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    Jun 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. City's festivals go hunting for variety

    At this year's Just for Laughs Chicago comedy festival, not one of the main headliners, the people playing the Chicago Theatre and featured atop the website, is a woman.
    At this year's Just for Laughs Chicago comedy festival, not one of the main headliners, the people playing the Chicago Theatre and featured atop the website, is a woman. Not Bob Newhart. Not Bill Maher. Not Russell Brand or Seth Meyers. Not even any...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Minority Groups, Lisa Lampanelli, Comedy Central (tv network), Entertainment

    2. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Jean Bach, jazz documentarian, dies at 94

    Jean Bach, who told the story behind a celebrated photograph of jazz luminaries in the award-winning 1994 documentary "A Great Day in Harlem," died Monday in New York City at age 94. The hourlong film chronicles an extraordinary moment in jazz history...

    Tags: Music Industry, Music, Obituaries, New York City, Dave Brubeck

    3. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Jean Bach dies at 94; made Oscar-nominated jazz documentary

    Jean Bach first laid eyes on the astonishing photograph more than a decade after its 57 subjects — all illustrious figures from jazz's golden age — posed on the steps of a Harlem brownstone in the summer of 1958.
    Jean Bach first laid eyes on the astonishing photograph more than a decade after its 57 subjects — all illustrious figures from jazz's golden age — posed on the steps of a Harlem brownstone in the summer of 1958. The photo eventually...

    Tags: Arlene Francis, Photography, The Washington Post, Fine Artists, New York City

    4. May 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Cannes once again a fascinating, provocative 'research' project

    Every year the Cannes Film Festival pulls into its orbit a rangy group of Chicago journalists, critics, student filmmakers and programmers. The festival was different this year, though. Conspicuously and sadly, it lacked the benevolent presence of its most ardent American chronicler, the late Roger Ebert.
    Every year the Cannes Film Festival pulls into its orbit a rangy group of Chicago journalists, critics, student filmmakers and programmers. The festival was different this year, though. Conspicuously and sadly, it lacked the benevolent presence of its...

    Tags: Ethan Coen, Mads Mikkelsen, Festive Events, Lobbying, Entertainment

    5. May 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Leslie Zemeckis sashays into the history of burlesque

    During the shabby final days of the last of the burlesque houses that once dotted State Street near Congress Parkway, three of us — in possession of a few bucks and self-confidence fueled by fake IDs — entered the Follies Theater and saw a show that featured, among long-forgotten performers, a dancer named April Showers.
    During the shabby final days of the last of the burlesque houses that once dotted State Street near Congress Parkway, three of us — in possession of a few bucks and self-confidence fueled by fake IDs — entered the Follies Theater and saw a...

    Tags: Book, Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Jeffrey Tambor, Roseland

    6. May 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Ray Harryhausen: Movie stop-motion master crafted magic

    If Ray Harryhausen had designed only one sequence in his cinematic career, any one of his real lulus — let's start with the skeleton army battle in “Jason and the Argonauts” from 1963 — he'd still be the master of stop-motion...

    Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Animation (Movie Genre), Movies, Entertainment

    7. May 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. CIFF TV Awards tip hat to top creatives

    Luminaries from Chicago's television, advertising and filmmaking communities filled the ballroom at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel for the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards gala April 23. More than 300 people were on hand as advertising agency Leo Burnett received the Commitment to Excellence Award for TV commercials. Steve Levitan, creator of the ABC hit show "Modern Family," introduced Susan Credle (Leo Burnett Chicago's chief creative officer) and Rich Stoddart (president of Burnett North America), who accepted the silver Hugo award.
    Luminaries from Chicago's television, advertising and filmmaking communities filled the ballroom at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel for the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards gala April 23. More than 300 people were on hand as...

    Tags: Culture, Hoop Dreams (movie), ABC (tv network), Entertainment Events, ESPN (tv network)

    8. Apr 18, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  8. Open thread: The weeks in review

    Change of Subject
    Last week was fairly successful when I announced that, going forward, "Weeks in Review" posts will also serve as an open comment thread on news events of the past week that either didn't get discussed on the blog or didn't......
    9. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Ebert's approachability

    Mark Caro's piece on Roger Ebert (“Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan, A&E, April 4) struck a chord with me, especially the part about Ebert's approachability to the public.  As a technical assistant at the Chicago International Film Festival...

    Tags: Entertainment, Film Festivals, Movies, Roger Ebert

    10. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Good Pitch Chicago forum will connect documentary filmmakers with supporters

    Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day.
    Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day. Running concurrently with the Chicago International Film Festival, a group of corporate and nonprofit executives will showcase up to eight unfinished documentary films at a...

    Tags: Hoop Dreams (movie), Media Industry, Sundance Film Festival, Economy, Business and Finance, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

    11. Feb 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Cinema downtime is perfect for EU Film Festival

    Every March, seven months before the Chicago International Film Festival in the fall, the Siskel Film Center's European Union Film Festival canvasses the best available new work from the EU nations, in all their loosely tied yet gloriously disparate personalities.
    Every March, seven months before the Chicago International Film Festival in the fall, the Siskel Film Center's European Union Film Festival canvasses the best available new work from the EU nations, in all their loosely tied yet gloriously disparate...

    Tags: Festive Events, The Angels' Share (movie), New York City, Sundance Film Festival, Martin Sheen

    12. Jan 30, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Wiseguys Walken and Pacino on how it might end

    At times it felt like an exit interview — the ultimate exit interview.
    At times it felt like an exit interview — the ultimate exit interview. The details are still so surreal that when I tell people who was there, the words sound as though someone else had dreamed them: Al Pacino walked into the room. Then...

    Tags: The Godfather (movie), Robert Mitchum, Celebrities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stand Up Guys (movie)

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