After a sold-out screening at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Aug. 26, producer Bill Seipel has posted the 40-minute documentary “Over A Barrel” — about Peoria’s “Whiskey boom” and its effects on workers and residents through the
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perspectives of several area voices. Directed by Tiffany French Thomas, it was filmed by videographer Mike Rundle from Morton, and Peoria native Aja Blue — a musician, actor, audiobook narrator, and voice actor now in Chicago — narrated.
Funded by Seipel’s Elmwood Center for the Humanities, ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, the Illinois Arts Council and others, it’s now available to watch for free on echnow.com/oab or on the Elmwood Center for the Humanities YouTube page.
All month: “The Wizard of Oz” returns to broadcast television after a 28-year hiatus following decades on CBS (which dropped it long before the “Tiffany Network” became the “Tin Network” when Right wing interests bought it and installed MAGA loyalists). The 1938 movie will be broadcast in prime time multiple evenings, says MeTV, which is making it part of its annual “Halloween BOO-Nanza” event. MeTV.
Sports
Major League Baseball postseason: Wild-card round, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 (NBC), Division Series,
Oct. 3-10 (TBS); League Championship, Oct. 11-20 (Fox); and World Series, Oct. 23-31 (Fox).
WNBA “best-of” serie of playoff games air Sept. 27-Oct. 30 across ABC, ESPN, NBC, Peacock, and USA Network, plus Amazon Prime. (Good luck!)
Bears on Prime: The Patriots-Bears game on NFL Thursday night football Oct. 22 at Soldier Field in Chicago will be streamed on Amazon Prime.
Oct. 1: The seven-episode version of the Steinbeck classic “East of Eden,” about two families in California’s Salinas Valley inexorably drifting toward a real-life version of Cain and Abel. Unlike the 1955 movie with James Dean, this also features the novel’s earlier generation. Netflix.
Oct. 2: Tom Cruise is “Digger,” a dark comedy about wealthy eccentric trying to deal with an environmental catastrophe he unleashed, and an “only I can fix it” mentality (sound familiar?). Cruise’s appearance is comparable to his scenes in 2008’s “Tropic Thunder.” Jesse Plemons and John Goodman co-star. Theaters.
Oct. 7: “Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself” is an hour-long comedy special about the 58-year-old comedian and actor’s stand-up take on self-care and personal growth. Hulu.
Oct. 8: Tech moguls are featured in the courtroom thriller “Cupertino,” as a veteran lawyer (Mike Colter) and a rookie colleague (Rachel Keller) take on Silicon Valley’s rich and powerful. CBS
Oct. 9: Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed “Social Reckoning,” about Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) dealing with the fallout from a whistleblower’s leaks of corporate data. The loose follow-up to 2010’s “Social Network” co-stars Jeremy Allen White as a reporter. Theaters.
Oct. 14: Paul Bettany returns as Marvel’s android Avenger in “VisionQuest,” about his self-reflective hermitage, interrupted when he realizes he’s a target. The late, not-lamented Ultron (James Spader), also “returns.” The eight-episode series co-stars James D’Arcy as J.A.R.V.I.S., Ruaridh Mollica as Tommy and Todd Stashwick as (wait for it) Paladin, a bounty hunter. Disney+.
Oct. 16: “Once Upon A Time in Harlem” features rare footage from a 1972 get-together of more than 20 Harlem Renaissance figures including Eubie Blake, Richard Bruce Nugent, James Augustus Van Der Zee, Louise Thompson and host Duke Ellington reflecting on that historic boom of African American art, music, literature and culture from 1918 to the mid-1930s. Apple+.
Oct. 16: After a limited theatrical release, the lengthy documentary “Musk,” about money and power exemplified by the (brief) trillionaire “kingmaker” is planned to stream on HBO Max.
Oct. 17: No, “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story” isn’t about Indiana politicians romancing Bears front-office bunglers. It’s another Christmas NFL romance, following other regrettable films about the Chiefs and the Bills. Marsha Mason is featured. Hallmark.
Oct. 23: Real-life couple Tim Daly and Tea Leoni star in a two-fish-out-of-one-bowl comedy, “Newlyweds.” NBC.
Oct. 23: Various villains have been depicted in different Batman movies, so since the Joker, Bane, Riddler, Scarecrow and Two-Face all had their moments to lose, it’s Clayface’s turn. Tom Rhys Harries stars with a Halloween superhero vibe. Theaters.
Oct. 23: Helen Mirren is author Patricia Highsmith (the Tom Ripley novels) in “A Talent for Murder,” which shows her jousting with a demanding publisher. Theaters.
Oct. 30: LievSchreiber stars in “Nocturne,” a mashup of Lars Kepler novels about a Philadelphia detective who moves to a small town for some peace and quiet. (Sure.) Stephen Graham and Zazie Beetz co-star. Apple+.