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CREATIVE

FCB captures raven for Chicago Humanities Festival

By Daniel Patton Sep 27, 2019

The dark harbinger delivers antique scrolls announcing an event with “Game of Thrones” author George RR Martin FCB Chicago captured an airborne fantasy to help t...

Reel Indie

Kick A Rock’s ‘Aphrodite Inc.’ wins 48 Hour Film Project

By Daniel Patton Sep 27, 2019

“The most family-friendly sex robot movie ever made” will now compete for a chance to screen at Cannes The 48 Hour Film Project often breeds a highly sophisticat...

Reel Indie

“Traces of Home” earns Kartemquin support

By Daniel Patton Sep 21, 2019

Chicago filmmaker Colette Ghunim gets a massive boost for a doc about her family’s Palestinian and Mexican roots Hosni Ghunim met Iza Planas on the day he arrived in...

CREATIVE

Daily Planet brings everyone together for ‘Team Jasmin’

By Daniel Patton Sep 19, 2019

An upbeat family trip through Chicago arrives at the warmth of Lurie Children’s Hospital Using only eight words in 45 seconds, Daily Planet celebrates the joy of co...

Reel Indie

Getting to know ‘A Sisterhood of Signatures’

By Daniel Patton Sep 19, 2019

Chicago filmmaker Okema "Seven" Gunn skillfully weaves important lessons into a light-hearted tale about four young girls Cursive writing leads the way to teenage en...

CIFF

Architecture, racecars, and the Blues

By Daniel Patton Sep 18, 2019

The ChiFilmFest 2019 program offers moviegoers art, thrills, and the music that inspired Buddy Guy The Chicago International Film Festival announced an ambitious sched...

REEL THINGS

Hawley and Amoaku help film industry move forward

By Daniel Patton Sep 13, 2019

Newly installed office-holders explain their plans for keeping Chicago and Illinois on the path of success The thriving regional film industry is only going to get be...

REEL THINGS

SOCIALDEVIANT “iterates to great”

By Daniel Patton Sep 13, 2019

Combining traditional expertise and Millennial wisdom, the Chicago shop is proving that “good guys can win” In many ways, SOCIALDEVIANT is more of an experiment t...

REEL THINGS

The 5th Annual Big Teeth 60-second Film Festival

By Daniel Patton Sep 6, 2019

Short films, free craft beer, delicious popcorn, and the Ravenswood Art Walk are the “best way to spend 15 minutes” this year The 5th Annual Big Teeth 60-second Fil...

Reel Indie

‘Bleed American’ captures youth in the Midwest

By Daniel Patton Sep 5, 2019

Indy director Tre Manchester brings authentic regional flavor to a universal reality Bleed American is a coming-of-age tale that puts separate socioeconomic classes in...

Reel Indie

Chicago-made ‘Trained’ rolls into 33 million homes

By Daniel Patton Aug 30, 2019

Yuri Rutman's guerilla-filmed, psychoerotic short begins streaming tomorrow on ShortsTV Kiev-born, Chicago-raised, LA-based filmmaker Yuri Rutman endured 48 hours of the...

REEL THINGS

ACE Comic Con brings supercharged world to Chicago

By Daniel Patton Aug 30, 2019

Brie Larson, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland, and Jake Gyllenhaal among the actors, artists, and writers appearing at event ACE Comic Con will transform the Donald E. Step...

‘South Side’ renewed for 10-episode season two

By Daniel Patton Aug 28, 2019

Comedy Central orders another round of the show about “joy, ambition, and silliness" in the Englewood community According to a story published today in Hol...

REEL THINGS

The Bluesmobile returns to Joliet Prison

By Daniel Patton Aug 26, 2019

A replica of Jake and Elwood’s famous ride helps turn former correctional facility into a world-class film-related tourist attraction A police car with a large pu...

CREATIVE

Dreams come true in new Blue Moon campaign by DDB

By Daniel Patton Aug 21, 2019

A light-hearted pair of spots do an excellent job of implying that beer makes everything better DDB explores a range of the possibilities that a drinker can dream in a ...

CREATIVE

mcgarry creates instant classic with new P3 campaign

By Daniel Patton Aug 21, 2019

‘3 PM Slump’ delivers the kind of quick humor that is destined for internet memehood Office workers succumb to a corporate form of zombification in Slump, a new ...

REEL THINGS

Inside the Music Box’s 90th Anniversary Video

By Daniel Patton Aug 20, 2019

The 12-minute film showcases one of the theatre's greatest resources, its audience Filmmaker Curtis Matzke shot a lot of interviews while helping to make the Mus...

CREATIVE

#WomenWorthWatching aims to level the playing field

By Daniel Patton Aug 20, 2019

mcgarrybowen and the US Tennis Association enlist Billie Jean King to encourage fans to share highlights of the female athletes who inspire them mcgarrybowen and the U...

CREATIVE

DDB celebrates State Farm commitment to doing good

By Daniel Patton Aug 19, 2019

Chicago agency helps insurance company get laughs with Heimlich maneuvering, crosswalk assisting, and whale saving in ‘On The Board' DDB created a flurry of humoro...

BLACK HARVEST

‘R.A.W. TUBA’ wins Best Short at Black Harvest

By Daniel Patton Aug 19, 2019

Documentary about Richard Antoine White’s inspiring life earns the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Black Harvest Film Festival Prize R.A.W. TUBA was awarded Best...