WRITER/DIRECTOR YONY LEYSER, whose 2010 debut feature documentary William S. Burroughs: A Man Within was released by Oscilloscope Pictures and broadcast nationally
AWARD-WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR STEPHEN CONE (The Wise Kids) returns to his
Toronto-based Apollo Music Store’s (AMS) recent music/ad event in Chicago featured a famous producer, an open bar and enough food to satisfy SRO
Sands shift. They shift under people. They shift under institutions too. Perhaps no cultural organization in Chicago has recognized just how much the sands are shifting beneath it than has
If Cameron Mackintosh can pull it off, he certainly will have achieved the greatest marketing coup of this or any year in the movie business — a business that has,
ONE AT OPTIMUS for the fourth year is the official partner of the Pitchfork Music Festival, showcasing more than 40 of the best independent bands and artists at
Award-winning director/editor John Anderson is wrapping his feature-length doc, “Sons of the Blues,” to meet the June deadline for entry in the Chicago International Film Festival.
The
A NICE 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENT for Darryl S. Duncan’s Gamebeat Studios was landing the scoring assignment for the Illinois Lottery’s Summer Campaign for the second
WHO HE IS: Classically-trained “lower cost alternative” composer Greg Nicolett, 25, garnered Emmy certification in 2003 as an arranger for Brian Keane Music’s score for HBO’s “Legendary Nights” boxing series.
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
Los Angeles-based Box Time Entertainment plans to hire 15-20 local crew and several child and adult actors this May for the production of the fifth episode
THE CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY, which changed its name from the Northwest Film Society, starts a new season of 15 vintage films Wednesday, Jan. 11, with the 1947 thriller “Nightmare Alley,”
The 12th annual Chicago 48 Hour Film Project wound up with a presentation to 27 winning teams, out of 53 entrants, whose short weekend-made films were deemed best by judges
Judges and audiences of the 12th Chicago 48 Hour Film Project have weighed in with their decisions on the 21 films that will receive “Best of Chicago” awards at the
Film producer Reid Brody’s comedy, “Who Gets the Dog?” is being released today, Sept. 13 on iTunes, worldwide digital platforms, Video on Demand and DVD by Samuel Goldwyn
The 48 Hour Film Project is back in Chicago for the 12th year of weekend filmmaking and director / editor Jerry Vasilatos of Nitestar Productions is helming it for the
Premieres for new movies are SOP, but rarely if ever does a television series premiere in a movie theatre. But that’s what a new comedy series “Written Off”
Another first for Chicago: DOC10, a documentary film festival presented by the Chicago Media Project –
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
Reeling Film Festival, founded by Brenda Webb of Chicago Filmmakers and now in its 32nd year, opens Sept. 18 at
