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 ...
Legendary guitarist, songwriter and producer Steve Cropper, who helped shape the Stax Records sound, has passed away at 84.
A statement released by his family confirmed the ...
The Chicago Japan Film Collective (CJFC) announces Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2, featuring two extraordinary Japanese documentary films that explore the power, emotion, and ...
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...
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...
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...
Taylor Kinney has never been the guy chasing cameras. In fact, the Chicago Fire star is famous for doing the opposite, quietly showing up to the set, delivering fan-favorite pe...
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...
Macaulay Culkin hates being "touched" by fans and has set "rules" to keep himself "safe." The Home Alone star, 45, has been dealing with fame for most of his life since the 199...
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, ...
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...
Pope Leo XIV has warned that the "future of humanity is at stake" amid wars around the globe. The Chicago-born pontiff is visiting Turkey on his first trip abroad as the head o...
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...
Police in Rosemont say they are “committed to investigating” Tara Reid’s allegation that she was drugged at a hotel bar near Chicago over the weekend. The 50-year-old act...
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...
Chicago has been the backdrop for several memorable holiday productions, and when it comes to Thanksgiving films, three titles consistently rise to the top. All are connected i...
Macaulay Culkin’s sons still don’t realize their dad is the Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, even though the movie plays “often” in their house. And the 45-year-old a...
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...
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...
Chicago hosted the final stop of the AICP Awards Tour on Thursday evening, bringing friends, co-workers, and colleagues together at the Old Post Office, for an evening that ble...
