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...
Chicago is where the yellow brick road truly begins, shaping Oz, inspiring Emerald City, and paving the way for Wicked
When Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters, audiences w...
Moses the Black arrives in theaters nationwide on January 30, 2026, bringing a gritty, Chicago rooted story of reckoning and redemption to the big screen.
The film comes fro...
The holiday romance 'Exes of Christmas Past' began streaming November 16, 2025 on major free platforms.
Holiday romance Exes of Christmas Past brings a Midwest twist to seas...
Dictionary Films has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Madeline Saloga, who has stepped into the role of Senior Producer as the Chicago-based company continues ...
Chicago’s film community is kicking off the holiday season with the return of the 3rd Annual Film Workers’ Holiday Market, hosted by the IATSE Local 476 Women’s Committee...
As 2025 enters its final stretch, cameras continue to roll across Chicago. Network series, streamers, indie features, and commercial shoots will be keeping crews busy through t...
The Pope has invited a special audience with global filmmakers and actors, the Chicago-born pontiff highlights cinema’s power to inspire empathy and reveals his four all-time...
Director Ritesh Gupta, repped in the U.S. by Merman Branded, is back behind the camera for the NHL’s latest round of its celebrated “The Next Golden Era is Now” campaign ...
Governor J.B. Pritzker joined leadership from IATSE Local 2 and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Thursday to cut the ribbon on the union’s new ...
Across more than three decades, Oliver Platt has quietly assembled one of the most significant resumés in Chicago film and television.
Before Oliver Platt became the steady...
For more than four decades, Chicago Studio City (CSC) has stood as one of the most enduring and influential production hubs in the Midwest. The family-run operation has helped ...
In a significant win for the state’s film and television community, the Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping expansion of the Illinois Film Production Services Tax Inc...
Warner Bros. is officially bringing the Gremlins franchise back to the big screen, and this time, the mischievous Mogwai are in the hands of some very capable (and slightly cha...
Harrison Ford returned to Chicago this week not as the world-famous actor audiences associate with Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Dr. Richard Kimble, but as a hometown kid coming ...
BREAKING NEWS: The Illinois Film Tax Incentives bill has passed legislation. The long wait ends with a much-needed win for the industry.
Illinois lawmakers have passed a sig...
The city that launched the most influential duo in American film criticism is marking a major milestone this fall. The Chicago Film Office and the Department of Cultural Affair...
We're just hearing about the death of Rob Riley, Chicago actor, writer, director, improviser, singer, and teacher, a quintessential Chicago multi-hyphenate whose career embodie...
Stoic, an international sales and distribution company, has officially come aboard to handle worldwide sales for Moses the Black, the Chicago-set crime drama starring Omar Epps...
The Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) closed the 61st edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival on Sunday October 26, and announces the ...
