Dominic Rains is officially exiting the hit drama series Chicago Med following the recent Season 9 finale. According to a report from Deadline, Rains — who played Dr. Crockett Marcel in the medical drama — is leaving the series that he joined in Season 5, ending a fan-favorite run on the series. What happened on … Read more
In addition, more than a dozen community events have been organized to further link Sundance’s mission with Chicago’s bustling independent film and arts culture. This includes panels on sustainable innovation in independent filmmaking, roundtables on film distribution, and independent cinema’s ties to Black liberation. Most notably, RogerEbert.com Publisher Chaz Ebert will be featured on the … Read more
Supernatural star Jensen Ackles is teaming up with Chicago P.D. creative Derek Haas for an intense new drama called Countdown. Amazon MGM Studios is doubling down on its working relationship with Jensen Ackles after bringing the Supernatural alum aboard the hit television series The Boys for a new episodic drama, Countdown. The project hails from … Read more
On the red carpet outside the Music Box Theatre, Adlon—whose acclaimed FX series “Better Things,” which followed a single mother raising three daughters in Los Angeles, frequently drew inspiration from her own life—reflected on working with Glazer and Jon Rabinowitz, who co-wrote “Babes,” while ensuring her own voice as a filmmaker shone through on the … Read more
Barghouti’s family, longing for him, speak as though he will find release. The more profound point here, present in all the films of this Festival, is that as they watch the Occupiers seize their towns, their homes, and their bodies, the Palestinians cannot help but persist. His resistance, whether from a rooftop speech or torture in … Read more
SING SING Director: Greg Kwedar | 105 mins Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other men who are incarcerated, including wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin), in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, … Read more
I was delighted to attend the event at the Music Box in Chicago this week promoting the new book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema, by our former Film Critic Odie Henderson, who is now the head critic at The Boston Globe. Odie is one of the people who never fails to make me laugh out loud at … Read more
Chicago Harry, the live groundhog, will emerge from his tree stump to reveal if he sees his shadow, meaning 6 more weeks of winter is expected, while Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly will close out the ceremony by reading a City of Chicago proclamation declaring it Harold Ramis Day in Chicago. Harry Caray’s Tavern will transform … Read more
He was born Myron G. Nussbaum on December 29, 1923 and grew up in the Albany Park section of Chicago’s Northwest Side. He served in the armed forces during World War II at the Allied Expeditionary Force under the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and in that capacity became the one charged with cabling … Read more
The full list of winners is below: BEST PICTURE: “Killers of the Flower Moon”BEST DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”BEST ACTRESS: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Charles Melton, “May December”BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “May December” by Samy BurchBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “Killers of the Flower Moon” … Read more