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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...

Streaming

CW cancels 4400 after just one season

By Barbara Roche May 20, 2022

CW has pulled the plug on 4400 after just one season. Filmed in Chicago last summer, 4400 was a reboot of the 2004 science fiction television series The 4400, which was al...

Reel Indie

Premiere of Chicago-based doc SKATE OR DIE at the Music Box Theatre

By Reel Chicago May 19, 2022

The Music Box Theatre and Flyback Productions present the Chicago Premiere of director Ryan Ferguson’s Chicago-based skateboarding doc SKATE OR DIE, with Cast and Crew Q&...

Reel Indie

Filmed in Chicago: Bleed American picked up by Cow Lamp for distribution

By Reel Chicago May 18, 2022

Chicago Director, Tre Manchester announces that his indie feature, Bleed American has been picked up by Cow Lamp Films in Chicago for national distribution, with a release date...

ONE CHICAGO

Chicago Med: pics & promo for Lying Doesn’t Protect You From The Truth

By Barbara Roche May 18, 2022

Just one more episode until the Chicago Med finale. There is a new episode this week on Chicago Med titled Lying Doesn't Protect You From The Truth airing Wednesday at 7 ...

ONE CHICAGO

Chicago P.D. pics & promo for a new episode this week, House of Cards

By Barbara Roche May 17, 2022

This week Chicago P.D. has a new episode and we are just one away from the big finale. We have this week’s pics and promo for Chicago P.D. titled House of Card...

ONE CHICAGO

Chicago Fire: New episode this week, pics & promo Last Chance

By Barbara Roche May 17, 2022

We have a few exclusive photos of the Chicago Fire cast and crew at work while filming a scene in this episode titled Last Chance and we have the promo photos released by ...

Events

Critically acclaimed The Alien Report lands here for a one day sneak peek

By Reel Chicago May 17, 2022

If you're a UFO enthusiast, this is one opportunity not to be missed. Experience an alien encounter in a sneak peek of The Alien Report screening at the Patio Theater. Chica...

Streaming

Shining Girls thriller starring Elisabeth Moss premieres April 29

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2022

Filmed in Chicago last summer, the mind-bending psychological thriller, Shining Girls, premieres on Apple+ this Friday, April 29. Based on the best-selling novel by Lauren ...

Streaming

Filmed in Chicago ’61st Street’ premieres on Sunday 4/10

By Reel Chicago Apr 7, 2022

61st Street — the AMC two-season television event with eight episodes per season is set to debut on Sunday, April 10, at 9 pm CT on AMC. The Michael B Jordan series was ...

Streaming

Joseph Sikora reprises his role as Tommy Egan in Power Book IV: Force

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2022

The wait is almost over! Premiering this Sunday, Sikora reprises his role as Tommy Egan in Power Book IV: Force, the highly-anticipated Power spin-off. Fans of Chicago loc...

Streaming

4400 series premiere promo and official synopsis of first episode

By Reel Chicago Oct 18, 2021

Filmed in Chicago, 4400 series premiere, titled Past Is Prologue, airs on Monday, October 25, at 8 PM CST on The CW. The original The 4400 series ran for 4 years and 44 epis...

REEL PRO

Interview: writer and director of ‘Ghostwriter’ beautifully filmed in Chicago

By Joia DaVida Oct 1, 2021

Ghostwriter is a beautifully filmed black and white Indie film, about a bartender who, as a once published writer, has struggled for years with his second novel, and how he hel...

Reel Indie

‘Born in Chicago’ pays loving tribute to the origins of Chicago blues

By Reel Chicago Oct 1, 2021

Born In Chicago, the music documentary with deep roots in the Chicago music and production communities, will have its U.S. premiere October 11, 2021 at the 44th Mill Valley Fil...

FILM

Jordan Peele’s Candyman shakes up the critics on opening day

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2021

The past year has been a chaotic one for movies as the Covid-19 pandemic has forced countless films to either move to VOD, release in a hybrid manner in theaters and VOD, or de...

FILM

CANDYMAN: inside Chicago’s Cabrini-Green urban legend

By Reel Chicago Aug 16, 2021

Filmed in Chicago, Oscar winner Jordan Peele unleashes a fresh take on Chicago's Cabrini-Green blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman.  Filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little W...