Minnesota filmmaker and Columbia College alumnus Steven J. Foley is returning to his native Chicago for the local premiere of his debut feature, the HD-cam romance "Strang...
Patrick Read Johnson starts production in late August on his autobiographical coming of age story "5-25-77," set on the day "Star Wars" was released.Joe Pantoliano and Carri...
Lawrence Edwards, owner and operator of the Biograph Theater for more than three decades, has sold the historic film house to Victory Gardens Theater. Victory Gardens wil...
The times, they are a'changing, and nowhere is this more apparent than in post houses where new technology is affecting change. Venerable, 20-year old Post Effects is one...
Jennifer Aniston will be "Derailed," starring opposite Clive Owen in the Miramax Films feature based on James Siegel's best-selling novel, as reported exclusively in ReelChicago...
IN PRODUCTION. "Batman: The Intimidation Game" rolls into town July 26 for three weeks ? "The Amityville Horror," directed by Andrew Douglas starts shooting Aug. 2 at loca...
A hot new HD/SD Firewire Recorder is part of the $150,000 in equipment just added to Zacuto Rentals to keep pace with an increased demand. "We upped the number of all prod...
By having been in the right place at the right time, Wiggle Puppy Productions' director Mark Krieglstein and producer Sara Yule were hired to provide the documentary footage tha...
Half a year after leaving Bucktown Pictures, independent producer Leigh Jones is keeping a high profile with five films and an educational video series in various stages o...
Less than a year after founding his full-service production company Bird's-Eye Media Inc., Mark A. Besozzi has a TV series and two features lined up for summer and fall. ...
KYLE HARRIS of Liberty Movies shoots the first third of his experimental narrative feature "The Patriarchs" Aug. 7-25. The first section follows a romance between an olde...
Elizabeth Donius is two months into her job as IFP/ Chicago executive director, the first full-time director in at least 10 years, and she's excited about enlarging the 400...
Almost-nationally-famous director Scott Smith made it all the way up the fiercely competitive line to become one of three Project Greenlight finalists ? but did not win the big ...
The on-again, off-again Central City X Studios is back on again with a vengeance. The Community Development Commission gave a stamp of approval Tuesday to a plan to build...
VICTORY GARDENS BUYS BIOGRAPH. Victory Gardens Theatre will buy the Biograph, at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., for $2 million and spend $7-$8 million renovating it into a new 299-seat m...
Director Bob Ebel has worked on many commercials over the years with DP Brian Clare and considers him a good friend. When Clare's health problems mounted, Ebel immediately step...
Hundreds of scripts and works in progress will be represented in the second Indiefest Film Festival and Market July 30-Aug. 9, the only film market in the Midwest. This year's ...
Researching the effects of methamphetamine abuse on central Illinois addicts for his forthcoming feature documentary, John Novotny kept encountering the same image from hi...
Parris Reeves' horror feature "The Evil One," financed by Florida's Maverick/Breakaway and due for video release in August from Lion's Gate, has its world premiere July 16-17 at...
Local 476's late Frank Hobbs had a saying: "When the stages are busy, we all prosper." After a too-long Gobi Desert-like dry spell, the hope is that the proposed Central ...
