Behind the title of John Davies’ feature-length doc, “Phunny Business: A Black Comedy,” is a story of “what happens when you combine comedy, race and Chicago politics,...

Three Michigan-shot features premiere this week at Sundance: "Another Happy Day," a drama starring Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore and Kate Bosworth; the comedies “Cedar Rapids," ...

Breaking into first person voice is not something I ordinarily do, nor do I single out special interests. However, I’m making an exception to flag your attention to a speci...

Panasonic’s new hybrid DSLR/video camera makes its debut in Chicago at Zacuto Camera, the first local rental house to offer Panasonic’s new AG-AF100 turn-key camera packag...

Awards went to Chicago’s most talented entertainers in 45 categories at the recent star-studded 30th Annual Chicago Music Awards (CMA) that celebrated the city’s vibrant m...

Veteran marketing entrepreneur Steve Conner has returned to his childhood love of science fiction. His latest venture is Phathom, a sci-fi brand extending to fiction, comic boo...

Prior to her 1996 Chicago arrival, Sherry Merola had been an in-house producer for Coca-Cola in Atlanta and for Coke's agency, McCann-Erickson. She came here to produce for...

FORTY EIGHT FILM and TV entertainment projects were hosted by Michigan in 2010, with several more filming into the New Year, reports Michigan Film Office director Carrie Jones...

After a year in production, WYCC Ch. 20's documentary about the city's premiere mid-sized Chicago Sinfonietta is a tribute to its founder, Maestro Paul Freeman, who retires this...

More than a party, Theatre Mir's New Year's Day Benefit celebrated the determination of the all-volunteer company to stay afloat after a series of devastating blows that might ...

Filmmakers seeking investors can offer them a federal tax credit that's sprung back to life: Section 181, which permits a healthy 100% deduction for the cost of films, televisio...

FOR DRAFTFCB, 2011 will not start off with a proverbial bang, as S.C. Johnson, its major client of 58 years, plans to review its $1 billion marketing accounts for its entire gl...

Columbia College film professor Julian Grant drew on the aesthetic of George Romero and "Carnival of Souls" to build the apocalyptic world of "Defiled," in practical locations a...

Illinois Film Office director Betsy Steinberg predicts that 2010's steady stream of film production "will be right up there with our strongest years, if not the strongest year....

Two Chicago filmmakers feel honored that their films were among the only 18 narrative and documentary films chosen from a record 5,000-plus submissions for the 16th annual Slam...