan Aykroyd tells you what’s up with him lately.
“Who you gonna call?” Do you still remember this popular phrase? That’s right. Dan Aykroyd has written and acted in some recognizable film work, such as Ghostbusters, The Blues Brothers and many more. So what’s he been up to? Aykroyd told fans what’s been going on in his life last month at the Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville. […]
