GRITTY CHICAGO AUTHOR NELSON ALGREN (Man with the Golden Arm, Chicago, City on the Make) will come to life in the first feature-length documentary about him – provided the pro...
Nothing lasts forever, as Harpo Studios’ loyal employees are finding out, as layoffs have started in earnest following the end of Oprah’s 25-year Chicago show last month.Las...
THE 2011 CANNES LIONS INTERNATIONAL ad festival fast approaches. And as it has for many years, Chicago ad shop Leo Burnett has compiled its list of the top 40 spots and ot...
Memorial services for Grossman Jack partner and talent agent Mickey Grossman will be held next Monday, June 13 at the Apollo Theatre, 2540 N. Lincoln, an appropriate venue to ac...
ONE AT OPTIMUS has expanded its Chicago-Santa Monica directorial roster with the addition of L.A.-based Jim Matlosz, who will focus on sports and product/tabletop, and Ryan Bosw...
So far, June looks like it will be one of Video Replay’s biggest months, says owner Ron Norinsky. “June has always been our best month and this year it didn’t d...
Jeff McCarter has no regrets about having left his successful film and TV career to start Free Spirit Media, which, since 2001 has put 2,500 underserved urban youth “on the pa...
Steve James, Kartemquin’s celebrated documentarian says he believes “We are living in a Golden Age for documentary filmmaking,” as he gets ready to fly to Britain this wee...
We're back. Just like that. Ruth Ratny, a longtime chronicler of the Chicago advertising, post production and film industries, has asked us to write a column for Ree...
THE LATE MICKEY GROSSMAN'S many friends, colleagues and clients can share their stories and feelings about him on tape, courtesy of his good friends, casting directors Mickie Pa...
Michael “Mickey” Grossman, a partner in Grossman & Jack Talent, was universally regarded as one of the most respected agents in the business, by the actors he represente...
After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will ...
FILMMAKERS AND FILM BUFFS will have no problem finding a festival, screening series or premiere offerings to their varied tastes this month.SHOCK THEATRE’S new monthly series ...
Call it serendipity or maybe just good timing that brings award-winning superstar editor/director Chris Hafner to Chicago.When Hafner, who had been editing for Detroit’s Rings...
FREAKY DEAKY, one of Elmore Leonard’s comedy crime capers, will film in the author’s native Detroit – the first of his 14 novels adapted for the movies to be shot entirely...
Y&R has lost the Sears account, a mainstay of the agency for the past 18 years, but thankfully the big billing account will remain in Chicago, unlike all too many accounts t...
After a year spent converting a 105-year old West Rogers Park firehouse into a shooting stage, post facilities and offices, new Firehouse Studios will welcome guests at a Friday...
So you live in the Midwest, and you have a killer idea for a reality show, what does it take to get it on the air? To answer this question to 60 eager producers assembled t...
The newest of Per Holmes’ highly-acclaimed Hollywood Camera Work Seminars will have its world premiere in Chicago next week, before moving onto New York, LA and London.Tuscany...
LEO BURNETT WORLDWIDE was not only the “Agency of the Year” at the International Advertising Awards in New York earlier this month, but it won a record 35 awards, including ...