Founder of Chicago Int’l Film Fest Michael Kutza to retire
Founder and CEO of Cinema/Chicago Michael Kutza to step down at the end of 2018 Kutza’s 55 years of service to the Chicago International Film Festival will be celebrated
Founder and CEO of Cinema/Chicago Michael Kutza to step down at the end of 2018 Kutza’s 55 years of service to the Chicago International Film Festival will be celebrated
The 9th annual Chicago Movies and Music Festival (CIMMFEST) kicks off tonight with a 7:15 p.m. screening of the 1981 documentary, The Decline of Western Civilization, at the Davis Theater.
Last Saturday, Gordon Quinn, co-founder and artistic director of Kartemquin Films, received a
“Chicago Made” music riches and tech innovations will be on display a second year before the thousands
Even when he was lieutenant governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn was out there promoting the film industry when and wherever he could. He is a
Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) — a collaboration between the Community Film Workshop and Kartemquin Films providing professional development
PRODUCTION IS RAMPING UP as four TV shows get underway at Cinespace starting this Friday, when NBC Universal’s “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD”
SMASHING PUMPKINS’FRONTMAN Billy Corgan will become the star of a reality
Four Chicago filmmakers will have visible places at the Cannes Film Festival, May 14-25 as speakers and to premiere
One of the high points of the Chicago International Film Festival has always been the incredible parade of great Hollywood actors
THE GUEST LIST for the 25th Windy West Party in L.A., bringing together Chicagoans in the Hollywood industry and Chicagoans flying in for the occasion, is growing longer as we
FLETCHER CAMERA DETROIT hired former Grace & Wild digital production guru and workflow specialist Gene Moliterno as sales/marketing liaison for Fletcher Detroit.
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A FIRST FOR THE REEL! After years of managing the Reel solo, I am delighted that industry pro Nancy Reid has joined the Reel as VP/development.
In that role, Nancy will
THE POPULAR “CASH CAB” SHOW is prowling the streets of Chicago, ready to pick up unsuspecting contestants and ask them questions en route to their destinations. The
TWO TOP AWARD-WINNING CREATIVES, Ken Erke and Matt Marcus, joined the Chicago office of R/GA, called advertising’s most creative interactive agency, as executive creative directors to help bolster
JOYCE KILBURG, the Illinois Film Office’s diversity officer, was seriously injured Wednesday night when the taxi she was riding crashed into a tree. She was heading home
The new Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, (CIFCC) dedicated to giving a voice to local film critics working in new media, held its first film showcase
It was 20 years ago that Gene Siskel Film Center director of programming, Barbara Scharres, first launched the Black Harvest Film Festival that continues
STEPPENWOLF’S FEATURE, “The Last Rites of Joe May, was selected among a record 5,624 films for screening at the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It will compete
THE PRESSURE IS OFF for another six months so the actors’ unions and the ad industry can hammer out a mutually satisfactory Commercials Contract.