Crowdfunding film spoof screens tonight at Music Box
“IT’S ALL GOOD,” a comedy feature from Aaron Fronk, Vinny Degaetano and Cooper Johnson of FND Films screens Oct. 20 at the Music Box Theatre and the next
“IT’S ALL GOOD,” a comedy feature from Aaron Fronk, Vinny Degaetano and Cooper Johnson of FND Films screens Oct. 20 at the Music Box Theatre and the next
The work of area-wide filmmakers, who raced the clock to produce a short film for the 12th 48 Hour Film Project over the Aug. 27 weekend, will screen Sunday and
On Jan. 8 the Music Box Theatre becomes the exclusive Chicago venue for Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight”
KRIS SWANBERG’S SUNDANCE HIT indie drama “Unexpected,” will start its limited theatrical release at the Music Box
Chicago-based Music Box Films leads independents distributors Film Independent’s Spirit Awards with seven nominations, behind only Fox Searchlight’s nine nominations in overall totals.
This puts the five-year old company
THE UNITED FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box Theatre Sept. 22-27 with a program that includes some 19 narrative and documentary features and 21 shorts.
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MUSIC BOX FILMS, the local distributor which has had a very good year with its “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Millennium Trilogy and “Mesrine,” among other releases, has acquired
One of the five highest-grossing foreign films of 2008 – French import “Tell No One,” grossing more than $6.1 million ? was released nationally by local specialty film distributor, year-old
Music Box Theatre owner William Schopf has rapidly emerged as one of Chicago’s biggest players in the national film distribution business.
Schopf’s new venture, Music Box Films,
Last week theater owners gathered in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, the annual movie industry trade convention, and delivered a message to the studios: there aren’t enough movies. Blame it on
The 14th Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) will be held at Classic Cinemas Elk Grove from April 14-23. The festival will exhibit over 30 films from around the globe
The Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced the winners of their 2023 film awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in cinema. Boom! It’s Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The film took home the prestigious
Comedy Talent from Second City, Steppenwolf, Key & Peele, RoseAnne, and Strangers With Candy to star in new Jon Silver Indie Feature Film, The Premiere. The Premiere, a new Comedy/Drama
FACETS 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), the first Academy Award qualifying international children’s film festival in the world, opens this Friday, Nov. 3 and runs through Sunday, Nov.
The Independent Film Alliance Chicago, SeriesFest and The Second City Film School are back in partnership with the second SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago LIVE, an event giving comedic independent creators
The Chicago International Film Festival announced this year’s winning films at North America’s longest-running competitive film festival’s 59th edition, running October 11 – 22. This year, 46 films competed for
Veteran Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder has unleashed her fourth feature film, the audacious pop art spectacle titled Perpetrator. This genre-blending creation defies easy categorization, offering a captivating blend of horror,
In a vibrant celebration of Pride Month, the REELING PRIDE FILM SHOWCASE, presented by MUBI, is set to dazzle audiences with a compelling array of LGBTQ+ cinema. This captivating cinematic
If you want to follow a rising star, keep your eye on connector, builder, innovator, Troy Pryor. Five years ago Creative Cypher, founded by Pryor, launched an accelerator lab for
Chicago native, writer, director George Ellzey Jr is breaking barriers for independent filmmakers. Having recently graduated with distinction from DePaul University’s MFA program in Directing for Film and Television, Ellzey