My Kind of Tinseltown: A Chicago Movie Autobiography
There's a special thrill in seeing your reality reflected back to you on a giant screen, as The Fugitive, The Blues Brothers, A League of Their Own, and so many other Chicago movies have done for me as a lifelong Chicagoan.
Interview: Organist Dennis Scott on Music Box Theatre and Chicago Movies
12+1 questions with the house organist of Chicago's Music Box Theatre on favorite moviegoing memories, Chicago movies, and more!
3 Key Reasons ‘The Fugitive’ Remains A Runaway Hit
How the 1993 Harrison Ford film overcame production troubles to become a well-made and deeply satisfying thriller that remains beloved over 30 years later.
‘While You Were Sleeping’ Captures the Workaday Magic of Chicago
This is a Christmas movie, a love story, and a comedy of manners, but it's also a sweetly specific Chicago movie.
Top 5 ‘High Fidelity’ Top 5 Lists
The Chicago-set John Cusack dramedy High Fidelity is full of Top 5 lists about all kinds of things. Here are the 5 best.
Top 10 Chicago Movies
Chicago is second to none for welcoming the most colorful movie characters, including the fugitive doctors, future presidents, and truant teenagers that fill out our list.
Catching Up with ‘Chicago’ and Other Movie Musicals
We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month we’re tackling our personal movie musical blindspots!