“The Engagement: My Phamily BBQ 2,” the sequel to one of the biggest urban comedy rentals of 2003, has its world premiere April 24 at the Lake Theater in Oak
A FIRE AT THE THEATRE BUILDING last week, ignited by an apparent electrical/computer surge, caused significant smoke and water damage to the box office and second floor administrative
BRUCE TERRIS’ debut feature “Dirty Work” has its festival premiere at the Midwest Independent Film Festival April 4.
Starring Lance Reddick (“The Wire”), Mike McGlone
CHICAGO’S LOSS IS PITTSBURGH’S GAIN. When the Art Institute politely declined to serve as the setting for a new TV pilot about art thieves, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum said
CHICAGO’S LOSS IS PITTSBURGH’S GAIN. When the Art Institute politely declined to serve as the setting for a new TV pilot about art thieves, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum
Chicago’s film industry reflected the national trend with a burgeoning documentary scene in 2005.
The Chicago International Documentary Festival continued to grow in scale, prominence and
BOB HERCULES and CHERI PUGH’S “Forgiving Dr. Mengele” is one of only nine documentaries screening in the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Jan. 22 and Jan. 25,
Action auteur John Woo was hesitant when Robert K. Elder first approached him to do a book of interviews with the director.
“There are a
Chip Eberhart is out to set the record straight about the music he helped create.
Eberhart, who runs the post house High Level Video, was one
LAUREN FISCHER is hitting her stride as a recognized screenwriter. On Aug. 31 her “Wish I Might”?winner of the 2005 IFP/Chicago-Chicago Scriptworks contest?will have a staged reading by Chicago
Filmmaker donnie l. betts first met Oscar Brown, Jr. at a workshop in Denver when betts was a young actor there.
“He inspired me to be the
EMILY ARMSTRONG and PAT IVERS will be on hand for the May 29 screening of their hour doc “Nightclubbing: Greatest Hits,” a collection of performance footage culled from their ?70s
School of the Art Institute professor Ruth Leitman’s “Lipstick & Dynamite” began its theatrical run Friday, March 25 on four screens in New York. The doc will have its
CRAIG JAMES PIETROWIAK of Squid Brothers and Scott Preston of American Stonehenge Films are joining forces to co-produce two back-to-back HD features next year.
First up
Columbia College production program director Paula Froehle has been awarded IFP/Chicago’s $100,000-value Production Fund grant to produce her experimental narrative “Up On The Rope.”
Froehle
Taking a rare break from a year-long festival tour that has taken him to Marrakech, Venice, Bangkok and beyond, Hakim Bellabes is back in town to
Ytasha Womack, a writer and producer of Sean Long’s recently released Xenon Entertainment documentary “Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake?” will screen her narrative debut for Chicago audiences for the first
Elizabeth Donius is two months into her job as IFP/ Chicago executive director, the first full-time director in at least 10 years, and she’s excited about enlarging
Half a year after leaving Bucktown Pictures, independent producer Leigh Jones is keeping a high profile with five films and an educational video series in
Minnesota filmmaker and Columbia College alumnus Steven J. Foley is returning to his native Chicago for the local premiere of his debut feature, the HD-cam
