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Jake Malooley

Michael Mann on the True Chicago Story Behind Heat
By Jake Malooley
On the 30th anniversary of his influential heist classic, the Chicago-born director discusses the real-life cop-versus-robber rivalry that sparked the film’s creation. Read more
The Making of Risky Business
By Jake Malooley
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar. Read more
Helmut Jahn Would Have Wanted This
By AJ LaTrace and Jake Malooley
With Google reviving the Thompson Center, we dug up three unpublished interviews with the late architect on his greatest — and most divisive — Chicago building. Read more
So Hard to Say Goodbye: The Oral History of Cooley High
By Jake Malooley
The cast and crew of the 1975 Black cinema classic reminisce about making one of the greatest Chicago films of all time. Read more
The Accusation That Rocked a CPS Teacher
By Jake Malooley
Matthew Baron was a beloved teacher at Skinner West Elementary School in the West Loop. Then a student’s allegation changed everything. Read more
Unmaking a Murderer
By Jake Malooley
Inside the efforts to exonerate the “Starved Rock Killer.” Read more
The Return of Candyman
By Jake Malooley
Reflections on the origins, mystique, and enduring horror of the movie-spawning legend Read more
Great Escapes
By Jake Malooley, Elizabeth Gomez, Tom Chiarella, Deborah Shapiro, John Kessler, Deborah D. Douglas, Peter Sagal, and Kathleen Rooney
9 long-weekend road trips, all within a 6-hour drive Read more
The Chicago Scientists Trying to Save Our Lives
By Jake Malooley
Researchers at southwest suburban Argonne National Laboratory are on the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Can I Be High in Public? And Other Legal Questions
By Jake Malooley
Photography by Lisa Predko
Attorney Bruce Eli Mosbacher on knowing your rights, and what you can and can't do on January 1 Read more
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