Home Alone actor, Macaulay Culkin will be honored with the 2,765th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, December 1 at 11:30 a.m. Culkin will receive his star
The Chicago film community has lost an icon, and a dear friend. Costume Designer, Jay Hurley, died of a heart attack on July 16. He was 75 years old. Jay
This year marks a significant milestone for comedy lovers and fans of the Griswold family as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic film National Lampoon’s Vacation with a
Jerry Vasilatos, Kira Macoun and Edward Heller of Chicago Corner are hosting the First Annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive at the Patio Theater on December 23rd, 2022 from 5-10pm. Attendees can bring
Art on theMART, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced a special addition to Fall 2022 programming. In recognition of the cultural contributions Ukraine has made to
Macaulay Culkin has been part of our pop culture ever since he was 10 years old. We were all hooked back in 1990, the moment we met the precocious Kevin
Macaulay Culkin is trending, but not for hilarious social media shenanigans, or his latest project, but for his appearance at the Gucci Love Parade in Los Angeles last week. The
Desmond’s Not Here Anymore is a harrowing short film about a mother battling Dementia and a daughter carrying a trauma she ironically cannot forget. Penned by first-time screenwriter, Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen,
Chicago-based Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has launched a consumer sentiment study to understand how consumers plan to watch and spend regarding Super Bowl
There’s nothing like Christmas in Chicago and Hollywood filmmakers have produced several films set in Chi-town, the midwestern city who embraces many warm and small town traditions that make transplanted
Sixteen years ago, Founder Ruth Ratny reported on the status of a highly anticipated sequel and the fate of Chicago Studio City Editor’s Note: Beginning today, Reel Chicago will do
Here’s a little something to gently ease you out of the holidays If you’re like me, you’re starting to panic knowing that the Hallmark Christmas movies are about to come
Every single one of us got here by putting a woman through pain. That’s just a small part of the female sacrifice that keeps the world turning. There are also
AbelCine’s Chicago Cinema Tech Expo this Saturday will be “bigger than we’ve ever done before,” says Brian Khan, the company’s Business and Community Development Specialist. “Every year, we do a
L.A.-based “Funny or Die” website regular and Winnetka native Alex Beh is back in town as writer, director and star of his debut feature Warren.
The coming-of-age love story shoots
Andrew Cook, Chicago’s only non-union gaffer who comes equipped with his own trucks and gear, is celebrating his 25th business anniversary.
To help mark the occasion, The
Legendary filmmaker John Hughes, who singlehandedly created and sustained Chicago’s film industry in the 1980s and 1990s, died of a heart attack Aug. 6, while in Manhattan, where he’d been
WHO HE IS: Tom Pastorelle, a senior editor at Cutters Editorial where he’s worked since 1993.
HOW HE VIEWS HIS JOB: As an editor for
Stories of the little-known business of product placement were spotlighted on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable in the person of Chicago’s George Simkowski of Let’s Go Hollywood.
If Chicago Studio City is sold before the July start date, “Barber Shop 2” could be filmed in in Los Angeles.
“Of course, we’d try to find another place in Chicago,”
