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For more than a decade the Hollywood film industry has called for an end to "runaway film production" in less expensive foreign locations. Finally, their call for help has been ...

WHO HE IS: Tom Pastorelle, a senior editor at Cutters Editorial where he's worked since 1993. HOW HE VIEWS HIS JOB: As an editor for high-profile clients like Nike, Wrangle...

As Massachusetts, New York, and now possibly Wisconsin offer aggressive tax incentives to lure film production to their states, the Illinois Production Alliance is calling f...

"CONVENTIOEERS" ACTORS Trevor Murphy and Alek Freidman conduct a workshop Feb. 15 before the film plays in the IFP/Chicago Meet the Filmmakers Series. Mora Stephens directe...

As video games have shifted away from original scores and toward licensed music from established artists, seven-year-old Matteson-based music house GameBeat Studios has moved in...

TIMECODE MECHANICS returns with the new DV action feature "Wages of Sin," the story of a rogue cop infiltrating a drug and prostitution ring to clear his name. Director Nath...

Post production guru Scott Jacobs has come up with VideoDailies?, an innovative time and money-saving idea that launches this week as a new service provided by Global Video. ...

There is nothing in the world like real desserts, made in a down-home kitchen and Sweet Mandy B's at 1208 W. Webster is the happiest, warmest, most delicious old-fashioned comfo...

Ever since I blew through the Greek Islands on a solo-backpacking trip a few years ago, the sinful tastes of Greek village food have haunted me?until I found a place here that's...

While Illinois positively glowed with an estimated $90 million from Hollywood features and TV shows last year, 2006 could be a lackluster year, dimmed by new state competitors f...

Murray Allen's 30 years of serving as sound designer for the international Grammy Awards will be recognized Feb. 8 during the Grammys' In Memoriam segment. Mr. Allen, o...

The fate of the proposed Central City Studios, the largest studio complex between the coasts, is in the hands of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The Governor's Office is in the proces...

Dean Williams said he wasn't surprised, he was "SHOCKED" ?at the 400 people who attended the second meeting Jan. 19 of the new, private Springfield Film Commission. The ...

THE FIRST L.A. SCREENWRITERS CONFERENCE in at least five years arrives in Chicago Feb. 11-12, with an impressive roster of L.A. literary agents, managers and studio representati...

Film Wisconsin's bill #SB563?an aggressive package of film incentives considered one of the best in the nation?is gaining momentum in the state assembly with a roster of bi-part...

L.A. POST HOUSE HIRES are Therese Hunsberger, Optimus' executive producer overseeing all operation, while Cutters added editor Fernando Villena, both for their respective Santa...

Tripod Films' horror feature "Drawing Blood" hits stores Feb. 7 as part of "Mental Maniacs," a six-film DVD box set in the inaugural release slate from Brain Damage Films' n...

MARTIN WHITEHEAD of Seattle's Wooly Head Productions premieres his Chicago-shot debut horror pic "The Promise Keeper" at L.A.'s Pan African Film & Arts Festival Ric Walker, ...

Three hundred and fifty actresses in five cities including Chicago auditioned in 2000 for a feature film called "Moving Still." That film hasn't been made yet, but you can c...

Michael Markowski and his DV camera became such a fixture at local protests in the past few years that rumors started flying among activists that Markowski was spying for the go...