Chicago – Writer/director Michael Glover Smith’s award-winning feature film “Relative” (2022) was snapped up by Chicago-based Music Box Films, and will have its Digital release on May 21st, 2024. But first, how about one more special screening at the historic Music Box Theatre on Wednesday, May 15th. Click Relative at for tickets and info.
“Relative” is a film about transition, as a family gathers for the youngest son/brother’s college graduation. Each individual family member is dealing with a situational crossroads, and the family togetherness both modifies and challenges them. Meanwhile, the college graduate (Cameron Scott Roberts) has serendipitously fallen for Hekla (Elizabeth Stam). The film also features Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape, Melissa DuPrey and Clare Cooney.
Relative
Photo credit: Music Box Films
Writer/Director Michael Glover Smith is also an author and film studies instructor, and is based in Chicago. His first feature film,...
“Relative” is a film about transition, as a family gathers for the youngest son/brother’s college graduation. Each individual family member is dealing with a situational crossroads, and the family togetherness both modifies and challenges them. Meanwhile, the college graduate (Cameron Scott Roberts) has serendipitously fallen for Hekla (Elizabeth Stam). The film also features Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape, Melissa DuPrey and Clare Cooney.
Relative
Photo credit: Music Box Films
Writer/Director Michael Glover Smith is also an author and film studies instructor, and is based in Chicago. His first feature film,...
- 5/15/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Here we go again. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com, for 2024 (the 96th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors of Hc – Patrick McDonald and Spike Walters – are joined by filmmaker treasure Michael Glover Smith (“Relative”) and film critic Jeffrey L. York of “The Establishing Shot.”
Michael Glover Smith is a locally-based Chicago filmmaker. “Relative” is his 2022 fourth feature film. His new short film is “Handle With Care,” which recently won the Best In Show at the George Lindsey Una Film Festival. Jeffrey L. York is a film writer/critic and artist whose specialty is the film and celebrity caricature. Click Jeffrey York to see his art. This article is privileged to use a few of his illustrations below.
The Predictors! The Oscars are on ABC-tv, March 10th, 2024
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Ten films of 2024 – “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,...
Michael Glover Smith is a locally-based Chicago filmmaker. “Relative” is his 2022 fourth feature film. His new short film is “Handle With Care,” which recently won the Best In Show at the George Lindsey Una Film Festival. Jeffrey L. York is a film writer/critic and artist whose specialty is the film and celebrity caricature. Click Jeffrey York to see his art. This article is privileged to use a few of his illustrations below.
The Predictors! The Oscars are on ABC-tv, March 10th, 2024
Photo credit: File Photo
Ten films of 2024 – “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,...
- 3/8/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"I don't want an empty nest!" Music Box Films has posted their official trailer for an indie drama about a family titled Relative, from filmmaker Michael Glover Smith. This originally premiered back in 2022, but we have only caught up with it now and haven't ever posted about this film before. It played at a few small film festivals in 2022/2023, with a very limited release in art house theaters around the country. As various members of the Frank family come together for a college graduation party in Chicago, they find their bonds being tested, and strengthened, in surprising ways. The story focuses on the parents of four kids, who decide to announce that they're about to sell the house they grew up in. "Relative is a warm blend of comedy and drama about a modern American family." This stars Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Clare Cooney, Keith D. Gallagher,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Chicago – Writer/Director Michael Glover Smith has established himself as a preeminent filmmaker of unique emotional passages. His latest short film, “Handle With Care,” featuring Mickey O’Sullivan and Alyssa Thordarson, will have its World Premiere on Opening Night at the George Lindsey Film Festival in Alabama. For more info, click Handle.
“Handle with Care” tells the story of a very common scenario … the first date. A man (Mickey O’Sullivan) and a woman (Alyssa Thordarson) meet in a restaurant and start the small talk that the situation usually warrants. When a surprise revelation slips into the conversation, it opens up other possibilities.
Alyssa Thordason & Mickey O’Sullivan in ‘Handle With Care’
Photo credit: Michael Glover Smith
Michael Glover Smith is a filmmaker, academic and influencer. His first feature film, “Cool Apocalypse,” premiered in 2015, the same release year as his first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry.
“Handle with Care” tells the story of a very common scenario … the first date. A man (Mickey O’Sullivan) and a woman (Alyssa Thordarson) meet in a restaurant and start the small talk that the situation usually warrants. When a surprise revelation slips into the conversation, it opens up other possibilities.
Alyssa Thordason & Mickey O’Sullivan in ‘Handle With Care’
Photo credit: Michael Glover Smith
Michael Glover Smith is a filmmaker, academic and influencer. His first feature film, “Cool Apocalypse,” premiered in 2015, the same release year as his first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry.
- 2/25/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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