Discovery Health's reality series "Chicago's Lifeline" shoots through next year.Discovery Health Network's award-winning reality series, "Chicago's Lifeline," is augmenting its ...
"To Kill a Killer" director Ricardo Islas and DP Joe Passarelli on location in Indiana.Uruguayan horror director Ricardo Islas has a distinctive strategy to reach both Anglo and...
The Bader Brothers went deep into the criminal world to make a film that was true to the life of a professional burglar."We've always liked the crime genre but we'd never seen a...
Joel Paul Reisig in the collaborative improvisational feature "The Cliffhanger," premiering Nov. 17When "The Cliffhanger" screens Nov. 17 at the Lakeshore Theater, it will be mo...
Katrina Lenk stars in "The Acedia Thing" by Production Fund winner Anthony Collamati.Anthony Collamati had just wrapped post on his debut feature "The Acedia Thing" when he got ...
Burt Reynolds is featured in Mark Newbauer's $3.1 million comedy.Mark Newbauer has big plans for his fish story.In the space of five years, "Fish in a Barrel," a script Newbauer...
Tadeo Garcia's feature, "On the Down Low," plays Nov. 9 at the Reeling 2003 Chicago Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.Filmmaker Tadeo Garcia likes subverting expectati...
Erinn Strain stars in Noel Olken's "Slave," Nov. 12 at FacetsAs Noel Olken was doing research for his debut feature last year, he found the issue of human trafficking demanded t...
Following months of negotiations, the Chicago-made dot-com mockumentary "Dot" has its television premiere Sunday, Nov. 2 on the Showtime Network.The film, by Sneaky Kings Produc...
Rappers Mr. Cheeks and Trina star in "A Miami Tail," now out on video from Lion's Gate.It was soon after 9/11/01 that FCB creative Colin Costello and creative assistant Stephani...
Styx' new DVD includes a music video by Steve Jones and Ken HaleA DVD by rock legends Styx, just released by Sanctuary Music, features a new music video by local director/produc...
Joe Mantegna and Anne Archer star in "Uncle Nino"David James doesn't want to open his film in New York or Los Angeles.The producer of the Chicago-made feature "Uncle Nino" is ho...
Walgreen's has come up with a healthy antidote to the dearth of locally-produced TV shows with its upcoming 26-week health series.The half-hour "Walgreen's Health Corner" will s...
The Midwest's first film market is gearing up for its launch Aug. 8-10, the last three days of Indiefest Chicago, a festival that begins Aug. 1."We're out to promote the 'Visi...
Before the recent spate of allegations about the adverse health effects of their products, Kraft Food Holdings had another adversary, in the unlikely guise of Wicker Park cart...
Diana Romero and Jim Griffith of Metropolitan FilmworksDiana Romero and her husband Jim Griffith were driving across country in March when the war in Iraq began."We were go...
Diana Romero and Jim Griffith of Metropolitan FilmworksDiana Romero and her husband Jim Griffith were driving across country in March when the war in Iraq began."We were go...
John Yaworsky of Two+OneWhether he's shooting out of a sea kayak or commemorating the centennial of the paperclip, corporate producer/director John Yaworsky of Two+One is cont...
John Yaworsky of Two+OneWhether he's shooting out of a sea kayak or commemorating the centennial of the paperclip, corporate producer/director John Yaworsky of Two+One is cont...
Antonio Franceschi (left) directs "Urban Poet."Among films from across the Americas that screened at the 19th Chicago Latino Film Festival was one feature film made in Chica...