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Event News: Anita Hill & John Waters Highlight Chicago Humanities Festival on...
CHICAGO– The Spring Season continues on Saturday, May 7th, 2022, as the Chicago Humanities Festival presents an amazing day of forums and speakers. Kicking off the day will be a woman of history … in a...
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Film News: Asian Pop-Up Cinema SEASON 15 Begins Sept. 10, 2022
CHICAGO– Out of the gate for Fall film fest time is the milestone 15th Season of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC). This season is taking “the show on the road” with screenings around Chicagoland and...
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Podtalk: Mark Schilling, Japan Cinema World Expert, at Asian Pop-Up Cinema,...
CHICAGO– It’s Japan’s turn at the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC), and the guest emcee is Mark Schilling, an American from Tokyo who in the 1980s began his journey as a world expert in Japanese cinema. For...
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Podtalk: Season 15 Asian Pop-Up Cinema Focus on South Korea, Sept. 24-Oct. 2,...
CHICAGO– South Korea takes the spotlight at the 15th Season Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) film fest, from September 24th through October 2nd, 2022. HollywoodChicago.com caught up with Sophia Wong Boccio …...
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On-Air Film Review: They Must Be Crazy in ‘New Gods: Yang Jian’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 19th, 2023, reviewing “New Gods: Yang Jian” another in a...
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Audio Film Review: Re-Realized ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the re-release of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” the 2000 classic directed by Ang Lee and featuring Michelle Yeoh (“Everything...
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Podtalk: Sophia Wong Boccio on Asian Pop-Up Cinema SEASON 16
CHICAGO– The Asian Pop Up Cinema (APUC), a Chicago cultural institution, launched Season 16 this past week with a sensational pre-season event featuring Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok and the Japan...
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Audio Film Review: The Journey and Destination of ‘Joy Ride”
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new “hard-R-rated” comedy “Joy Ride,” featuring Stephanie Park (“Emily in Paris”) and the recently Oscar nominated Stephanie...
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Podtalk: Roger Kelly Smith, Author of Thriller ‘No Place to Die’
CHICAGO– As summer winds down, there are still many beach reading opportunities, and you won’t find a more tense thriller than “No Place to Die, the debut novel of Roger Kelly Smith. The setting is a...
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Podtalk: Sophia Wong Boccio on Asian Pop-Up Cinema SEASON 17
CHICAGO– Fall film festivals begin this week with Season 17 of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema, curated by Executive Director/Founder Sophia Wong Boccio. Opening Night is Friday, September 8th, with the...
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