Press
Press coverage of Chicago Media Angels and the films we have supported, newest first. Headlines link to the original articles.
- IndieWire ‘The Pitt,’ ‘All Her Fault,’ and More Among Nominees for The DARCYS 2026 BRB (2026)
- Elements of Madness Road trip dramedy “BRB” beautifully captures the struggle of forging one’s identity online and IRL BRB (2026)
- Block Club Chicago Local Director Makes A Splash With Debut Indie Film 'Pools' Pools (2024)
- Reel Chicago Chicago-made Adult Children premieres at CIFF Adult Children (2025)
- Block Club Chicago In Chicago-Set Coming-Of-Age Dramedy 'Adult Children,' No One Has It Figured Out Adult Children (2025)
- HollywoodChicago.com Film News: Chicago’s Jack C. Newell Premiere ‘American Schemers’ at REELING2025 on Sep 21 American Schemers (2024)
- The Hollywood Reporter How to Make a Splash With an Indie Film in 2025? Throw a Raging Pool Party (or Seven) Pools (2024)
- Variety ‘Pools’ Star Odessa A’zion Hopes John Hughes-Inspired Dramedy Will Help Audiences ‘Connect With Their Younger, Freer Selves’ Pools (2024)
- Reel Chicago Chicago indie Pools makes a Splash at the Music Box August 22 Pools (2024)
- Screen Daily ‘Adult Children’ review: Galway prizewinner is smart, breezy US coming-of-age drama Adult Children (2025)
- The Hollywood Reporter Aya Cash, Ella Rubin Get Forced Into Family Time in the Trailer for Dramedy ‘Adult Children’ (Exclusive) Adult Children (2025)
- Deadline Betsy Brandt, Aya Cash, Ella Rubin, Thomas Sadoski & Mimi Rogers To Star In Coming-of-Age Dramedy ‘Adult Children’ Adult Children (2025)
- Variety ‘Disfluency’ Review: Language and Memory Collide in Quiet Drama About Healing Disfluency (2021)
- IndieWire ‘Rounding’ Trailer: Sidney Flanigan Might Be Possessed in Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Rounding (2022)
- Screen Magazine Chicago Indie ‘Room Six’ Winning Big on the Festival Circuit Room Six (2024)
- Screen Magazine The World Premiere Is Here for Chicago Indie ‘Room Six’ Room Six (2024)
- Reel Chicago Angie Gaffney and Brittani Ward take us behind the scenes of Single Car Crashes Single Car Crashes (2024)
- HollywoodChicago.com Podtalk: Writer/Director Brittani Ward on World Debut of ‘Single Car Crashes,’ Mar. 15, 2024 Single Car Crashes (2024)
- Elements of Madness Kate Cobb’s feature directorial debut “Okie” asks audiences what they owe to their homes Okie (2024)
- Screen Magazine Chicago-Made Holiday Movie ‘Reporting for Christmas’ Premieres on Hulu November 1st Reporting for Christmas (2023)
- Variety ‘The Secret Art of Human Flight’ Review: A Grieving Man Spreads His Wings in H.P Mendoza’s (Not Too) Quirky Fable The Secret Art of Human Flight (2023)
- WTVO / MyStateline Is Oregon, Illinois becoming the darling of independent filmmakers? Adult Children (2025)
- Variety ‘The Year Between’ Review: Alex Heller Dedicates a Gap Year to Bipolar Disorder in Well-Balanced Indie The Year Between (2022)
- Deadline Michael Shannon To Executive Produce Haroula Rose Film ‘All Happy Families’ Starring Josh Radnor, Rob Huebel, Becky Ann Baker, Chandra Russell And John Ashton All Happy Families (2023)
- Screen Magazine Five Questions with Mark Glassgow of Chicago Media Angels
- Reel Chicago Join Christine Dudley at IFA for virtual meeting on IL Film Tax Incentive
- Screen Magazine IFA, IPA and Chicago Media Angels Team Up for Tax Incentive Discussion Wednesday
- Screen Magazine Kelly Waller Answers Five Questions with SCREEN
- Screen Magazine ‘The Cleaner’ Features Chicago Ties, All-Star Cast Led by Luke Wilson The Cleaner (2021)
- Variety ‘A Mouthful of Air’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Spirals in Oblique Mental Health Portrait A Mouthful of Air (2021)
- Reel Chicago Chicago filmmakers release crime drama/mystery ‘The Cleaner’ The Cleaner (2021)
- Variety Patrick Schwarzenegger on ‘Echo Boomers,’ His Dad and Twitter Shade for Chris Pratt Echo Boomers (2020)
- Filmmaker Magazine “Everyone Should Take an Editing Class, Even Actors”: Rich Newey on Killing Eleanor Killing Eleanor (2020)
- Chicago Sun-Times ‘Once Upon a River’: A backwoods journey dense with beautiful images and brilliant acting Once Upon a River (2019)
- Los Angeles Times Review: 'Come as You Are’ delivers a sweet road trip comedy Come As You Are (2019)
- Reel Chicago ‘Brothers from the Suburbs’ updates a film tradition Brothers from the Suburbs (2019)
- Deadline ‘Freedom’s Path’: Ewen Bremner, RJ Cyler & Gerran Howell Lead American Civil War Movie Now Underway Freedom's Path (2022)
- Los Angeles Times Review: ‘Teacher’ lets David Dastmalchian channel his inner Travis Bickle Teacher (2019)
- Variety SXSW Film Review: ‘Come as You Are’ Come As You Are (2019)
- Deadline Betsy Brandt, Jane Kaczmarek, Annika Marks & Jenny O’Hara To Star In Indie Comedy ‘Killing Eleanor’ Killing Eleanor (2020)
- Los Angeles Times Chapman graduate’s film makes its West Coast premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018)
- University of Illinois Department of Political Science Mark Glassgow
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