A group of Chicago independent filmmakers and production companies say the Illinois Film Office is favoring large Hollywood production studios and that the agency’s actions are causing economic ...

Kicking off production season, Apple TV’s Dark Matter is opening up portals in Wicker Park, The Bear is cooking up drama downtown and the seemingly omnipresent One Chicago (Fire/Med/P.D.) is staging ...

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Directors representing a high profile crop of submissions for this year's best international feature Oscar race will be sharing the stage in the Windy City this weekend. The 61st Chicago International ...

To discover something new is to invite change, and that is the ethos on which Chicago’s longest-running film festival is doubling down. In a moment of increasingly splintered politics and communities, ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Is Illinois the new Hollywood? Not quite, but the state’s film industry continues to grow. After a production slowdown during the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors ...

A librarian by day and filmmaker by night, Bruce Janu’s short horror film is heading to the Chicago Horror Film Festival next month. With over 222 films screening over the three-day fest on May 16-18 ...

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This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show.