“American Anarchist”: A Q&A with Director Charles Siskel Documentary filmmaker Charlie Siskel (nephew of Gene) has a new documentary set to be released in March that should earn him an Academy Award nomination, just as his work on “Finding Vivian Maier” did. Speaking to viewers at the Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15, […]
This requiem for a lost Cairo follows Khalid, a filmmaker, in December, 2009, as he attempts to complete a film that is pieced together from footage of his hospitalized mother, his neighborhood, his girlfriend Laila and 2 friends, and street events, all caught on the eve of an approaching revolution. For Khalid and his compatriots, […]
“La La Land”—that place where “they worship everything and they value nothing” (i.e., Hollywood and Los Angeles)—is the subject of Writer/Director Damien Chazell’s third film, following on the heels of his highly acclaimed “Whiplash” with Miles Teller. (Bad teacher J.K. Simmons even has a bit part in this one as Gosling’s boss in a supper […]
Opening Night of the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival featured one of the year’s most heralded movies, a musical entitled “La La Land.” The film’s opening musical sequence set on a busy freeway ramp received a standing ovation at the August 31st Venice Film Festival and was equally warmly received in Telluride and Toronto. Emma […]
NOTE: Noted national film critic Connie Corcoran Wilson will be providing coverage of this week’s Chicago International Film Festival for QuadCities.com! Check out her reviews and features on what’s new and exciting in film debuting during the festival. Terence Davies, who directed “The House of Mirth,” portrays the life of poet Emily Dickinson in a […]
I would like, if I may, to tell you of the play that is taking place in the District of Rock Island just a couple of doors down from Circa 21’s popular main theatre in their Speakeasy. It is much smaller but not any less fun. There is a charming stage with a deep red […]
The return of the Quad City Mallards to the I wireless center ice is among the “cool” things going on in downtown Moline Centre this weekend. Plan to attend the Mercado on Fifth open air market this Friday, October 14, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, there will be special performances by Grupo […]
Arriving as a prelude to Halloween, the QC Theatre Workshop’s latest production is an appropriately goosebump-inducing title for the season: Buried Child, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by author/actor Sam Shepard. An equal blend of chills, family squabbles, surrealism, and dark humor, this American classic will enjoy its first area presentation in more than 15 years, […]
Fan favorite C.W. Stoneking will bring his voodoo blues and hokum tunes to Daytrotter, 324 Brady St., Friday, Oct. 14. Opening acts are Catch Prichard and Johnnie Cluney. Doors open at 7, show is at 8, tickets are $8 in advance, $12 at the door. For more info on Stoneking, check this out: http://www.cwstoneking.com/. For […]
NOTE: Noted national film critic Connie Corcoran Wilson will be providing coverage of this year’s Chicago International Film Festival for QuadCities.com! Check out her reviews and features on what’s new and exciting in film debuting during the festival. The German film “24 Weeks” from Director Anne Zohra Berrached was screened in Chicago for 8 members […]
