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The Music Box Theatre has plans for a big weekend

By Reel Chicago Jun 11, 2021 0 Comment

Whether you venture out on Open Chicago weekend or plan to stay in, Music Box has an awesome lineup of entertainment. From the creator of HAMILTON and the director of CRAZY ...

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16th CineYouth Festival announces winners

By Reel Chicago May 10, 2021 0 Comment

CineYouth Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, announced award winners for its expanded 2021 edition, comprising films accepted for the pandemic-preempted 2020 edition plus ...

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Music Box Theatre showing trio of 2021 Oscar Nominees

By Reel Chicago Apr 17, 2021 0 Comment

The Music Box Theatre is giving you a chance to see a trio of 2021 Oscar Nominees on the big screen! From April 16th – April 22nd only, you can catch ...

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Coda Collection acquires Dave Grohl’s What Drives Us

By Reel Chicago Apr 12, 2021 0 Comment

Dave Grohl has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining Nevermind...

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Hollywood stars join Humane Society’s ‘Save Ralph’

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2021 0 Comment

Hollywood filmmakers and movie stars have joined forces with Humane Society International to produce a powerful stop-motion animated short film, Save Ralph, to end cosmetic tes...

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Safe Humane Chicago hosts screening of Stray

By Reel Chicago Feb 23, 2021 0 Comment

Safe Humane Chicago announced today a virtual fundraising screening event of Magnolia Pictures' new, upcoming documentary Stray, directed by Independent Spirit Award-nominee fi...

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‘Postcards From Home’ personalizes the pandemic

By Daniel L. Patton Feb 18, 2021 0 Comment

Chicago-based filmmaker Richard Cohen explores the depths of isolation in Postcards From Home, a series of one-act vignettes about the affects of the pandemic. The ten-minut...

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Chicago Med, Fire actors in Rain Beau’s End

By Reel Chicago Feb 16, 2021 0 Comment

Rain Beau's End is an intimate lesbian family-drama situated in the late 1990s, depicting how the labelling of their adopted son affects a progressive lesbian couple's relation...

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Our Top 10 Valentine’s Day Chicago films

By Joia DaVida Feb 12, 2021 0 Comment

Valentine's day is just around the corner and with the global pandemic, many couples are choosing to stream movies at home “and chill”. There are many romantic movies filme...

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Think you know everything about Groundhog Day?

By Joia Davida Feb 2, 2021 0 Comment

Every February 2 on Groundhog Day, North Americans wait with bated breath to discover if there will be six more weeks of winter or if there will be an early spring as foretold ...

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Chicago filmmakers have the #1 box-office hit this week

By Barbara Roche Jan 29, 2021 0 Comment

Chicago filmmakers Chris Charles, Columbia College Chicago Adjunct Professor Danny Kravitz, and three-time Academy Award nominee Robert Lorenz have a No. 1 box-office hit this ...

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Gotham winner ‘Identifying Features’ comes to Siskel

By Reel Chicago Jan 15, 2021 0 Comment

The acclaimed, gripping Mexican border thriller from debut Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Valadez, Identifying Features, will open January 22 with Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center...