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Events

Join Arts Alliance Illinois to celebrate 40 years of accomplishments

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2022

Join Arts Alliance Illinois to celebrate four decades of collective accomplishments, toast 40 years of honorees, enjoy performances from local artists, and envision what we wil...

NEW WORK

Gravely features the legend behind the lawn in Cramer-Krasselt campaign

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2022

In spring 2022, Cramer-Krasselt (C-K), the nation's second-largest independent marketing and communications agency, and Gravely, a leader in outdoor lawn and power equipment, l...

POST

The Mill Chicago brings VFX and color grade to Clavin Harris’ hit Potion

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2022

The Mill Chicago adds visual effects and color grade to the Calvin Harris’ latest summer anthem ‘Potion’ alongside Dua Lipa and Young Thug. Mill’s colorist Kris Sma...

Events

Matt Damon to receive Gene Siskel Renaissance Award at special event

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2022

The Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced that actor, producer and screenwriter Matt Damon will be honored with the Film Center’...

BREAKING NEWS

Kwame Amoaku steps down from Film Office

By Colin Costello May 31, 2022

This morning, Director of the Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku, announced that he would be resigning from his position on Friday, June 3. He made the announcement on his Face...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Former Chicagoan Niko Vitacco returns home for the filming of Guys Night

By Barbara Roche May 31, 2022

Former Chicagoan, actor/ writer/ producer, Niko Vitacco, will return home to begin filming in August on the feature film, Guys Night. As if he followed the advice of Heming...

In memoriam

The Chicago Fire beloved mascot, Tuesday, has passed away

By Reel Chicago May 29, 2022

Chicago Fire's Station 51 lost a beloved member of the family shortly before the season finale aired. The Dalmatian known as Tuesday passed away last week. Tuesday’s trai...

FESTIVALS

Live Screening for Big Teeth Small Shorts and a Reel Chicago discount

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2022

The Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival is back and hosting an in-person, live screening at Burning Bush Brewery the evening of Thursday, June 9th - with special discount for...

FILM

Somewhere in America marks Chicagoan Brian Schodorf’s sixth feature

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2022

Somewhere in America, produced by Chicago based media company Schodorf Films, marks Chicago/Midwest Emmy-Award winning filmmaker, Brian Schodorf’s sixth feature length projec...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Former Alderman, Michael Scott Jr joins Cinespace in newly created position

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2022

Cinespace Studios announced that Michael Scott Jr. will join the company in the newly created position of Director, Industry and Community Relations. Scott will report to As...

FESTIVALS

Midwest Film Festival hosts the Midwest Premiere of Code of the Freaks

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2022

Midwest Film Festival's (MFF) June First Tuesdays event will feature Salome Chasnoff's Code of the Freaks. This documentary challenges the realism of Hollywood's portrayals of ...

Events

FACETS: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Memoria, and Happening

By Reel Chicago May 27, 2022

FACETS presents encore in-person screenings of Everything Everywhere All At Once (June 4-5), Memoria (June 18-19), and Happening (June 25-26) along with special film se...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Chicago Studio City adds state of-the-art stages in a major expansion

By Barbara Roche May 27, 2022

Phase one of a major expansion is near completion at Chicago Studio City, as three new state-of-the-art stages are being added to the campus. Phase two will include an addition...

MEDIA

Onion repeats headline on 21 stories of mass shootings

By Reel Chicago May 27, 2022

Chicago-based satirical website The Onion made a bold social commentary on Wednesday, headlining its homepage with its both heartbreaking and parodical article titled, ’No...

REEL MOVES

‘The Alpinist’ producer Mike Negri joins 11 Dollar Bill

By Reel Chicago May 26, 2022

Mike Negri, producer of the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Alpinist and the SXSW Audience Award-winning documentary The Dawn Wall, has joined 11 Dollar Bill as Senior Pr...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Marvel’s Ironheart was seen filming in town last weekend

By Barbara Roche May 26, 2022

The new Marvel limited series, Ironheart was seen filming around town last weekend. It was first reported by our favorite source for accuracy, chicagofilming.com, and later con...

ONE CHICAGO

Behind the scenes of Chicago Fire. The Severide and Kidd wedding

By Barbara Roche May 25, 2022

At last! The Severide and Kidd Wedding. The Chicago Fire Season 10 finale had it all, a birth, a death, a wedding, and a cliffhanger. The showrunners promised us it would b...

In memoriam

Bert Lindberg, Chief Chargeman, former President of Local 476 passes at 95

By Barbara Roche May 25, 2022

Bert Lindberg, Chief Chargeman of Fred A. Niles Studios for 30 years and former President of Local 476 has passed at 95. Bert's son, Mark Lindberg, also a member of local 47...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Sheila R. Brown exits from CineCares after a long history of changing lives

By Barbara Roche May 24, 2022

Sheila R. Brown has stepped down from her position as Executive Director of the CineCares Division of Cinespace Film Studios. Brown joined the Mirkopoulos and Pissios famil...

Behind The Scenes

Sarofsky creates dazzling 3D glass-house main titles for The Staircase

By Reel Chicago May 24, 2022

Sarofsky's dazzling 3D glass house main titles for the HBO Max limited series The Staircase are so captivating that it will make you hit rewind to take another look. Inspi...