Xan Aranda recalls the "sad thrill" of seeing short films she loved at Sundance and other festivals."The life of a short film can be so fleeting," she said. "I wanted to be...
Rudolph Caplan was staying overnight in an infirmary on the night after Kristallnacht in November 1938 when Nazis raided his school and shipped all the male students over ...
The Chicago expatriates of Soul Mate Pictures are back in town this January to make the company's third film, "Rain Today."Directed by veteran stuntman Carl Paoli ("Minority...
Justin Baron is nearing the end of a five-year odyssey to complete his debut feature, "Peep Show."Baron began shooting the 16mm film shortly after he graduated from Columbia...
Chicago filmmaker Satish Menon walked across a stage in New York a few weeks ago and received an award from fellow Indian expatriate Salman Rushdie. The renowned novelist...
Rich Seng wants to be an underground media mogul and he could be well on his way with his new concept: Cherry Bomb, free, monthly DVD compilations of film shorts and music...
When Chicago Bull Jay Williams visited the United Center in December, for the first time since his debilitating motorcycle injury last summer, TeamWorks Media was right th...
Moline-based Silver Oaks Communications undertook an ambitious project for its first HD production: a five- camera shoot of the 14th Annual First Presbyterian Church Christ...
When Michele Mahoney first saw Mike Nichols' classic "The Graduate" in its original 1967 release, she was both inspired and disappointed."I related to Ben (Dustin Hoffman), ...
90/94 Pictures partners (from left) Henzel Francisco, John Heinze, Chad Larys, Kevin Bruce, Matthew Heinze, and Joe Mocarski.KGB Agent 57 Productions is putting their lab coats ...
Jim Sikora's "Rock & Roll Punk" has three December screenings at the Film Center.Jim Sikora could have had one of the first digital features ever released. If it had ever b...
Angela Mullenhour of local rock group Sybris stars in the DV feature "Love Made Visible."Lisa Fisher was driving through Chicago in a Volkswagen bus in the summer of 2002 as cam...
When Marc Fienberg had the opportunity to meet Harold Ramis, he had one question for the legendary local filmmaker: how can I break into the business?"?Write your ?Animal House,...
"Godfather of Green Bay" director Pete Schwaba (from left), actors Lauren Holly and Tony Goldwyn, and producer Brian Etting.Pete Schwaba has found his calling.The co-writer of t...
Brandon Finney's Chicago-made "A Lover for My Husband" premieres Dec. 6 at the Film Center.It's been a long road for Brandon Finney, from the day in 1994 that he decided to make...
Jim Jarmusch appears at the Movieside Film Festival Dec. 13 with two of his films.In his first Chicago speaking engagement, indie stalwart Jim Jarmusch heads up a colorful arra...
Five cars are parked in remote areas of Chicago. There are two people in each car. "Everyone is hiding, doing something they're not supposed to be doing," said Rocky Russell, ...
Emmy winner James Fortier was the Muckleshoot Tribe's ?embedded filmmaker' for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey.James Fortier spent 14 days last July shooting out of a canoe, tr...
Startoons founder Jon McClenahan directed the new German feature "Jester Till."Jon McClenahan, founder of the now-defunct Chicago animation studio Startoons, is back in town?spe...
