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Pinnacle Advertising named AOR for Shoreline Sightseeing
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Pinnacle Advertising named AOR for Shoreline Sightseeing

By Reel Chicago Dec 17, 2025
Shoreline Sightseeing operates the largest and most diverse fleet of tour vessels and water taxis in Chicago, with 18 boats offering architecture cruises, skyline and fireworks...
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DISH leans into awkward moments to have “The Talk”
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DISH leans into awkward moments to have “The Talk”

By Reel Chicago Dec 16, 2025
DISH isn’t running from the comparison anymore. It’s leaning straight into it. In its latest campaign, The Talk, created in collaboration with Highdive, DISH tackles one of...
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30 years later, While You Were Sleeping is a Christmas present
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30 years later, While You Were Sleeping is a Christmas present

By Reel Chicago Dec 16, 2025
Thirty years ago, While You Were Sleeping quietly arrived in theaters and did something rare. It became a Chicago Christmas movie without ever announcing itself as one. Set aga...
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John Maxham joins Blue Chip as first CCO
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John Maxham joins Blue Chip as first CCO

By Reel Chicago Dec 16, 2025
Blue Chip has named John Maxham its first chief creative officer, formalizing a role he has effectively been shaping over the past year and a half as a consultant. The former c...
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Honoring fallen heroes: Gary Sinise on Snowball Express
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Honoring fallen heroes: Gary Sinise on Snowball Express

By Reel Chicago Dec 13, 2025
Each December, Walt Disney World Resort becomes more than a theme park for hundreds of military and first responder families. Through the Gary Sinise Foundation’s annual Snow...
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Disney+ celebrates Home Alone with immersive experiences
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Disney+ celebrates Home Alone with immersive experiences

By Reel Chicago Dec 10, 2025
Get excited, ya filthy animals. In a larger-than-life tribute to Home Alone, Disney+ is celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the beloved holiday classic throughout Decem...
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Golden Globe taps Chicago productions with 4 nominations
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Golden Globe taps Chicago productions with 4 nominations

By Reel Chicago Dec 8, 2025
The 83rd Golden Globe nominations dropped this morning. While this year’s race is dominated by global heavyweights like Sentimental Value and One Battle After Another, Chicag...
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CAFM to hold their 17th Annual Holiday Hurrah December 15
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CAFM to hold their 17th Annual Holiday Hurrah December 15

By Reel Chicago Dec 4, 2025
The Chicago Acting In Film Meetup NFP (CAFM) wraps up 2025 with a festive holiday party, fundraiser, and networking night.  Filmmakers, film actors, and film industry workers ...
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Chicago Japan Film Collective: Backstreet Cinema Series returns
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Chicago Japan Film Collective: Backstreet Cinema Series returns

By Reel Chicago Dec 4, 2025
The Chicago Japan Film Collective (CJFC) announces Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2, featuring two extraordinary Japanese documentary films that explore the power, emotion, and ...
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Chicago indie Local Area Network premiere screening December 13
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Chicago indie Local Area Network premiere screening December 13

By Reel Chicago Dec 4, 2025
Local Area Network, a new independent feature from Chicago filmmaker Glenn Garrabrant (Visiting Friends), will make its world premiere at The Lake Street Screening Room o...
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Papa Johns names Leo as new creative agency
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Papa Johns names Leo as new creative agency

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2025
Papa Johns has tapped Leo as its new creative agency as the pizza giant works to strengthen its marketing and reverse a lingering sales slump. The move follows a creative ag...
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Doc Chicago mini-conference kicks off at Chicago Filmmakers
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Doc Chicago mini-conference kicks off at Chicago Filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2025
This year’s Doc Chicago mini-conference kicks off with a showcase of regionally produced short documentaries at Chicago Filmmakers on Friday, December 5, followed by an aft...
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The Omnicom Consolidation: A Plan Without A Purpose
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The Omnicom Consolidation: A Plan Without A Purpose

By Corey Richardson Dec 1, 2025
The news that Omnicom is cutting 4,000 jobs and sunsetting legacy agencies like FCB, DDB, and MullenLowe should have rocked the industry. Instead, it landed with a dull thud, b...
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AI thriller Mia: See Clearly to film partially in Chicago
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AI thriller Mia: See Clearly to film partially in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Nov 28, 2025
Chicago is adding another high-profile project to its 2026 production slate. The psychological techno-thriller Mia: See Clearly will shoot key sequences in the city next year, ...
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Michael Mann confirms Heat 2 will film partially in Chicago
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Michael Mann confirms Heat 2 will film partially in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Nov 28, 2025
Michael Mann is coming home. Well, for a little while. The iconic Chicago-born filmmaker has officially confirmed that Heat 2, his long-gestating follow-up to the 1995 crime cl...
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Christopher Nolan refused CGI for The Dark Knight’s riskiest stunt
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Christopher Nolan refused CGI for The Dark Knight’s riskiest stunt

By Reel Chicago Nov 27, 2025
Christopher Nolan’s commitment to practical filmmaking has become the stuff of legend, and a new interview only adds fuel to the fire. According to The Dark Knight special ef...
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Macaulay Culkin reveals idea for Home Alone sequel
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Macaulay Culkin reveals idea for Home Alone sequel

By BANG Showbiz Nov 26, 2025
Macaulay Culkin has pitched an idea for a Home Alone sequel. The 45-year-old actor, who rose to fame as a child star playing Kevin McCallister in the 1990 Christmas classic and...
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50 years later, Siskel & Ebert are back in the balcony
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50 years later, Siskel & Ebert are back in the balcony

By Reel Chicago Nov 23, 2025
For generations of Chicagoans, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert weren’t just critics. They were ours, two newspapermen who helped turn this city into a national hub for film disc...
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DoorDash celebrates Dashers’ power passions
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DoorDash celebrates Dashers’ power passions

By Reel Chicago Nov 23, 2025
DoorDash is spotlighting the side-hustle hustle with its newest recruitment ad, a stylish and surprisingly cinematic grocery delivery spot created by Quality Meats in partnersh...
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It’s Merry Chaos in Walgreens’ holiday campaign from Leo
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It’s Merry Chaos in Walgreens’ holiday campaign from Leo

By Reel Chicago Nov 20, 2025
Let’s face it — the holidays may look magical on postcards, but in real life they play out a lot more like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: squirrels in trees, ligh...
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