Reeling's opening night’s entry, The Wise Kids, is the first time the festival will open with a film directed by a Chicago-based filmmaker. more ›

"I think drag shows are incredibly boring. I hate drag shows," says Zebra, the founder of Portland's Sissyboy, the now-defunct drag troupe featured, often with minimal tucking and visible body hair, in Katie Turinski's documentary of the same name. The documentary screens Saturday, March 6, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Cultural Center as part of CIMM Fest. more ›

Perhaps nowhere are the rifts between the conservative and progressive, Orthodox and atheist, gay and straight more evident than in Jerusalem, center to the world's three major religions. City of Borders, a new documentary playing tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 10) at the Landmark Theater at 9 p.m. as part of the Reeling Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, takes a look at the rifts facing the Holy City's LGBT community. more ›

Feeling the itch for some great lesbian film this weekend? Particularly one that's Chicago-made? If so, you're in luck. Tonight, the Gene Siskel Film Center begins a week-long limited engagement of Hannah Free, a brand new Ripe Fruit feature filmed in Chicago, starring Sharon Gless (of overbearing, PFLAG-mom-of-the-year Debbie Novotny on Queer as Folk fame, in addition to Cagney & Lacy and Nip/Tuck). more ›