The 2022 MTSU Illinois Jacquet Jazz Festival takes place on the MTSU campus on April 2 for high school students and the general public. Festival honors legacy of tenor saxophonist/bandleader Illinois jacket, who came to prominence in the 1940s with the big bands of Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. ToRead More →
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1. One Girls night out for a cause Thursday evening will benefit the Crystal Lake-based Aged Care Volunteer Network. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the event, which will include hot and cold appetizers, dessert, cash bar, door prizes, vendor purchases, wine raffle, and a traveling House of Betty JaneRead More →
One of the most enjoyable aspects of traveling is learning about new cultures through food. There has never been a better time to visit just for the food, with a slight increase in food festivals popping up around the world, frequently meeting with celebrity chefs, well-known bartenders, liquor specialists andRead More →
The non-profit Sundance Institute today announced the members of the six juries awarding awards for artistic and film achievement at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize judging panel was also announced. The Festival takes place January 20-30 via our enhanced online platform at Festival.Sundance.org andRead More →
December 27, 2021 07:10 EST A Billion Dollar Spidey! Spider-Man: No Way Home dominates the Christmas box office Spider-Man: No Way Home is the first Covid-19 era film to cross $1 billion. Los Angeles, California – The jury is still out on whether Spider-Man: No Coming Home is a ChristmasRead More →
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – The darkest day of the year is upon us, which means winter solstice is just a few days away in Arlington Heights. The celestial holiday celebrated through the ages as the Beginning of Light arrives in Arlington Heights on December 21 at 9:59 am CT. IfRead More →
BEVERLY-MT. GREENWOOD – The darkest day of the year is upon us, which means winter solstice is just a few days away in Beverly-Mt. Green wood The celestial feast celebrated through the ages as the beginning of the light arrives in Beverly-Mt. Greenwood on December 21 at 9:59 a.m. CST.Read More →
The jury of the 18th edition of the Angel Film Awards – Monaco International Film Festival announced the full list of winners on Sunday. Usually held in the Principality of Monaco, the independent, non-profit festival takes place online from December 11-14 this year, but that hasn’t stopped the festival fromRead More →
ILLINOIS – The darkest day of the year is upon us, which means the winter solstice is just a few days away in Illinois. The celestial holiday celebrated through the ages as the Beginning of Light arrives in Illinois on December 21 at 9:59 a.m. CST. If you’re not aRead More →
Hello, Oak Park and River Forest! Let’s move on to the news of December 8. Would you like to support local news in Oak Park-River Forest? Become a Patch Supporter for just $ 5 per month and help maintain the Oak Park-River Forest Daily, plus other exclusive perks. Click hereRead More →
For the first time in its 18-year history, the Angel Film Awards – Monaco International Film Festival are taking place online this year, festival director Rosana Golden and festival executive producer Dean Bentley announced. As 2021 draws to a close, the independent, non-profit festival will take place online from DecemberRead More →
This list will continue to be published during the holidays. If your event is not here, please send details to [email protected] December Murphysboro Hometown Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony: Friday, December 3 at 6 p.m., Carl Lee Park. Holiday Wreaths Exhibition: Ongoing through December 4 at the Carbondale Civic Center. BidRead More →
November 22, 2021 5:59 PM EST “Who are you going to call? »The New and Improved Ghostbusters! The Ghostbusters are back and better than ever! Ghostbusters: the afterlife is the perfect movie to rekindle viewers ‘love for the classic’ 80s franchise. Mckenna Grace plays the main character Phoebe Spangler, whoRead More →
November 17, 2021 9:10 a.m. EST Harry Potter cast reunite for magical 20th anniversary The original cast of the Harry Potter series will be reunited 20 years after the first film screened to tell their magical journeys. London, United Kingdom – The original cast of the Harry potter The seriesRead More →
This year marks the 24th anniversary of the Arpa International Film Festival (Arpa IFF), the flagship event of the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA). As one of Hollywood’s longest-running film festivals, we’re excited to announce the complete program of Arpa IFF which takes place online via ourRead More →
Part of the recently concluded Portland Film Festival is its Comcast-sponsored Future Filmmakers project, in which people in the industry work with children to make movies – in this case, monster movies. Well, we have the winners. In the high school division, they are two sophomores at Catlin Gabel School,Read More →
Denver Film Festival Artistic Director Matt Campbell is once again offering his must-see picks for each day of the event, which runs through November 14. Read on for his take on the Friday November 5th selections (The catch), Saturday November 6 (Drive my car) and Sunday November 7 (All theseRead More →
When the first animated series in the “Blade Runner” franchise airs on cable TV’s Cartoon Network and online streamer Crunchyroll on November 13, it will close the loop of nearly 40 years of cultural cross-pollination. British director Ridley Scott’s 1982 original, a Hollywood action film set in futuristic Los Angeles,Read More →
04/11/2021 – The Spanish gathering comes of age with a powerful array of European authors, of the caliber of Nanni Moretti, Jacques Audiard, Andrea Arnold and Mia Hansen-Løve, among others Bergman Island by Mia Hansen-Løve The huge party that is the Seville European Film Festival is about to celebrate itsRead More →
In the last eighteen months of the pandemic, restaurants have closed, bars have closed and local hangouts have hung by by thread. Many nights a calm weirdness hangs over the Delmar Loop – and not just because it’s Halloween season. Its darkened marquee, its empty ticket booth, the emblem ofRead More →
“I say this with caution: before Covid, I thought it was impossible to scare an audience in a theater now.” That’s what Imago Theater co-founder Jerry Mouawad says, reflecting on the parameters of onstage horror as he offers a set tour for his latest show. In part, he suggests, theRead More →
Illinois Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi has agreed to co-sponsor a bill to make Diwali observance a national holiday in the United States, saying it is a critical holiday that can allow Americans to “celebrating … the triumph of light over darkness” amid the ongoing COVID pandemic. The legislation, introduced to theRead More →
NORTHBROOK, IL – Three musicians from Northbrook Junior High School will join selected students from across the region to work with a special guest conductor and perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association’s District 7 festival at Libertyville High School. Preparing to audition for this festival is a great learningRead More →
Hi! Georgi Presecky here with today’s edition of Lakeview Daily. First, the weather forecast for the day: Periods of rain. High: 57, low: 55. Here are the best stories in Lakeview today: 1. A 17-year-old boy was stabbed in a CTA platform in the Loop Wednesday. He is in seriousRead More →
After a year in which it hosted a stripped-down and pandemic-influenced edition, the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF, October 30-November 8) is back this year in a more conventional format, but with a structure completely new programming and management team. . TIFF President Hiroyasu Ando explains that these changes wereRead More →
After a week of long-awaited premieres, the Chicago International Film Festival has returned with a lineup of films just as important and exciting as those of the first week. With premieres by big names like “Spencer,†starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast†and a closing night onRead More →
The Havana Film Festival NY, a project of American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, returns to theaters to present an exceptional program celebrating the diversity of voices and cultural expressions of Ibero America and its diaspora through stories inspiring on the big screen, November 5-11, 2021. All screenings,Read More →
The 57th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off last week with “The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson and “Halloween Kills” by David Gordon Green. Films were among the many films shown at the festival, which is North America’s longest-running competitive film festival. Buzz got to see some of the filmsRead More →
The Chicago International Film Festival returns this week, as really, really coming back! This year’s event, October 13-24, takes place in person at venues across town (downtown AMC River East; Lakeview’s Music Box Theater; Loop’s Gene Siskel Film Center; and more…) as well as virtually, films broadcast again this year.Read More →
The 15th Annual Asian Film Awards (AFA15) announced the winners in 18 categories tonight at a much-anticipated ceremony hosted by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), at Paradise Hotel Busan. The awards are organized by the Tokyo, Busan and Hong KongRead More →
BUSAN, South Korea, October 6 (UPI) – The 26th Busan International Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a full list of events and in-person screenings, a striking change from last year, when it was held almost entirely online due of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia’s largest international film festival, which runsRead More →
Louis Bayman and Halima Hassan preview the 2021 BFI London Film Festival as he returns to theaters this year. In-person screenings and gala events are back at this year’s BFI London Film Festival (October 6-17) following last year’s online event. This time around, you can watch your festival picks atRead More →
deadline Yes, today’s announcement of the movie to play at the Tell Ride Film Festival, Many of the usual suspects found on the Fall Fest circuit, from Thursday through Labor Day, have emerged, drawing attention to their hot outlook at the Oscars. Netflix has several movies, as does Amazon. Focus,Read More →
From the creator of SCUMBAG and THE LITTLE HOUSE THAT COULD, here is MISTER SISTER. Jordan (Jack James Busa) gets dumped by his girlfriend in his hometown of Milwaukee and moves to New York to start his life over. He decides to go incognito by dressing in drag, and isRead More →
Heather Buckley, founder of inclusive film studio Black Mansion, will receive the 2021 Patron of Cinema Award at the 10th annual New York International Winter Film Festival awards ceremony, to be held on Saturday, October 2, 2021 . The WFA Board of Directors is pleased to recognize Heather Buckley forRead More →
July 14, 2021 6:05 AM EDT Black Widow breaks box office records, shows the way forward for Marvel’s Phase 4 Marvel is hitting gold again. Burbank, California – Black Widow is carrying the Marvel torch in a hopeful post-pandemic world for Hollywood as it hits record numbers! Black Widow hasRead More →
The film is based on the skin condition vitiligo, but it lets the visuals do the storytelling. Marathi cinema has over the past decade developed a reputation for producing rewarding films based in rural areas. These films revolve around everyday characters that you can see through the window of yourRead More →