I was privileged to interview Wilson in 2015, in association with his biopic “Love & Mercy,” which featured John Cusack as an older Brian Wilson and Paul Dano as the younger Beach Boy Wilson (reprint ...

CHICAGO – Loretta Swit was a notable presence on America’s TV screens from 1972 to 1983, in her role as Major Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H. The final episode of that show still holds the record for ...

CHICAGO – Alan Rudolph is a filmmaker icon from the last twenty years of the 20th Century and beyond. He had an unprecedented string of critical darlings from the 1970s through the ‘90s, a run that is ...

Breakfast of Champions’ (1999) tells the story of car dealership titan Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis), the most respected man in Midland City. His smiling face appears on every local channel and ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, ...

CHICAGO – “Grave Expectations,” a short directed by Chicago-based filmmaker Larry Ziegelman, has been on an extended festival ...

In PART ONE of a Podtalk (from initial film release in 2021) with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, writer/director ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “The Phoenician Scheme,” ...

CHICAGO – In the landscape of life, not many have experienced a journey like Jian Ping. Raised in China, she was a child during the political reign of Chairman Mao Zedong. Eventually ending up ...

CHICAGO – “Captain America: Civil War” is more of an “Avengers” movie than it is a Captain America movie. But that’s okay because this is easily the best Avengers movie Marvel Studios ...

CHICAGO – “Grave Expectations,” a short directed by Chicago-based filmmaker Larry Ziegelman, has been on an extended festival run.The quirky, funny literary-style story is a charming and ...

CHICAGO – The evolution of the “local filmmaker” always seems to be defined through where that person resides. In his work, writer/director Jack C. Newell appears to not be measured by time ...