Category: Reel Indie

Fourth annual run premieres the doc, “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” about the world’s first female director Columbia College Chicago will ...

Chicago-made skatepark doc gains widespread distribution on legendary athlete’s YouTube channel Concrete Dreams, a documentary about public skateparks written and dir...

DP Matthew Clark worked with Panavision and Light Iron while making “Late Night,” an indie feature starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson The following is an ex...

Facets’ annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival continues long tradition of programming excellence Four of the five films nominated for the Best Anima...

New doc investigates the mental health of Millennials and its relationship to changes in technology and the economy Cow Lamp Films acquired the distribution right...

Chicago-made pilot is one of four “highly original series-kickoff episodes” that will be featured during the festival’s Indie Episodic Program Tessa Films' W...

Cuban filmmakers, journalists, and scholars scheduled to interact with U.S. audiences Full Spectrum Features (FSF), Americas Media Initiative (AMI), and Athenaeum The...

From hip-hop snow angels to Lego parades, an adult-sized portion of casually-vetted Chicago content to help readers get the most out of the holiday Falling onto a cou...

“People would like to see Denim Underwear, Hula-hoop, or The Phases of the Moon play.” Gar Hoover More than a year after production, Beth and Gar Hoover’s ...

Many parts of the film are taken from co-director Melissa Boratyn’s life or reflect struggles facing young adults fighting cancer Chicago-based filmmaker Meli...

“It really kind of makes sense about where we are today … we are a nation of immigrants … we need to be the standard bearers of fairness” Sandra Antongiorgi &...

  “You know, I’ve got two kids, ages 70 and 71.” Jesus Trejo   The 8th annual Chicago Comedy Film Festival, which takes place from November 9 to 11, is...

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,...

"Had psychedelic therapy not come into our lives … there is a solid chance that one or both of us wouldn’t be alive" A powerful new documentary, From Shock to...

John Anderson's intimate documentary celebrates the Hyde Park native who introduced a generation to the swaggering energy of Chicago blues Chicago filmmaker John Ande...