ACTOR DENNIS FARINA, a former Chicago cop who has appeared in 71 films and TV episodes since his first gig in Michael Mann's 1981 "Thief," was seen scouting locations in Lin...

Evanston writer and filmmaker Paul McComas celebrated this week after winning the inaugural "Best Short Feature" prize at the Talking Pictures Festival for his horror homag...

The estimated $25 million spent by Michael Mann's blockbuster "Public Enemies" in the state last year pumped up officially-tallied 2008 revenues to $141 million, from productio...

Despite the fact that the Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously to keep tax credits for the film and video game industries in the budget, the state ...

The Illinois Lottery appears to be up to its old tricks of hiring a non-Chicago, big name bi-coastal company for its upcoming comedic "Second Chance" promotional package. Ju...

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 Festiv...

The Bitter Jester partners Nicolas DeGrazia and Daniel Kullman depart May 19 for the first leg of an African shoot in Central Angola, shortly after producer Malachi Leopold retu...

In May, 2006 then-newsmen Harvey Moshman and Chuck Coppola came across "one of those stories you live for and can't pass up" when they covered a commemoration of a lost World Wa...

Pixel Brothers has moved on beyond the painful loss of a major account by making two simultaneously expansive moves ? one that enlarges its commercial production capability and...

After CD/art director Tony Williams took a hit when the agency with which he had partnered lost its major account, he reinvented his traditional Gavan agency as a creative bout...

"NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET" began shooting last week at Elk Grove high school in that suburb, moving onto Hersey high in Arlington Heights. "Elm Street" producers cleverly gain...

Christine Varotsis, Mark Hogan and Tom Bastounes urge us to get our butts over to a seat in a theatre showing "The Merry Gentleman" this week to show support of a locally-made f...

Although Rick Kogan was no stranger to sitting in front of a microphone after years as host of a WGN radio show, he discovered that narrating a TV series was another world. A...

Dave McGowan's Ravenswood Media made a commitment in 2000 to concentrate on producing natural history and conservation programs and "it's finally paying off," he says. The co...

A TEAM HEADS FOR DURBIN, SOUTH AFRICA to shoot a feature-length documentary in HD about a competitor in the 56-mile ultra Comrades Marathon through the rugged terrain of Afric...

The half-built 60,000-sq. ft. Museum of Broadcast Communications' building at Kinzie and State was given a new lease on life when Pepper Construction Co.'s foreclosure lawsuit a...

Actors' Equity Association is putting its reserve money into Chicago. They've purchased a four-story building at 557 W. Randolph St. Yes, the New York based union has purchased ...

IFO DIRECTOR BETSY STEINBERG is optimistic that Chicago will enjoy "a very busy summer" of Hollywood entertainment projects, based on the calls the offices has been fielding ...

Former Illinois Film Office deputy director Megan Vidis was elected president of the 200 member Women in Film and 13 women were elected to the board, at its annual meeting last ...

HD EXPO-Createasphere's fifth consecutive year in Chicago June 8-11 at Navy Pier brings the Midwest premiere of all the hottest NAB products from 40 leading companies presenting...