Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

“Grace and Fortune,” a comedy short written by Lapiz SVP/ECD Fabio Seidl, is one of a dozen short films by some 30 filmmakers to screen at the Midwest Independent Film Festi...

It was a very long day for two Chicago Recording Company engineers on a recent Friday when they recorded ADR for Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” feature, based on an ancient Greek an...

It looks like Chicago/Illinois’ spot production market is vastly bigger than has been officially reported in the past, according to AICP’s just-released 13th annual Survey o...

Champaign-Urbana filmmakers command the screen Sunday, Oct. 4 when the 6th Annual New Art Film Festival presents some 40 short films at the Art Theatre Co-op in Champa...

A documentary about the impossible journey taken by a Swiss endurance athlete running around the world over five years will debut on WTTW/11 Thursday, Sept. 24 before airing on ...

Jack Marchetti, Energy BBDO’s tech lead and software programmer by day and screenwriter by night, is back on Kickstarter to raise development money for his second film, a feat...

Writer/producer/director Jack C. Newell’s romantic comedy, “Open Tables,” is one of 15 films showcasing in the 51st Chicago International Film Festival’s “City &a...

Producer/screenwriter Jim White will be helming a staged table read with 10 actors for his screenplay that was inspired by a trove of love letters written by the sweetheart of a...

ARU’s new bilingual engineer/sound designer, Ana De Irisarri, was part of the team that handled sound on a recent package of 28 Blue Cross-Blue Shield instructional viDeos —...

Elizabeth Collins, Odd Machine’s LA-based executive producer, has a short film screening in the 33rd Reeling: LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opening Thursday nig...

"Uncle John," the debut indie feature from producer Erik Crary and director Steven Piet is on its way to select theatrical distribution by Film Buff, barely six months after it ...

For the last five years, Cutters has hosted a legendary Halloween costume party, aka “Blood Bath,” that had became so wildly popular that last year’s estimated 2,300 guest...

Stir Post Audio's David Kaplan calls engineer Michael Mason’s move to Stir from CRC “a reunion of sorts,” as Stir EP/partners Kaplan and Mindy Verson had worked together e...

Feature doc "Breakfast at Ina’s," from filmmaker Mercedes Kane of Daisy May Films, will have its world premiere in the new, first-time “City & State” section of t...