The true story of a Chicago mother and son who reunited after decades apart is now being made into a Netflix movie starring big names. The new movie, “Tis So Sweet,” will tell a story of family and ...

The Third Coast. The Windy City. Sure, when people think of big cities in the movies, Los Angeles or New York leap to mind, if not European locales like Paris and Rome. But before LA, Chicago was ...

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The following is adapted from “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic,” published March 19 by Atlantic Monthly Press. The author ...

The movie is based on the story of South Shore baker Lenore Lindsay. Lindsey was 17 years old when she gave her newborn son up for adoption. Her son Vamarr Hunter was 35 when he discovered he was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Twisters" is a movie that's roaring onto the big screen Wednesday and promising to be one of the summer's biggest hits. Actor Brandon Perea was recently back in his hometown, Chicago ...

How do films get overlooked? Many are increasingly bypassing theaters. Online platforms offer stand-alone films and episodic ...

Whether you’re a fan of big blockbusters like Dune: Part Two or Wicked or someone more interested in arthouse hits, there were a lot of great movies to choose from in 2024. Reset talks with a panel ...

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The Sundance Institute, one of the premier national institutions dedicated to independent filmmaking, is coming to the Windy City this weekend to premiere several new films and to offer up a variety ...

When the Showplace Icon movie theater shuttered late last month after 15 years in operation in the South Loop, it became the latest in a growing number of vacant cinemas across Chicago. A century ago, ...

“Bring the Family Home” will play its Chicago theater playdate in the coming weeks By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Technology and Politics A Chicago movie theater that canceled a screening of a ...