Chicago – The City of Neighborhoods is Chicago, and director/co-writer Haroula Rose (with co-writer Coby Goss) has constructed a modern issue “dramedy” set there entitled “All Happy Families,” which has its World Premiere at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival on October 12th, 2023. For tickets and info, click Families.
This comic drama involves a dysfunctional whose youngest son Graham (Josh Radnor), an eternally aspiring actor in Chicago who’s stuck in a funk and living in his family’s crumbling two-flat. When an old college crush (Chandra Russel) comes looking to rent the first floor apartment, while at the same time as his TV star brother Will’s (Rob Huebel) returns home, Graham is faced with a problematic dilemma and returning parents (Colleen Camp and John Ashton) in the mix.
’All Happy Families,’ by Haroula Rose (left inset) with Coby Goss (right), at the 59th Ciff
Photo credit: Chicago International...
This comic drama involves a dysfunctional whose youngest son Graham (Josh Radnor), an eternally aspiring actor in Chicago who’s stuck in a funk and living in his family’s crumbling two-flat. When an old college crush (Chandra Russel) comes looking to rent the first floor apartment, while at the same time as his TV star brother Will’s (Rob Huebel) returns home, Graham is faced with a problematic dilemma and returning parents (Colleen Camp and John Ashton) in the mix.
’All Happy Families,’ by Haroula Rose (left inset) with Coby Goss (right), at the 59th Ciff
Photo credit: Chicago International...
- 10/11/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Exclusive: Josh Radnor (Hunters), Rob Huebel (The Descendants), Becky Ann Baker (Girls), Chandra Russell (Southside) and John Ashton (Beverly Hills Cop) are set to star in the upcoming comedic drama All Happy Families. The film will shoot in Chicago, Il, and is the sophomore feature from director Haroula Rose (Once Upon a River), who co-wrote the script with Coburn Goss.
Colleen Camp, David Pasquesi, Ivy O’brien, NatalijaNogulich, Antoine McKay, Grammy-winning artist Rodney Crowell, Lena Drake and Eliza Shin also star.
Michael Shannon serves as Executive Producer alongside producers Liz Cardenas, who won an Independent Spirit Award earlier this year for 7 Days, Gotham Award and Independent Spirit Award nominee Ian Keiser, Mary Munez, Haroula Rose and Coburn Goss. A Chicago Media Angels, Neon Heart Productions, Glass Bead FIlms, Lucky Number 8 Productions, Attic Light Films and Pogi Studios production.
“This has been a dream collaboration from the beginning, when Coburn and...
Colleen Camp, David Pasquesi, Ivy O’brien, NatalijaNogulich, Antoine McKay, Grammy-winning artist Rodney Crowell, Lena Drake and Eliza Shin also star.
Michael Shannon serves as Executive Producer alongside producers Liz Cardenas, who won an Independent Spirit Award earlier this year for 7 Days, Gotham Award and Independent Spirit Award nominee Ian Keiser, Mary Munez, Haroula Rose and Coburn Goss. A Chicago Media Angels, Neon Heart Productions, Glass Bead FIlms, Lucky Number 8 Productions, Attic Light Films and Pogi Studios production.
“This has been a dream collaboration from the beginning, when Coburn and...
- 9/30/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Margo is a Native American teenager living up river somewhere in Michigan in 1977 and who, after a tragic incident, is about to undertake an American odyssey in an indie key. Although first-time feature director Haroula Rose lays on the narration thickly to begin with, when stitching Margo's back story more carefully through the film would have been less clunky, she has a strong grasp of visual storytelling - from the lush riverside landscapes where Margo goes hunting to the honeyed glow cinematographer Charlotte Hornsby gives to much of the action.
Living with her single dad (Tatanka Means), after her mother apparently abandoned them, in the middle of what seems to be a predominantly white community, Margo's ability with a gun has garnered the jealousy of her cousin Billy (Sam Straley) and the attention - not necessarily savoury - of her uncle Cal (Coburn Goss)...
Living with her single dad (Tatanka Means), after her mother apparently abandoned them, in the middle of what seems to be a predominantly white community, Margo's ability with a gun has garnered the jealousy of her cousin Billy (Sam Straley) and the attention - not necessarily savoury - of her uncle Cal (Coburn Goss)...
- 5/6/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A resourceful girl goes in search of her mother in first-time feature director Haroula Rose’s slice of Americana
Mark Twain meets Winter’s Bone in this slice of Americana from first-time feature director Haroula Rose. It opens with a Terrence Malick-ish monologue by 15-year-old Margo (Kenadi DelaCerna): “I missed momma, the way she smelled of cocoa butter and white wine.” A tough, resourceful teenager, Margo lives in a rundown town on the banks of the fictional Stark river in Michigan – the kind of place where skeletons of old cars pile up in front yards. Her mom ran out a year earlier (“The river stink drove her crazy”), leaving Margo and her Native American dad Bernard (Tatanka Means). And here the voiceover ends, slightly frustratingly, since Margo rarely speaks, and this is the only time that we get much of a hint of her inner life.
She spends...
Mark Twain meets Winter’s Bone in this slice of Americana from first-time feature director Haroula Rose. It opens with a Terrence Malick-ish monologue by 15-year-old Margo (Kenadi DelaCerna): “I missed momma, the way she smelled of cocoa butter and white wine.” A tough, resourceful teenager, Margo lives in a rundown town on the banks of the fictional Stark river in Michigan – the kind of place where skeletons of old cars pile up in front yards. Her mom ran out a year earlier (“The river stink drove her crazy”), leaving Margo and her Native American dad Bernard (Tatanka Means). And here the voiceover ends, slightly frustratingly, since Margo rarely speaks, and this is the only time that we get much of a hint of her inner life.
She spends...
- 5/4/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Native American teen Margo Crane (Kenadi DelaCerna) has never been able to choose her own path through life. She and her father Bernard (Tatanka Means) live on the land of his white half-brother Cal Murray (Coburn Goss) who also owns the industrial plant that more or less keeps their Michigan town afloat. She learned to hunt and fish as a means of survival after her Mom (Lindsay Pulsipher’s Luanne) left them one night saying the Stark River valley would kill her if she didn’t escape it. So now Margo must follow her freshly sober father’s vital rules as she’s racially abused by her cousins and comforted by her uncle—a dynamic that barely masks upcoming trauma to inevitably place her in the same shoes as her estranged mother.
This is where we meet Margo at the start of Haroula Rose’s Once Upon a River, adapted...
This is where we meet Margo at the start of Haroula Rose’s Once Upon a River, adapted...
- 10/1/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Bentonville Film Festival announced their lineup of gala selections and competition films which includes the world premieres of Joey Travolta’s Carol of the Bells, Haroula Rose’s Once Upon a River. Co-founded by Geena Davis will kick off with a screening of Tom Donahue’s documentary This Changes Everything and a special presentation of the festival’s signature event, Geena and Friends. The fest takes place May 7-11 in Bentonville, Ark.
The fest champions more diversity and inclusiveness in the film industry and beyond. This year’s competition selections includes 15 narrative films, 14 documentaries, and 9 episodic projects. Of the lineup, 81% are female directed and 68% of the selections include a Poc director and/or cast/subject in the forefront.
“This year’s lineup of films truly exemplifies our mission and we are thrilled to highlight the work of female filmmakers, people of color, Lgbtq+, filmmakers, talent with disabilities and more — in other words,...
The fest champions more diversity and inclusiveness in the film industry and beyond. This year’s competition selections includes 15 narrative films, 14 documentaries, and 9 episodic projects. Of the lineup, 81% are female directed and 68% of the selections include a Poc director and/or cast/subject in the forefront.
“This year’s lineup of films truly exemplifies our mission and we are thrilled to highlight the work of female filmmakers, people of color, Lgbtq+, filmmakers, talent with disabilities and more — in other words,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Coburn Goss, Alejandro Verdin, Bailey Rhyse Walters, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Molly Kunz | Written by Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn | Directed by Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen is four for four in terms of cinematic masterpieces after Hunger, Shame, 12 Years A Slave and now, thanks to his latest directorial effort and stunning turn in Widows, cements himself as a master at his craft. Adapted from the British mini-series of the same name with the help of Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn and relocated to the United States in Chicago offering a far more relevant social commentary and far-reaching dramatic thriller that haunts and dispenses an impactful poignancy that sends shivers down to the spine.
Widows was somewhat of a surprising venture for Steve McQueen. A departure of sorts into a mainstream heist thriller that came as...
Steve McQueen is four for four in terms of cinematic masterpieces after Hunger, Shame, 12 Years A Slave and now, thanks to his latest directorial effort and stunning turn in Widows, cements himself as a master at his craft. Adapted from the British mini-series of the same name with the help of Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn and relocated to the United States in Chicago offering a far more relevant social commentary and far-reaching dramatic thriller that haunts and dispenses an impactful poignancy that sends shivers down to the spine.
Widows was somewhat of a surprising venture for Steve McQueen. A departure of sorts into a mainstream heist thriller that came as...
- 11/30/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its 2009-2010 season, exploring the theme of belief, with the world premiere of Fake, written and directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson. Fake features ensemble members Kate Arrington, Francis Guinan and Alan Wilder with Coburn Goss and Larry Yando. Fake plays September 10 - November 8, 2009 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted. The press performance is Tuesday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m.
- 7/9/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
TheLucky Onesby Mike Digiorgio, Writer The lucky ones are anyone in the audience who likes drama about current events but doesn’t want it to be heavy-handed. The Lucky Ones of the title are three Iraq War soldiers back home – two on a 30-day leave, the other out for good. When a blackout leaves them stranded at the airport, they decide to share expenses and a rent a car to get where they need to get. The three soldiers are: Cheever (Tim Robbins), who is returning home to discover he can’t settle into home life because his wife wants a divorce and his kid needs money for college; Colee (Rachel McAdams), who made a promise to a friend killed in action that she’ll bring his guitar to his family; and T.K. (Michael Pena), who is left impotent by his wounds and is on his way to find...
- 9/25/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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