One summer night in 1989, 18-year-old Melissa Koontz disappeared from a grocery store parking lot in Springfield. She was found a week later in a cornfield west of town, stabbed to death. Thomas McMillen, then 39, was convicted of Koontz’s murder in 1991, along with Gary Edgington, then 34. Both men are serving life sentences […]
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Everybody’s weird at The Rocky Horror Show
I admit that I watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show a few times growing up, mostly to learn the dance steps to the Time Warp to fit in at the high school Halloween Dance… so I turned the movie off after that song. Had I kept watching, I would have learned the rest of the […]
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Mike Kortlander
IT film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Mike Kortlander, director of “The Dying Western”, which played in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Doug Jones and Katlyn Carlson
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Doug Jones (“Hellboy”, “Pan’s Labyrinth”) and Katlyn Carlson, stars of the indie feature “My Name is Jerry”, winner of Best Comedy Feature at the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews director Sam Holdren
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Sam Holdren, director of the film “The Paradigm Shift”, playing in the Route 66 International Film Festival. “The Paradigm Shift” is playing in Session #7 of the fest on Sunday, September 20. Session #7 begins at 9:30 am.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Oscar Piloto and Alfonso Corona
IT film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews star Oscar Piloto and director Alfonso Corona (both are co-producers) of the short film “Dixon’s Girl” at the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Brian Dobrik
IT film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Brian Dobrik, director of the indie short “Robert Shaw”, playing in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Dominique Schilling
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Dominique Schilling, director of the film “Business As Usual”, playing in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews directors and star of Sinnerman
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Travis Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris, co-directors, and Matthew Cadet, star of the film “Sinnerman”, playing in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Lynelle White
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Lynelle White, director of the film “And Seven Hours Later”, playing in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews Zach Baliva and Morgan Mead
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Morgan Mead, director, and Zach Baliva, co-producer, of the film “My Name Is Jerry”, winner for Best Comedy Feature in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
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Chuck Koplinski interviews director Daric Gates
Illinois Times film critic Chuck Koplinski interviews Daric Gates, director of the film “Crook”, winner for Best Thriller in the Route 66 International Film Festival.
