Tequila Herradura is making a case for patience in a world addicted to speed. The tequila brand has launched “We Leave Nothing to Luck and Everything to Craft,” a new globa...
If 2025 taught the advertising world anything, it’s that nothing is guaranteed. Not legacy. Not scale. Not even survival. The loss of DDB and FCB as Chicago powerhouses hit h...
In a year when Chicago advertising said goodbye to legacy names, weathered layoffs, and fought harder than ever to break through national clutter, one agency didn’t just surv...
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...
While all episodes of The Bear have been released on FX and Hulu, this reviewer has only completed the first five episodes. But we have enough to review!
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In a move that signals a major shift in the creative production landscape, The Heist, a Thinkingbox company, has significantly expanded its creative and client services teams w...
Lights, camera, Chicago! The 97th Academy Awards are upon us, and there’s no better way to celebrate than surrounded by fellow movie lovers, glammed up (or dressed down), wit...
The powerful short documentary Incident opens on a quiet midsummer evening in Chicago’s South Shore. The stillness is abruptly broken as a man dashes into the street, stumbli...
Chicago-based screenwriter Eric Anderson is once again making waves in the industry, securing his third consecutive spot on The Grey List with The Lot, a high-energy horror-com...
Sister publication, Reel 360 News, was the first to break the story of Technicolor Creative Studios' financial troubles and its decision to shut down The Mill’s U.S. operatio...
Every year, Super Bowl commercials flood our screens with spectacle, humor, and celebrity cameos, but the best ads are the ones that make us feel something. This year, that hon...
Almost every time former Reel Chicago editor Dan Patton wrote or edited an article about Leo Burnett, he’d get flak—from the iconic agency and our publisher alike—for cas...
In the world of Chicago post-production, few names carry as much weight as Optimus. This powerhouse at 161 East Grand has spent decades helping brands, filmmakers, and age...
What can you say about an agency that is ballsy enough to create a “couch lube” named after incoming Vice-President, J.D. Vance? You say they’ve earned the title of Reel ...
When it came to creative brilliance, Chicago’s agencies showed the rest of the world how it’s done in 2024. Highdive, BarkleyOKRP, Quality Meats, and other Windy City power...
This is the month of Halloween and Netflix is keeping its terrifying clown foot on the scare pedal with the release of Don't Move. The 2024 horror film is directed by Adam Schi...
Chicago production teams and actors who worked on the first season of Prison Break have a reason to celebrate once again!
According to Nielsen’s latest streaming rankings...
Filming has officially begun for Wendy Jo Carlton’s highly anticipated independent feature Lucy is a Loser, exploring the healing power of weirdness, music, and human connect...
Big congrats to Tom Duff, who is celebrating 29 years at Optimus, marking nearly three decades of leadership and innovation in the advertising and post-production industry.
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Chicago's advertising scene is celebrating a significant achievement as two local agencies, Quality Meats and Laughlin Constable, were honored at Ad Age’s 16th Annual Small A...
