Wisconsin catapulted to the top tier of the most film friendly states March 31 when the Legislative Joint Finance Committee voted 15-1 to approve the Film Wisconsin tax credit i...
Two Chicago-made films will have world premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival of during its April 25-May 7 run: Steve James' "The War Tapes," and Jeff Garlin's feature director...
Lawrence Lee Wallace adapts his own long-running sketch comedy show "Urban Scenze" for the screen in his film directorial debut, out now on DVD from Victory Multimedia. "It's...
CHICAGO'S LOSS IS PITTSBURGH'S GAIN. When the Art Institute politely declined to serve as the setting for a new TV pilot about art thieves, Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum said t...
BRUCE TERRIS' debut feature "Dirty Work" has its festival premiere at the Midwest Independent Film Festival April 4. Starring Lance Reddick ("The Wire"), Mike McGlone ("The...
WHO HE IS: Joe Farina is a former educational worker who began acting three years ago as a second career. He follows the example of his father, "Law & Order" star Dennis Far...
Hyun Hyup Kim's debut feature, the HD family drama "The Gift," has its hometown premiere in a weeklong run now through April 2 at Lincoln Village Theater. A production of Wi...
TONY DEGUIDE of Windy City Films ("The Coroner") is shooting the HD interracial romantic drama "Baby's Got Back," which he said "celebrates the differences and similarities of A...
Short film production and sales is a genuine revolution?an opportunity for filmmakers to exploit an enormous market for 60-second to half-hour films. This new market exists t...
The Asian American Showcase make its strongest showing yet in its 11th year, bringing a most-ever 12 features. All of them Chicago premieres and half are coming off major festiv...
Korean arts and media group Yehyang Cultural Ministry is throwing its hat into the filmmaking arena with "The Gift," an HD Christian dramatic feature that shoots this May and Ju...
"The War Tapes," the Iraq War documentary produced and edited by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams"), will have its world premiere April 30 at the Tribeca Film Festival. James, who a...
After 27 years of business, Del Hall Video will close its doors on June 1 and owners Ginger and Del Hall will transition into a smaller, more personalized phase of video product...
Elysium Films' Ed Blair and Constant Walker are going deep into Delta blues country to direct and post a series of concerts with famous blues stars. The venue is Ground Ze...
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star Jeff Garlin premieres his feature directorial debut, Chicago-and-L.A.-shot "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With," at the Tribeca Film Festival, whic...
What could have been the driest first quarter for Hollywood production has been relieved by an April shower of business. "ER" generally spends a long weekend in Chicago filmi...
A month-long technical training class ends this week for 14 Local 476 trainees, who spent the last four weeks, eight hours a day at Essanay where they learned the skills and equ...
CHICAGO'S LOSS IS PITTSBURGH'S GAIN. When the Art Institute politely declined to serve as the setting for a new TV pilot about art thieves, Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum said ...
Marc Selz follows up "The Rockville Slayer" and "Short Cut Road" with his third horror/thriller feature "Satanic Panic" set to shoot in northwest Illinois this summer. The f...
When Wisconsin's impressive film incentive package is enacted in mid-April, the Badger State will have shot up from obscurity to the top of many an L.A. studio's list of preferr...
