Celebrating its 11th year gracing the Chicagoland area with delightful film selections with Irish flair, the annual Irish American Movie Hooley, presented by Hibernian Media, proudly returns to the historic Wilmette Theatre in Wilmette, Illinois. The event spans three films across three nights from September 26th to September 28th. It’s the only Irish American film festival in the world, and this year, the festival organizers are so excited to present three extraordinary films.
Read MoreThe Oak Park Illinois Film Festival enjoyed its inaugural year in 2024. Created as a celebration of cinema connected to the titular affluent western suburb of Chicago, the OPILFF brought together audiences and filmmakers at a gala opening at the Classic Cinemas Lake Theatre and a full-day program of over 15 films. The distinctive and valuable festival returns for its second year in 2025 with another excellent kick-off event and a two-day schedule of feature-length and short film selections
Read MoreThe elements of the classic “film noir” genre have found success and inspired other movies for almost a century. Cracking with style, crime, and tension, they are the epitome of the expression “They don’t make them like they used to.” Here in September, fans of noir movies have an oasis arriving nearby with the Music Box Theatre’s annual Noir City: Chicago program.
Read MoreCamera Ambassador, Chicago's premier camera rental house and production resource hub, announces an exciting two-day event featuring the Camera Ambassador & Friends Lab during Filmscape (June 21-22) and a grand opening celebration of its new location at CineCity Studios.
Read MoreThis past fall, the eclectic western Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois put on their inaugural film festival. The Oak Park, Illinois Film Festival. Divided into five thematic programming blocks, the festival organizers and leading board members curated a total of 17 films. Three of them were feature-length, and two of those were documentaries. Holding firm to local roots, each film entry had to have an Oak Park connect in front of or behind the camera to be eligible.
Read MoreLast weekend, the Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the winners of the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards LIVE on The CW. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the star-studded gala was held at The Barker Hangar in Los Angeles. Yours truly is an active member of the Critics Choice Association.
Read MoreWarner Bros. Home Entertainment, in partnership with content blockchain pioneer Eluvio, recently announced the next installment of the WB Movieverse with the newest DC superhero film The Flash Web3 Movie Experience, available for preview at https://web3.wb.com and opening for purchase on July 18.
Read MoreIn a competitive vote, Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the smash hit and well-regarded animated sequel won two of its three nominations. The film took home the top prize of Best Picture while Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson won Best Director. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse marks the first-ever time an animated film has won Best Picture or Best Director with the HCA.
Read MoreThe Hollywood Critics Association has announced the 2023 HCA Midseason Movie Awards nominees. The HCA Midseason Movie Awards honor the best in cinema from the first half of each calendar year. For a film to be eligible, a film must have been released between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023. Nomination ballots for the HCA Midseason Awards were tallied from the 178 members of the Hollywood Critics Association. Yours truly is one of those voting members.
Read MoreSuperman Web3 Movie Experience is a multimedia NFT for fans to own and to engage with the 1978 Richard Donner film Superman: The Movie in an exciting way. Through dynamic menu options based on iconic locations from the film, owners can watch the film in 4K UHD on desktop, mobile, tablet or TV, access special features, view image galleries and artist renderings by notable DC artists, discover digital easter eggs, as well as sell the experience in a community marketplace.
Read MoreThe Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the winners of the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both movies and television, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. Flying the Film Obsessive and Every Movie Has a Lesson flags, yours truly is a voting member of the CCA and a committee member for these Super Awards.
Read MoreEach year the membership of the Independent Film Critics of America gather to vote in the IFCA Awards. Yours truly is a member and board member of the IFCA. Below are the categories that are recognized. In addition to the IFCA Awards, one film and one performance with the “Inspiratus” award. This very special category recognizes a motion picture and actor/actress performance that the critics has deemed truly “Inspirational” and one that will stand the test of time.
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