Columnist: Mike Morgan

Just six weeks ahead of its scheduled July 16 release, Andy and Lana Wachowski postponed the opening of their sci-fi epic, “Jupiter Ascending,” eight months hence to Feb. ...

After 15 years of making thousands of people laugh, the popular Saturday midnight improv show “The Hot Karl,” called a cross between “Monty Python” and Don Rickles, wi...

If this year was feeling more optimistic for the advertising business, it’s because 2014 is shaping up to be one of the best years since 2005, with increased business this q...

The Second City is partnering with Beverly Hills-based management and production company Thruline Entertainment/Tagline Pictures to create new TV shows and movies centered on ...

Since homeless people often gather and seek sanctuary in parks, it is fitting that @home, a feature-length doc about the homeless, directed by Susanne Suffredin for The Kindli...

VER Digital Cinema’s first event since purchasing Fletcher Cameras is a May 19 meeting of the Digital Cinema Society Chicago about fast moving 4K technology at Fletcher ...

9-15 THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL the first festival programmed entirely by Chicago Film Critics Association members, presents 24 international festival favorites, includ...

It's difficult to think of "Citizen Kane's" creator Orson Welles, a giant of 20th century culture, as being a Midwesterner, although the cinema genius was born in Kenosha and ed...

The April 10 Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards will spotlight a Chicago-set and produced show by honoring actor Jesse Spencer, who plays Lt. Matthew Casey ...

THIS BEING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Columbia College’s Feb. 12 Cinema Slapdown (coincidentally Lincoln’s Birthday) debates the “The Help,” an authentic reflection of th...

Richard Dominick, veteran TV show producer, director and writer, most notably known for his 14 years of “The Jerry Springer Show” has made a deal that gives him “what all ...

Hometown girl Jane Lynch (Glee) is being honored as Comedia Extraordinaire at the Chicago Film Critics Association 24th Annual Awards Presentation Saturday, Feb. 9. Muvico ...

Jeremy Pinckert’s Explore Media of South Bend assembled a team with many Chicago players to produce the University of Notre Dame’s 30-second “institutional message”...

Veteran producer Tom Weinberg’s Baseball's Been Very, Very Good to Me, the first ever portrait of legendary Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso – the first black player in Chicago, is ...

Another Chicago mayor is out of a job.  Starz television network has canceled political drama “Boss” after two seasons, due to underwhelming ratings the second season, ...

Chicago’s colorful and violent gangster past, laden with fascinating sociopathic players (e.g. HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire) is given an important up close and personal look by...

AGENCY/PRODUCTION VETERAN JOHN NOBLE will be doing some serious traveling on behalf of L.A.-based The Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC), which he joined last month as a part...

Applications are being sought for the first class of Diverse Voices in Docs, a new professional development and mentorship for emerging doc makers of color that will start in Ja...