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Cadillac spot for China films here as typical US city

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 25, 2014

Three Chinese admen from McCann Erickson Shanghai were in Chicago last week supervising Accomplice Media’s two-day shoot for Cadillac's 2015 XTS luxury sedan. But why would t...

INDIE CINEMA

Columbia senior Lerchen directs his second feature

By Mike Morgan Nov 24, 2014

January’s upcoming slate of entertainment projects looks like a good omen for Chicago 2015 production, as two indie films and a TV pilot, so far, are scheduled to get underw...

Delpurgatorio’s latest horror short heads for the fests

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 24, 2014

Vitamin Pictures creative director Danny Delpurgatorio has wrapped his second horror short, “a psychological horror thriller dealing with mental illness,” he says, that w...

INDIE CINEMA

WTTW to premiere Suffredin’s “@home” homeless doc

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 20, 2014

IN ADVANCE OF ITS BROADCAST PREMIERE Dec. 17 on Ch. 11, Kindling Group, the production company behind Susanne Suffredin’s documentary @home, is conducting a series of media tr...

Guests coming from all over for tonight’s AICP Show

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 20, 2014

Tonight’s 26th annual AICP Show will be bursting with creative energy as more than 1,000 guests (as of 9 a.m.) from Michigan Avenue, Los Angeles and across the country will ...

Bill Duke to direct “The Blexicans” sitcom pilot here

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 20, 2014

Director Bill Duke (Sister Act 2, A Rage in Harlem) begins production here the end of January on the pilot for the half-hour sitcom The Blexicans. It will shoot at Cinespace a...

“Scandal” stars to produce indie film here in spring

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2014

TV veteran Tom Verica turns his considerable talent from hit network television series to features, when he makes his feature directorial debut with indie “Building Bridges...

Jane Byrne, patron saint of Chicago’s film industry

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 17, 2014

Before Mayor Jane Byrne, there was no Chicago film industry. That was mainly because Mayor Richard J. Daley notoriously hated movies. Didn’t want them messing up t...

Filmmaker twins win “Dumb & Dumber To” video contest

By Dan Patton Nov 17, 2014

Twin filmmaking brothers Billy and Matt Flanagan transformed their lifelong admiration for the comedy "Dumb & Dumber" into a video that solidified their rank among the mov...

Cast your online vote for MIFF’s “Best of Midwest”

By Mike Morgan Nov 14, 2014

The judges have admirably performed in naming some 20 films and filmmakers they deem worthy of competing for the “2014 Best of the Midwest” showcased by the Midwest Indepe...

DePaul frosh a partner in Troika music/feature firm

By Dan Patton Nov 14, 2014

Last October, Luke Jaden joined forces with producer Cort Johns and composer John Beltran to launch Troika — a film financing development company based in Chicago with a mu...

SCC’s PSAs offer home owners mortgage help

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 13, 2014

With meeting mortgage payments a struggle for many Americans, the Making Home Affordable ad campaign encourages homeowners not to give up hope because free resources are out t...

REEL THINGS

SCC David Selby to receive CAF’s Silver Medal Award

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 12, 2014

DAVID SELBY, SCC MANAGING PARTNER / PRESIDENT is the recipient of the Chicago Ad Federation’s 2014 Silver Medal Award, which honors a distinguished member of the Chicago ad ...

Agencies unite to raise $500K for inner city club

By Amber Robbin Nov 12, 2014

Agency organizers of the Off the Street Club’s Holiday Luncheon Dec. 4 at the Swissotel anticipate raising $500,000 to sustain OSTC for the year ahead. With 19 agencies curr...