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 ...

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

Cautionary satires by two Chicago filmmakers this fall draw inspiration from the city’s tech sector. In their movies, Brandon Daley and Jake Myers both observe ...

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*Spike Lee’s determination to keep the title of his upcoming film “Chi-raq” untouched … continues to rub local officials in Chicago the wrong way. In an interview with Chicago magazine, Lee spoke on ...

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As many movie theaters struggle, Chicago’s Music Box is expanding into Minnesota and adding a third screen in Lake View. “We ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — One of the many special parts ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. I also mention this because the film centers around a group, ...

Free outdoor movies in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs scream summertime. Where else can you enjoy treats, green spaces, and staying up past bedtime? In Chicago, you can see a movie at a landmark ...