Joanne’s Tips for Attending Chicago International Film Festival

Joanne’s Tips for Attending Chicago International Film Festival

Guest correspondent, storyteller, and radio personality Joanne Schochat provides tips for attending the Chicago International Film Festival. Joanne shares information about ticket buying, traveling to the theater, and how she selects and organizes the films she plans to view. She also shares a few of 

Chicago International Film Festival Opening Night Red Carpet Comments

Chicago International Film Festival Opening Night Red Carpet Comments

Chicago Producer Gigi Pritzker and Chicago Director Jennifer Reeder talk about the film festival and their films MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN and KNIVES AND SKIN from the red carpet at the 55th Annual Chicago International Film Festival running through October 27, 2019 at the AMC River East 

Contemporary Chicago Film History

Contemporary Chicago Film History

Here is an interesting video interview with Michael Corcoran from our Authors Showcase archive talking about contemporary or “modern” Chicago film history. Chicago tour guide Michael Corcoran co-author with Arnie Bernstein in the book “Hollywood on Lake Michigan” was recently interviewed by the Chicago Reader for 

Chicago Silent Film Era Had Its Beginnings on the North Side

Chicago Silent Film Era Had Its Beginnings on the North Side

Chicago was a major influence during the silent film era producing movies with huge stars like Charlie Chaplin, Edna Mayo, and Max Linder, and the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods were the very epicenters. Essanay Studios was located at 1333-45 W. Argyle Street (just east of Clark Street) 

Chicago Throwback Thursday 1920’s Suburban Train Excursion to Kenosha

Chicago Throwback Thursday 1920’s Suburban Train Excursion to Kenosha

This is an interesting film to video of a train ride from Chicago to Kenosha from the 1920’s evidently unearthed from the Huntly Film Archives. Film equipment was not exactly portable in at this time so this is something of a treasure to see riders