Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

While Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” will be in limited theatres next month, amid controversy surrounding its depiction of the South Side, there’s a locally made film that de...

On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, photographers Kurt Gerber and his son, Nick Gerber, will preview a feature doc they made traveling on motorcycles through the cities and towns of Histo...

Hootenanny editor/designer Graham Metzger can add “director” to his list of accomplishments, having directed three broadcast spots for Network Health of Wisconsin, via Chica...

Chicago owes its glorious parkland to visionary landscape architect Jens Jensen, whose genius is described in “Jens Jensen: The Living Green,” director Carey Lundin’s awar...

The DPs on “Empire” and “Chicago PD” will be among the top production, equipment and tech professionals who will help celebrate the grand opening of AbelCine’s Chicago...

A movie trailer of Spike Lee’s satirical “Chiraq” is part of the announcement that Amazon Studios' first feature film will have a limited release Dec. 4. The early Decembe...

Paragon Studios, Chicago’s oldest, continuously-operating sound studio, has closed after 46 years – not for lack of business but because its West Loop building had been sold...

AICP’s Next Awards come to Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 5, with the screening of the winners’ reel of advertising’s finest integrated-media work, and a highly distinguished pan...

Cutters Studios’ up-and-coming assistants were the big winners in AICE Chicago’s 14th  annual 2015 Camp Kuleshov Chicago trailer editing contest, going home with a...

There were two significant hires this week for recently-opened post and production studio Conspiracy. LA-based editor Cory Livingston, a nationally-known comedy/dialog...

Three Chicago-made features – a narrative and two documentaries - won top prizes in the 51st Chicago International Film Festival and two of the winners will screen among ...

Legendary blockbuster film writer/director Lana Wachowski, who rarely if ever makes a public appearance in Chicago, will actually be front and center on the stage of what is exp...

Writer/director Lucia Mauro’s second film and first feature “One Year Later,” currently in post, centers on Liz, a dedicated teacher of comparative literature, who struggl...

“ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE” is the Illinois Lottery slogan, except perhaps for the actual possibility of Northstar, hiring an Illinois production company for its Illinois Lotter...

Chicago Deputy Mayor Steve Koch was among the speakers Thursday at a street-naming ceremony that honored the late Nikolaos “Nick” Mirkopoulos, the visionary owner of Cinespa...