Columnist: Ruth Ratny

Chicago based producer/writer Blake Anthony, of Blake Anthony, Inc., has joined Joyful Noise, LLC, producers of the music biopic about gospel great Mahalia Jackson, as executive...

With 2014 having been an overall very good business year for the visual media indusry, what’s the forecast for the New Year?  Overall, the seven suppliers the Reel int...

The announcement that Roscor Corporation, reseller and renter of audiovisual equipment, on Friday, Oct. 28 closed its rental and service departments and mass fired 100 of its 13...

With 50 years of entertainment under his belt and no signs of stopping anytime soon, actor/comedian and Oak Park native Bob Newhart will be inducted into the Illinois Broadcaste...

Filmmaker Mark Harris of 1555 Filmworks is doing something bold and brave, without any sponsorship support to speak of, for the love and hope of his neighborhood, which happens ...

A big treat is ahead for area film students –- or any interested camera person, for that matter -- with the special workshop headed by A-lister cinematographer Anastas Michos ...

 They say “three’s the charm,” and perhaps that will be true for the Kelsey Grammer starrer, “Boss,” after the disappointment of “Chicago Code’s” cancellati...

After 90 years of motion picture film processing in Detroit, Grace & Wild Studios has ceded to the increasing dominance of the digital world and closed its FilmCraft divisio...

The 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 6-20, pays homage to its home city by opening with the “The Last Rites of Joe May,” a quintessential Chicago-set drama, sh...

Director Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion thriller, centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease, opened in Chicago this weekend, almost a year after cast and crew arrived he...

"Freelancer," Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's fifth movie scheduled to start shooting in Grand Rapids March 28, has moved its production offices to New Orleans."That's $20 million th...