CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the Music Box Films release of the Swiss/German LATE SHIFT, directed by Petra Volpe. The film takes a focused look at the nursing shortage in a medical system in crisis. In select theaters now, including the Music Box Theatre. Leonie Benesch (of TEACHERS LOUNGE) portrays Nurse Floria, working an entire full...

CHICAGO – As history repeats itself, with no lessons learned, it is often the artists who remind us of what the lessons are. In veteran filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s feature release PALESTINE 36, looking back at the Palestinian revolt against British colonizers in the 1930s, is a lesson in how oppression morally defeats all of us. PALESTINE 36 Photo credit: Watermelon Pictures Rat...

CHICAGO – The story of pioneering Chicago rock ’n’ roll disc jockey Dick Biondi is coming to audiences worldwide with the release of the new documentary THE VOICE THAT ROCKED AMERICA: THE DICK BIONDI STORY. Simultaneous to the doc being available NOW on major streaming platforms, it will have a Red Carpet screening at the Des Plaines Theatre on Sunday, March 29th, 2026, beginnin...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson for WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 26th, 2026, reviewing the French animated A MAGNIFICENT LIFE, of writer/filmmaker Marcel Pagnol. In select theaters on March 27th, see local listings. The story of Pagnol is one of the great creators of 20th century French media, with a fo...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Eddie Volkman & Friends on THE 9-6-7 WSSR-FM Joliet (IL) on March 27th, 2026. reviewing the new film MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE, featuring Vince Vaughn and James Marsden. Streaming on HULU and Disney+ on March 27th. Vaughn is Nick, a high level gangster whose right hand man is Quick Draw Mike (Marsden)...