Pope Leo XIV has warned that the "future of humanity is at stake" amid wars around the globe. The Chicago-born pontiff is visiting Turkey on his first trip abroad as the head o...
Christopher Nolan’s commitment to practical filmmaking has become the stuff of legend, and a new interview only adds fuel to the fire. According to The Dark Knight special ef...
For generations of Chicagoans, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert weren’t just critics. They were ours, two newspapermen who helped turn this city into a national hub for film disc...
Chicago is where the yellow brick road truly begins, shaping Oz, inspiring Emerald City, and paving the way for Wicked
When Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters, audiences w...
Moses the Black arrives in theaters nationwide on January 30, 2026, bringing a gritty, Chicago rooted story of reckoning and redemption to the big screen.
The film comes fro...
The holiday romance 'Exes of Christmas Past' began streaming November 16, 2025 on major free platforms.
Holiday romance Exes of Christmas Past brings a Midwest twist to seas...
The Pope has invited a special audience with global filmmakers and actors, the Chicago-born pontiff highlights cinema’s power to inspire empathy and reveals his four all-time...
Chicago has always had a taste for history, and this week, it’s serving up something delicious. The Chicago History Museum will host a special screening of Candy Capital, a W...
Harrison Ford returned to Chicago this week not as the world-famous actor audiences associate with Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Dr. Richard Kimble, but as a hometown kid coming ...
Who doesn't love a good scary movie on Halloween night? Bring out the stash of Halloween candy and popcorn balls because we’ve rounded up some of the best horror films shot i...
The city that launched the most influential duo in American film criticism is marking a major milestone this fall. The Chicago Film Office and the Department of Cultural Affair...
Starz just dropped the trailer for the third and final season of Power Book IV: Force (premiering Nov. 7), and it’s pure Tommy Egan energy: loud, relentless, and locked on Ch...
Who was Ed Gein? Was he really “the Ghoul of Plainfield," a serial killer who fashioned furniture from corpses he dug up at the nearby cemetery? Or an empathetic schizophreni...
Season 1 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology planted its flag with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a mega-hit that doubled as a cultural lightning rod. Season 2 pi...
Charlie Hunnam is going full-monster in Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the third season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology on Netflix.
With the full trailer now avai...
Fresh off the palate of its Emmy-nominated first season, NBC Chicago’s hit culinary/comedy series Poochie & Pang (eat Chicago) returns for its eagerly awaited second se...
Chicago’s independent film scene has a new production underway. Chrome Dancer, the directorial debut of co-writer/director Miles Erickson, began principal photography on Sept...
The award-winning feature documentary I’m Only Blind, directed by Kamelya Alexan, will screen at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge from September 12–18, 2025. There will b...
Note from the editor: When you’re in the middle of making a film, you don’t always realize the impact it will carry or fully appreciate the experience as it’s happening. ...
Netflix has picked up Saturn Return, a Chicago-set romance starring Charles Melton, Rachel Brosnahan, and Will Poulter. Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner ar...
