Film

Reel to Real: FilmToledo’s Next Act: New Offices Bring Big Opportunity

Steven E. Sloan

A downtown creative hub set to amplify Northwest Ohio’s film scene After nearly 10 years supporting Toledo’s burgeoning film industry, local nonprofit FilmToledo has an...

Film Notes May 2026

TCP Staff

Street Project Film Screening – A Safer Streets Conversation A powerful look at road safety and community advocacy takes the screen in Maumee with a...

The Street Project Comes to Maumee: A Community Conversation on Road Safety

Drew Saunders

How safe are the streets that you drive on and can anything be done to make them safer? That is at the heart of...

Reel to Real: Ohio Goes to the Movies

Steven E. Sloan

When Milan, Ohio’s own Thomas Edison unveiled his “kinetograph” in the 1890s, he had no way of knowing what he’d brought into the world....

“Walking Dead,” “Supernatural” actors to attend FantastiCon Toledo

Kurt Anthony Krug

Joe Nieporte is a self-proclaimed nerd who loves comic books, which he’s collected all his life. His love for the medium inspired him to create...

Reel to Real: Ann Arbor Film Festival Celebrates 25 years of Out Night

TCP Staff

Showing the reality of policing The 25th anniversary of Out Night at the Ann Arbor Film Festival is a highlight of this year’s 64th Ann...

Film Notes Februrary 2026

TCP Staff

Flashlight Into the Past: A Night at the Museum Step inside Imagination Station after hours for a thrilling journey into ancient history. This immersive nighttime...

Reel to Real: Passing The Word Along

Jon Ruggiero

When people think of the civil rights movement, important names come to mind: Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, people who are celebrated...

Film Notes January 2026

TCP Staff

Radiance and Reverie: That Uncertain Feeling – Hollywood Glamour on Screen Step from gallery sparkle to cinematic style with That Uncertail Feeling, a sophisticated romantic...

Reel to Real: Toledo, Oh: in the movies, again.

Dennis O’Leary

Toledo, Ohio. The Glass City. Home of the Toledo Mud Hens, arguably the world’s best known minor-league baseball team. Also, home of Tony Packo’s...

Documentary Screening and Q&A Brings Climate Storytelling to Maumee Indoor Theatre

Melissa Lee

A powerful new documentary with local roots is coming to the Maumee Indoor Theatre. Ranger of the North (2025), a 30-minute documentary short by...

Reel to Reel: FilmToledo: Bringing Lights, Camera, Action to Northwest Ohio

Jeff Berry

An exhausted sigh escapes his mouth as he leaves his commercial art and graphic design/marketing day job to speak about FilmToledo, a nonprofit film...

Film Notes December 2025

TCP Staff

It’s a Wonderful Life – A Beloved Holiday Tradition Each December, Valentine Theatre screens It’s a Wonderful Life, the 1946 Frank Capra classic film starring...

Bruce Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Review – One of the Year’s Best Films About Music and Meaning

Jason Webber

It was 1984 and I was in trouble for jumping on my cousin Brandon's bed. "You'll break it!" I was admonished by my overprotective...

Filmmaker Amy Heller Zimmerman Sets Her New Film in Maumee

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

The Maumee Film Festival has been a great showcase for emerging filmmakers in the Northeast Ohio, Southwest Michigan, and even the Chicago area. Amy...

Toledo Talent: Acting Classes & Community in Toledo

Joi Dean

Lights. Camera. Action. Whether you are a new actor looking to improve your acting skills or a well-seasoned actor looking for community, Toledo Talent could...

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