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Chicago-made ‘Anything That Moves’ to screen at CIFF
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Chicago-made ‘Anything That Moves’ to screen at CIFF

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2025
Chicago Filmmaker Alex Phillips’ erotic thriller ANYTHING THAT MOVES screens Saturday October 25 as part of the Chicago International Film Festival after premiering in July a...
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Six Irish films featured at 61st Chicago International Film Festival
  • FESTIVALS

Six Irish films featured at 61st Chicago International Film Festival

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2025
The Chicago Irish Film Festival is shining a light on Irish films this fall, proudly announcing a showcase of six outstanding Irish films at the 61st Chicago International Film...
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‘Collaborate & Listen’ premieres October 20 at FACETS
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‘Collaborate & Listen’ premieres October 20 at FACETS

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2025
The Chicago premiere of Collaborate & Listen, a queer and women-led workplace comedy web series, will take place October 20, 2025 at FACETS Chicago. The event will feature ...
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Harbor adds Jason Ryan, elevates Steve Perski to lead sound team
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Harbor adds Jason Ryan, elevates Steve Perski to lead sound team

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2025
Harbor is bolstering its award-winning sound division with a series of key creative appointments, reinforcing its leadership in innovation, technology, and premium artistry acr...
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Is Multicultural Advertising doomed?
  • POV

Is Multicultural Advertising doomed?

By Corey Richardson Oct 13, 2025
The cultural wind is blowing in the wrong direction. Multicultural budgets are shrinking. “Woke” has been turned into a slur. Clients who once celebrated diversity now whis...
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Don Lemon zeroes in on ICE arrests, and Chicago’s pushback
  • CITY NEWS

Don Lemon zeroes in on ICE arrests, and Chicago’s pushback

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2025
Don Lemon has turned his lens on Chicago as federal immigration enforcement intensifies across pockets of the city, and residents mobilize in response. Just last Friday, Reel C...
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Gushers turns ’90s FruitHead into Halloween short film
  • HAlloween

Gushers turns ’90s FruitHead into Halloween short film

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2025
Here's a pitch: what if the goofy FruitHead gag from the commercials wasn’t a punchline, but an origin story? Decades after a hex on a bag of Gushers warped a young performer...
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WGN producer forcibly detained in Lincoln Square ICE operation
  • CITY NEWS

WGN producer forcibly detained in Lincoln Square ICE operation

By Reel Chicago Oct 10, 2025
A WGN-TV Emmy Award-winning producer, Debbie Brockman, was violently detained by masked agents believed to be from ICE on Chicago’s North Side Friday morning during an immigr...
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Redleg Films begins filming The Elkhorn Special in Chicago suburbs
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Redleg Films begins filming The Elkhorn Special in Chicago suburbs

By Barbara Roche Oct 10, 2025
Filming gets underway on The Elkhorn Special, an independent feature from Chicago’s Redleg Films, set against the suburban backdrop of Berwyn and Riverside. Principal photogr...
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Ron Dean, beloved Chicago actor for over four decades, has died
  • In memoriam

Ron Dean, beloved Chicago actor for over four decades, has died

By Barbara Roche Oct 7, 2025
Ron Dean, the tough-as-nails character actor whose unmistakable Chicago presence graced some of the city’s most iconic films and television series, has died at the age of 87....
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Chicago Med, Fire, and P.D. light up Peacock and prime time
  • ONE CHICAGO

Chicago Med, Fire, and P.D. light up Peacock and prime time

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2025
NBC’s fall is off to a blazing start and One Chicago is fanning the flames. While the network touts early wins across its schedule, the biggest momentum story is on Peacock, ...
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Miranda Rae Mayo shines in emotional Chicago Fire premiere
  • ONE CHICAGO

Miranda Rae Mayo shines in emotional Chicago Fire premiere

By Barbara Roche Oct 7, 2025
Chicago Fire waisted no time setting the tone of Season 14 by tapping into a raw emotional register in the opening scene. In a premiere anchored by Miranda Rae Mayo 's quiet, c...
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Cat’s Pride & Two by Four make odor… very hard to ignore
  • CREATIVE

Cat’s Pride & Two by Four make odor… very hard to ignore

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2025
Oversized cats, oversized laughs. Chicago’s Two by Four teams with Cat’s Pride on “Breathe Easy,” a storytelling-led campaign that literalizes the two worst parts of li...
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PARAGON levels up its new roster and EP Tom Leonard
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PARAGON levels up its new roster and EP Tom Leonard

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2025
PARAGON, the next-gen shop for commercials, cine-docs, and brand content, is widening its creative footprint with a refreshed director lineup and the addition of Executive Prod...
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Banner Studios and Chicago Bears team up on high-impact content
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Banner Studios and Chicago Bears team up on high-impact content

By Barbara Roche Oct 7, 2025
When the lights come up at Soldier Field this season, fans will be greeted by a bold new visual experience powered by Banner Studios. The Chicago-based production company a...
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Nick Gehlfuss returns to Chicago Med to celebrate 200th Episode
  • ONE CHICAGO

Nick Gehlfuss returns to Chicago Med to celebrate 200th Episode

By Barbara Roche Oct 6, 2025
Chicago Med is marking a major milestone this week, and it’s bringing back one of its most beloved characters to do it. Nick Gehlfuss returns as Dr. Will Halstead for the sho...
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KFC introduces the big a** wet nap for its original Honey BBQ
  • CREATIVE

KFC introduces the big a** wet nap for its original Honey BBQ

By Reel Chicago Oct 6, 2025
KFC is in its comeback bag, and Chicago’s Highdive just dropped the sauciest flex yet: Original Honey BBQ is back starting Oct. 6, and the TV spot literally introduces a gian...
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REVIEW: Charlie Hunnam elevates messy and chaotic Ed Gein Story
  • CHICAGO MADE

REVIEW: Charlie Hunnam elevates messy and chaotic Ed Gein Story

By Colin Costello Oct 6, 2025
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...
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What are critics saying about Monster: The Ed Gein Story?
  • CHICAGO MADE

What are critics saying about Monster: The Ed Gein Story?

By Reel Chicago Oct 3, 2025
Season 1 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology planted its flag with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a mega-hit that doubled as a cultural lightning rod. Season 2 pi...
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Cast is set for Laura Louise with Corbin Bernsen in the lead
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Cast is set for Laura Louise with Corbin Bernsen in the lead

By Barbara Roche Oct 3, 2025
Chicago filmmaker Duane Edwards (Wrong Numbers) has locked in the cast for his upcoming thriller Laura Louise, which begins production near Dixon, Illinois later this month. Th...
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