Film

Coyote Sun Productions Is Bridging Japanese American Culture in Chicago

In 2025, Coyote Sun Productions won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy for an advertising campaign produced in collaboration with the Chicago Cubs’ promotion team.  The campaign highlighted...
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Here’s What ‘The Paper’ Creators Greg Daniels and Michael Koman Think About Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio, has become the new Scranton, Pennsylvania, since “The Paper’s” early September release.  “The Office” spinoff follows the same mockumentary crew that has now...

‘The Paper’ Is Set in Toledo, Ohio. Here’s What Toledoans Think.

In the first promo image released for “The Office” spinoff “The Paper,” actor Domhnall Gleeson stands on a desk while speaking to an office...

The Time Hollywood Dropped a Bomb on Kansas

1983. The Cold War rages on. INF talks, seeking to reduce deployment of longer range missiles, fail. START negotiations, another attempt at de-escalation, also...

“The Bear” and the Beef: Behind the Scenes of Chicago’s Show-Worthy Sandwich

Since releasing its first episode in 2022, FX’s “The Bear” has been lauded as a comedy-drama, winning 10 out of the 13 Primetime Emmy...

The “Oz” Tourism Industry Brings Travelers to Rural Kansas

In “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale’s adventure across yellow brick roads, poppy fields and emerald cities is a beloved, technicolor dream. But where...

From Fury Road to Green Havens: What Mad Max Teaches Us About Climate Change

About two-thirds of the way into 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Furiosa (Charlize Theron) falls to her knees and lets out a cathartic scream...

Cleveland’s History in the Film Industry Gives Promise for its Future

Cleveland’s place in the film industry dates back to the 19th century. Just two years after the Lumière brothers screened their short films in...
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How Cleveland Became the Butt of the Joke

In the 2015 movie “Trainwreck,” sports doctor Aaron Conners, played by Bill Hader, has a good-natured chat with NBA player LeBron James, played by, well…himself.

In the Movie Musical Renaissance, Does “The Music Man” Deserve a Second Chance?

Everyone loves a movie musical. In the last few years, it seems, to me, there’s been somewhat of a surge of movie musical adaptations. Critics praised “West Side Story” (2021) just as much as they reviled “Dear Evan Hansen” (2021). Even the Academy Award Winner for Best Picture this year, “CODA,” has at least two singing scenes integral to the movie.

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