Columnist: Ed M. Koziarski

The 5th annual Lake County Film Festival continues its steady growth this year to 17 narrative features, 17 documentary features and 100-plus short films.The festival, Feb. 28 ...

Joe Swanberg makes history when the South by Southwest Film Festival premieres his fourth feature in a row ? "Nights and Weekends" -- March 9.He won't have much time to promote ...

DEREK "PRETTY BOY" DOW'S debut feature "Family Values" returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a special screening presented by the Museum of Science and Industry, as part of...

River West Films premieres their romantic-mob-comedy "Osso Bucco" at the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Feb. 5, followed by a theatrical self-release beginning Feb. 8 at t...

FILIP RYMSZA of M31 Films has wrapped production on his sophomore feature, the surreal HD drama "Dustclouds," the second part of the diptych that includes last year's DV "Sandca...

ERNIE HUDSON ("Oz," "Ghostbusters") stars in Phil Donlon's racially charged dramatic short "The Man in the Silo," which shoots in Los Angeles and Downstate Illinois in September...

JULIA LING, who guested on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has signed to play the lead role in Nathyn Masters' Hong Kong-style martial arts pic "Silvergun Samurai," slated to shoot ...

When Resolution Digital Studios opens the doors to its $7.5 million facility this April, Chicago will have?for the first time ever?a brand new, from the ground up stage comp...

Taproot Productions' bullfighting documentary "The Bulls of Suburbia" has charged its way through the festival circuit this year, drawing broadcaster interest at the Santa...

After five years as Chicago Community Cinema, the monthly screening/networking event is reinventing itself as the Midwest Independent Film Festival. "It's time to take it...

Eric Anderson and Amelia Dellos are out to prove that America isn't as divided as it's made out to be.The husband-wife filmmaking team are poised to embark on a Midwest tour, in...

Fresh off Jeff Garlin's feature debut and the season premiere of CBS' "The Amazing Race," Misty Tosh of Fatcake Productions is on her way to Baja, Mexico to produce a pilo...

It was five days before Richard Dresser's play "Wonderful World" would open at the Athenaeum Theatre, and director Paul Cotter had the day off.It was Sunday, Aug. 15 and Cotter ...

Jonathan Bross plans a growing Chicago presence for his five-month old production company Velvet Steamroller. The company has a slate of up to six films for next year, at least ...

DePaul University's year-old Digital Cinema Program leaps into the big leagues this summer when a mix of professionals and students from the program will produce a feature film ...

Steve James' new documentary "Reel Paradise" has its world premiere in the 21st Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah."Reel Paradise" will premiere in...

Usama and Kristie Alshaibi were awakened one morning last winter by a massive explosion at a nearby police recruitment site in Baghdad."The explosion was so close it shook t...

Former "Barney Miller" co-star Max Gail will launch an online video series here with an eye toward getting picked up by a TV network.The two-time Emmy nominee has begun splittin...

Scott McLain is doubly committed to bringing the story of Vee-Jay Records to large and small screens. The Los Angeles producer is developing two films, a narrative and a ...

Punk legend John Doe has made a handshake deal to narrate Michelle De Long's documentary "Man's Dominion: The Complexities and Controversies of Animal Law, Animal Welfare ...