Chicago – The excellent new film “Babes,” which screened at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff) on May 4th, was the feature film director debut from a familiar name … Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”). Ms. Adlon walked the Red Carpet at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre.
Pamela Adlon at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
“Babes” is a hilarious riff on women friendships/bonding and an unexpected pregnancy. Eden and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) are besties, having grown up together in New York City, and are now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree-and-single Eden finds herself pregnant after a one night stand, she decides to have the baby on her own, and her friendship with Dawn will face its greatest challenge. “Babes” is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about the bonds of friendship and the messy, unpredictable challenges of being adult and becoming a parent.
Pamela Adlon at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
“Babes” is a hilarious riff on women friendships/bonding and an unexpected pregnancy. Eden and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) are besties, having grown up together in New York City, and are now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree-and-single Eden finds herself pregnant after a one night stand, she decides to have the baby on her own, and her friendship with Dawn will face its greatest challenge. “Babes” is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about the bonds of friendship and the messy, unpredictable challenges of being adult and becoming a parent.
- 5/5/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hannah Einbinder was moved to tears. Nick Thune was moved to sing. John Leguizamo shared hard truths. Samantha Bee rallied the crowd on behalf of womens rights. And everyone who took part in Variety’s Power of Comedy Awards on Friday made fun of the awards themselves, now in their second year at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
“Nothing is more show business-y than an award that says ‘We love that you’re here’ two years after network executives have said ‘We need you to be gone,’ ” Bee told the packed house at the famed Acl Theater, a nod to the demise in 2022 of her TBS series “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.”
Bee, who was honored by presenter Brooke Shields with the Comedy Innovator award for being one of very few women to host a late-night comedy series, noted that the event coincided with International Woman’s Day.
“There’s no...
“Nothing is more show business-y than an award that says ‘We love that you’re here’ two years after network executives have said ‘We need you to be gone,’ ” Bee told the packed house at the famed Acl Theater, a nod to the demise in 2022 of her TBS series “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.”
Bee, who was honored by presenter Brooke Shields with the Comedy Innovator award for being one of very few women to host a late-night comedy series, noted that the event coincided with International Woman’s Day.
“There’s no...
- 3/9/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton and Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: The article below contains spoilers for Marvel Studios' "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special."
For over a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has painstakingly interwoven interconnected superhero storylines. But after 30 films, nine television shows, and countless mid-credit scenes, it's a welcomed relief that James Gunn's "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" refreshingly feels like a zany one-shot comic about Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) came to life. Gunn hangs up some shields and steers the Bowie away from the typical MCU epic to gift us silly pit stops as Mantis pulls Drax and Kevin Bacon into holiday hijinks.
What's most enjoyable about this special is how it opens the doorway for future MCU properties to embrace the idea that a side-quest adventure can be enough to entertain viewers. Not everything has to be connected or a jumping-off point for another film. Yes, some threads...
For over a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has painstakingly interwoven interconnected superhero storylines. But after 30 films, nine television shows, and countless mid-credit scenes, it's a welcomed relief that James Gunn's "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" refreshingly feels like a zany one-shot comic about Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) came to life. Gunn hangs up some shields and steers the Bowie away from the typical MCU epic to gift us silly pit stops as Mantis pulls Drax and Kevin Bacon into holiday hijinks.
What's most enjoyable about this special is how it opens the doorway for future MCU properties to embrace the idea that a side-quest adventure can be enough to entertain viewers. Not everything has to be connected or a jumping-off point for another film. Yes, some threads...
- 11/27/2022
- by Cass Clarke
- Slash Film
"King of the Hill", the animated series following stoic Texan Hank Hill and his family, has long been a beloved institution of animated comedy. Created by Mike Judge of "Beavis and Butthead" and "Silicon Valley" fame, the show ran for a staggering 13 seasons and has a potential reboot in the works. The show was near-universally praised for its excellent writing, simple yet realistic animation style, voice acting, and its now iconic opening sequence, but it didn't achieve this level of quality by accident.
Judge is known for having very specific methods for making the shows he creates, and that includes making a complex guide of dos and don'ts for the animators of "King of the Hill". To put it simply, Judge puts a lot of work into making sure his exact vision for a show can be met. So it makes sense that he had a similarly interesting approach to casting the show's voice cast,...
Judge is known for having very specific methods for making the shows he creates, and that includes making a complex guide of dos and don'ts for the animators of "King of the Hill". To put it simply, Judge puts a lot of work into making sure his exact vision for a show can be met. So it makes sense that he had a similarly interesting approach to casting the show's voice cast,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
“Better Things” aired its fourth season on FX to some of the best reviews for any TV series this spring (scoring 90 on MetaCritic), but despite Emmy nominations in 2017 and 2018 for writer-director-creator-star Pamela Adlon, the show about a single mom raising three daughters has yet to contend for Best Comedy Series. That’ll change, though, according to five of the Expert journalists we’ve surveyed from top media outlets as of this writing.
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Chris Harnick (E!), Ed Martin (Media Village), Ben Travers (IndieWire), Ken Tucker (Yahoo) and Matt Webb Mitovich (TVLine) are betting on “Better Things” to earn its first nomination in the top category. It’s not too common for a show to earn its first nomination at this point in its run, but it’s not unheard of, especially in recent years. “Scrubs,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Weeds” and...
SEE30 Greatest Groundbreaking Women’s Shows in TV History
Chris Harnick (E!), Ed Martin (Media Village), Ben Travers (IndieWire), Ken Tucker (Yahoo) and Matt Webb Mitovich (TVLine) are betting on “Better Things” to earn its first nomination in the top category. It’s not too common for a show to earn its first nomination at this point in its run, but it’s not unheard of, especially in recent years. “Scrubs,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Weeds” and...
- 5/7/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
In the fifth episode of the new season of FX’s wonderful Better Things, three generations of the Fox family — mom Sam (creator-star Pamela Adlon), grandmother Phil (Celia Imrie), and daughter Frankie (Hannah Alligood) — are enjoying a late-night snack and talking about which part of the family Sam inherited her chronic hand pain from. Frankie interjects, “If I ever get the impulse to just strike up conversation with complete strangers everywhere I go, I will 100 percent hold it against you, Sam.”
In the moment, the remark is just another sign...
In the moment, the remark is just another sign...
- 3/5/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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