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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...

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Macaulay Culkin supports Trump out of Home Alone 2

By Reel Chicago Jan 15, 2021 0 Comment

Macaulay Culkin speaks out in his supports the removal of Donald Trump's cameo from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Culkin, who starred as Kevin McAllister in the popular 19...

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Groundbreaking doc ‘What About Me’ to air in Feb

By Reel Chicago Jan 14, 2021 0 Comment

Groundbreaking documentary What About Me will air in syndication February 6–28, 2021. In an effort to change the negative perceptions of African American Men in the media, 5J...

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REVIEW: Boseman, Davis make ‘Ma Rainey’s’ a must-see

By Joia DaVida Dec 23, 2020 0 Comment

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the long-awaited adaptation of the hit stage play, written by August Wilson by the same name. Aside from a few scenes in the beginning of the film...

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REVIEW: ‘Trial of Chicago 7’ is compelling entertainment

By Joia DaVida Dec 23, 2020 0 Comment

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a compelling courtroom drama that is filled with crisp dialogue that debuted on Netflix a month before the election. While Trump's Justice Departm...

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Transgender doc ‘Born to Be’ opens in Chicago 11.20

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2020 0 Comment

Born to Be follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City-where, for t...

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‘Doll Eyes’ come to life for Chicago director Piñeiro

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2020 0 Comment

Felix Piñeiro has signed on to direct Doll Eyes written by award-winning screenwriter Amir Mohabbat. The horror film follows a developmentally disabled man who protects ...

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ECHO BOOMERS Chicago Premiere with Seth Savoy Q&A

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2020 0 Comment

Echo Boomers, the crime drama feature starring Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Knives Out, Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water) and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Scouts Gu...

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Unashamed Media releases poignant short “Otis’ Dream”

By Reel Chicago Nov 1, 2020 0 Comment

Otis Moss, Sr.’s journey to vote in 1946 Georgia is one of heartbreak and enduring hope, and it is as relevant today as it was back then. Especially as people of color across...

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Interview with Eileen Cabiling director of Basurero

By Reel Chicago Oct 27, 2020 0 Comment

Basurero, a short film written and directed by Eileen Cabiling, has been making some serious waves at Asian film festivals this year. In it, a struggling young Filipino fis...

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37th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Fest

By Reel Chicago Oct 26, 2020 0 Comment

The full schedule was announced for Facets 37th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF37) one of only two Academy Award-qualifying international...

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A Conversation with Bob Hercules & Keith Walker

By Reel Chicago Oct 23, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago Filmmakers is pleased to announce two new editions of Masterwork: Industry Conversations, a series of virtual interviews with long established and award-winning filmmak...

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‘Candyman’ pushed to 2021 summer release

By Reel Chicago Oct 22, 2020 0 Comment

Say Candyman five times...in 2021. After numerous delays, Universal and MGM’s reboot of the supernatural slasher film is scheduled to hit theaters on Aug. 27, 2021. Jordan...

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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” trailer shows 1920s Chicago

By Reel Chicago Oct 20, 2020 0 Comment

Netflix released the first trailer for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” showing the lush period setting of 1920s Chicago “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is Chad Boseman�...