Chicago Illinois Movies

A documentary chronicling the colorful history of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood through photos and rare footage.

As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, an oil painter in Chicago, adamantly starts yet another new figure painting: a portrait of an...

A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's reverence for his musical roots are center-stage on Ten Days Out...Blues From The Backroads. The guitar-slinger is featured...

As one of his generation's quintessential Mad Men, television commercial director Joe Sedelmaier's work was iconic, dynamic, and instantly...

Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the...

Featuring legendary recording engineer Steve Albini, 'Document: A film about Malojian' captures the energy of a band at the top of their game, as...

An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime...

Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.

When her brother disappears, Anna enlists a violent man from her past to extract the truth and drags her partner into a night of brutality that may...

Mike Leonard tells the inside story of how the west Loop’s St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, known to residents as Old St. Pat's,...

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for...

Often overshadowed by the stars of the New York scene, Chicago punk gets its day in the limelight in this raw documentary that captures the...

Bloodied But Unbowed chronicles Bloodshot Records' 12 years (and counting) in the trenches of independent music. It's a world where it's easier to...

In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its...

A psychological thriller dealing with the dual persona a young man possesses and attempts to conceal throughout his ongoing sessions with his...

Your War (I'm One Of You) chronicles the life and career of Chicago's Tim Kinsella, frontman of ever-shifting band Joan of Arc and '90's pioneers...

A transformative unconventional story blending coming-of-age cinema verite in a deep personal tale of weightloss struggles and love. Based on the...

A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...

An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the...