It was five days before Richard Dresser's play "Wonderful World" would open at the Athenaeum Theatre, and director Paul Cotter had the day off.It was Sunday, Aug. 15 and Cotter ...
We always knew Chicago was an enormous advertising market?second only to New York in North America?and that advertising was big business. Now thanks to a new study by Globa...
Product placement veteran George Simkowski recalls the glory days when he placed client Budget Rent a Car in the 1987 John Hughes hit comedy, "Planes, Trains and Automobil...
Fresh off Jeff Garlin's feature debut and the season premiere of CBS' "The Amazing Race," Misty Tosh of Fatcake Productions is on her way to Baja, Mexico to produce a pilo...
PHIL DONLON'S Super 16mm short "A Series of Small Things," which shot here last May, has its local premiere in a private screening Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the A...
Eric Anderson and Amelia Dellos are out to prove that America isn't as divided as it's made out to be.The husband-wife filmmaking team are poised to embark on a Midwest tour, in...
Come Dec. 14 Styx fans will see a locally-produced streaming video of the great band playing the Beatles' "I am the Walrus" over Apple's iTunes Web site. Director Stev...
Producer Maya Ghosn of Lebanese-British production company Firehorse Films shot an episode on Chicago Baha'i here last November for the forthcoming Aljazeera series "Religious...
After five years as Chicago Community Cinema, the monthly screening/networking event is reinventing itself as the Midwest Independent Film Festival. "It's time to take it...
MICHAEL OJEDA'S debut feature "Lana's Rain" will be released Jan.18 on DVD by Chatsworth, Calif.-based Image Entertainment. Oksana Orlenko, who won best actress at the 200...
The 40,000-sq. ft. River North Orbis Building, under professional realty management, is succeeding in attracting permanent film-related tenants while keeping space open for shor...
The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) has received a $250,000 grant from The Oprah Winfrey Foundation for the innovative education program, DocuFest. The grant ...
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi were awakened one morning last winter by a massive explosion at a nearby police recruitment site in Baghdad."The explosion was so close it shook t...
Peter Riegert comes to town Dec. 14, not as the famous actor he is, but as co-writer, director/producer of "King of the Corner," his first indie feature. It will be screene...
Steve James' new documentary "Reel Paradise" has its world premiere in the 21st Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah."Reel Paradise" will premiere in...
DePaul University's year-old Digital Cinema Program leaps into the big leagues this summer when a mix of professionals and students from the program will produce a feature film ...
After a six month search, J. Walter Thompson named Tony Wallace as director of broadcast production. He joined the agency Nov. 29 after 14 years at FCB as senior producer. A ...
President George W. Bush on Oct. 22 signed into law H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act. The law supplies tax write-offs to film and television productions that have budge...
Swell's new company president Radi Akel said it's premature to talk about future plans under his stewardship for the post house, but strategy for change will be announced ...
HOT TICKET. A capacity crowd is expected at Joy Art's Dec. 15 Christmas party at the 410 Club. "We've planned a fun evening for the holidays," says Joy Art marketing direc...