This summer marks 20 years since filmmaker Christopher Nolan altered superhero culture with his first installment of the Dark ...

So let's go with Drinking Buddies, a true-to-life 2013 movie about love, relationships and helping your friends move from crappy apartment to crappy apartment on the North Side of Chicago.

Spike Lee thinks that people from Chicago hate the movie Chiraq.

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 ...

We asked which TV shows and movies do you think best capture Chicago. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “ ‘Hill Street Blues.’ ...

The Uptown Theatre opened 100 years ago. According to the Chicago Architecture Center, it was not only meant to be a place to see a movie, but also somewhere to have an unforgettable experience. Since ...

1907: Essanay Studios began its 10-year run of making movies in Chicago, featuring Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and other ...

According to the City of Chicago, more than 700 movies have been made in the area. They range from cartoons and silent films from the turn of the last century and the early 1900s heyday of Essanay ...

By Selena Fragassi Jul 30, 2025, 3:30am PDT Movies & TV What 1,200 reels of home movies reveal about a century of life on Chicago's South Side ...

Whether you're a working actor or an aspiring one, you might be curious to know which movies and TV shows are casting roles ...