Chicago – The 39th edition of the Reeling International Lbgtq+ Film Festival kicks off on September 23rd, 2021, offering 33 feature films and nine short film programs. The Opening Night film is “Firebird,” and will screen at the historic Music Box Theatre beginning at 7pm. For more info and tickets, click REELING39.
Most of the festival will be offered in a “hybrid” format, with screenings available both in theaters and online. The 39th Reeling Film Festival – facilitated by Chicago Filmmakers of the Edgewater neighborhood – continues to be one of the most important cultural events for Chicagoans. Below is a preview of five features, including the Opening Night Film. Click the link below to access the REELING39 website for ticket, schedule and film information.
REELING39 Opens with ‘Firebird’
Photo credit: REELINGFilmFestival.org
Films Of REELING39: Capsule Reviews
Screenings are throughout Chicago (theater indicated after capsule) …
“Firebird” – Based on a true story, Tom Prior is Sergey,...
Most of the festival will be offered in a “hybrid” format, with screenings available both in theaters and online. The 39th Reeling Film Festival – facilitated by Chicago Filmmakers of the Edgewater neighborhood – continues to be one of the most important cultural events for Chicagoans. Below is a preview of five features, including the Opening Night Film. Click the link below to access the REELING39 website for ticket, schedule and film information.
REELING39 Opens with ‘Firebird’
Photo credit: REELINGFilmFestival.org
Films Of REELING39: Capsule Reviews
Screenings are throughout Chicago (theater indicated after capsule) …
“Firebird” – Based on a true story, Tom Prior is Sergey,...
- 9/23/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard premiered in 1993, it became a major hit. But few people then, or even now, are aware of a much earlier attempt to bring the classic film to the stage—by Gloria Swanson herself.
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, explores how Swanson, five years after her star turn as Norma Desmond in the 1950 Billy Wilder drama, threw herself into the adaptation project with a pair of unknowns. Her collaborators: handsome young composer Dickson Hughes and even more handsome young lyricist Richard Stapley.
“[Hughes and Stapley] were creative partners and also life partners,” Schwarz noted Tuesday night at the world premiere of his documentary at the Outfest film festival. The event took place—where else?—on Sunset Boulevard, at the DGA theater in West Hollywood.
The tale takes as many twists and turns as the celebrated road through Los Angeles. Swanson sought...
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, explores how Swanson, five years after her star turn as Norma Desmond in the 1950 Billy Wilder drama, threw herself into the adaptation project with a pair of unknowns. Her collaborators: handsome young composer Dickson Hughes and even more handsome young lyricist Richard Stapley.
“[Hughes and Stapley] were creative partners and also life partners,” Schwarz noted Tuesday night at the world premiere of his documentary at the Outfest film festival. The event took place—where else?—on Sunset Boulevard, at the DGA theater in West Hollywood.
The tale takes as many twists and turns as the celebrated road through Los Angeles. Swanson sought...
- 8/19/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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