Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

Two veteran Illinois Film Office employees retired Dec. 30, ostensibly leaving vacancies for their jobs.  But filling those positions may not be as clear cut as applying fo...

After a five-year absence, the 22nd Chicago Film Critics Awards (CFCA) takes the spotlight at the Broadway Playhouse in Water Tower on Jan. 7, it again will be the first of the ...

Come Jan. 5, Chicago’s internationally acclaimed comedy scene is expected to attract more than 10,000 fans for the 11th Annual Comedy Sketch Comedy Festival, performing for ei...

A reinvigorated Chicago Screenwriters Network (CSN) kicks off 2012 with an updated and more conveniently located meeting venue, a screenwriting contest with a writer’s dream o...

AN OSCAR STATUETTE could be in the future of Cutters’ L.A. editor Aki Mizutani, who edited Sundance-winning director Lucy Walker’s “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”.T...

AVI Systems, the 15-state systems integrator with a Bensenville office, has several good reasons to celebrate at its Eat Drink Edit holiday party Thursday, Dec. 15.  The Mi...

“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” says Steve Morrison about his new position as VP/general manager/editor of Foundation Content.  He will assume his new job...

Schafer Condon Carter’s entire staff of 75, along with some clients, friends and busy “Christmas elves,” will share their holiday spirit in song Thursday, Dec. 15, when th...

Men of a certain age might remember Philips Norelco’s 1990s commercial of Santa Claus’ epic ride over snow-covered hills to deliver a Norelco razor.  Santa will ride ag...

The ownership of Teletech Video has passed from the founding family to three energetic employees, who are expanding HD production-to-distribution capabilities and reopening in n...

It wasn’t long ago that NBC Universal stages in the NBC Tower were bustling with weekday production of the Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos’ syndicated TV shows.  That w...

The Chicago Actors in Film Meetup (CAFM) set the final same-digit day of the year, 12/12, for its annual Third Networking Night and Fundraiser at Chief O’Neill’s Restau...

The first thing film extra/actor and comedian Tommy Connolly talks about is the Extra Hands of Hope holiday drive he helped organize among actors and extra to collect “gently ...