Netflix’s recent release, The Hill, has achieved a remarkable feat by securing the number-one spot as the most-watched movie in America. The film, crafted by renowned Chicago-born writer Angelo Pizzo,
The 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival announced today the winners and runners-up for its Audience Choice Awards. The slate of 50 features and 36 shorts from Latin America, Spain, Portugal
The 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, announced today its Centerpiece presentation of Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It at ChiTown Movies Drive-In, 2343
Due to the COVID19 pandemic, FILM 765 announced they were forced to delay the production of THE FILM RACE – Chicago Edition, which was scheduled to run September 2020. This
Editor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2020 Reel Women During Women’s History Month, you
The Hoosier State plays a starring role in a supernatural adventure short by Chicago-based Gold Point Studio Golden Voices wowed audiences at Indiana’s Heartland International Film Festival last weekend. A
New web series features narcissistic characters who go about “undermining each other” with a kind of egotistical finesse that’s a joy to watch Open floor plans, clashing personalities, and corporate
AWARD-WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR STEPHEN CONE (The Wise Kids) returns to his
Chris M. Burritt had taught image design and lighting as a part-time faculty member of Columbia College for a decade while he remained in demand as a producer, director
Donius presided over her first IFP Filmmakers Conference Oct. 21-24, featuring an expanded four-day schedule, a higher-profile roster of national figures and attendees from
The Chicago-based, collective presents a variety of films that explore the “complexity to the experience of being a woman.” On Saturday night, Women of The Now will showcase a variety
Chicago-based independent creative agency Schafer Condon Carter (SCC) has announced the debut of its latest work for Old National Bank, scheduled to premiere on CBS just before the Super Bowl
The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the nominations for the 2022-2023 regional Emmy Awards. The award ceremony is scheduled for Saturday,
75,000 rubber ducks are about to splash into the Chicago River off the Columbus Bridge for the 2022 Chicago Ducky Derby presented by Jewel-Osco to benefit Special Olympics Illinois, or
The 63rd Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards will be a virtual presentation held on Sunday, December 5 at 7:00 pm. Comedian Pat McGann, the South Side Chicago native who hosted the Chicago/Midwest
70,000 rubber ducks are about to splash into the Chicago River off the Columbus Bridge for the 2021 Chicago Ducky Derby presented by Jewel-Osco to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. Rubber
Congratulations to our friends and advertisers who have received nominations for a Chicago/Midwest Emmy. The 62nd Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards will broadcast virtually in November. Regions covered by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter
WTTW special revisits the great Midwest family road trip with Geoffrey Baer When your family piled into the car for a vacation, where did you go? Starved Rock? Lake Geneva?
One Chicago writer, two from the suburbs and two from Midwestern cities are the finalists of the Chicago’s Screenwriters Network’s third annual Screenwriters Contest who will
In September, Kartemquin Films will celebrate its 46th anniversary, having traveled from a ‘60s hippy-ish “film collective” to its current status as one of America’s most
