JOE SWANBERG, the 24-year-old filmmaker who has had two SXSW feature premieres in two years, debuts his new online series "Young American Bodies" this month on Nerve.com's new v...
Chicago is a major HD production/post hub, pioneered by Fletcher Chicago over the past eight years when they first introduced a 30-frame Sony HDW 700 to the market. Since th...
Some meals haunt me for years and I'm always on the hunt for something similar to those I've devoured in out of the way places, like the fresh coconut-coated jumbo shrimp served...
If you've followed this series, you've probably noticed that the word "international" has popped up more than once in context of describing the marketplace for Chicago-made shor...
You have to admire Bill Whirity's moxie. A college sophomore at the time, he produced a feature length comedy on a minescule budget, rented a neighborhood theatre for a June 15...
Del Hall was all smiles at the end of the Tuesday auction of equipment and fixtures of his soon-to-close Del Hall Video. Some 300 serious bidders on the premises and via th...
The Illinois General Assembly May 4 overwhelmingly approved Gov. Rod Blagojevich's proposed 20% tax credit on total state production spending, putting Illinois up there among th...
When "Prison Break" announced in March it would resume filming a second season of the top-rated show June 15, the producers neglected to say where it would be filmed. That ...
A feature based on popular mystery-thriller novelist Jay Bonansinga's short story, "Stash," goes into production in July, with the writer making his debut as a director. Th...
Wisconsin takes its place as one of the film friendliest states with the May 1 passage of the Film Wisconsin package of tax incentives by the state assembly. It takes effect Jul...
A MAJOR ROCK SHOW was captured for webcasting at the Aragon Ballroom by Third Wave Productions for client Network Live. "It will be a simulcast broadcast later on AOL and ...
"Interkosmos," the cosmonaut musical that's sweeping the international festival circuit, has its hometown premiere May 7 and 11 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The debut fea...
"Gilmore Girls" regular and CollaborAction Theatre co-founder John Cabrera returned to Chicago for the local premiere of his short film, "The Man Who Invented the Moon," at the ...
KITCHEN FILM PRODUCTIONS is negotiating a deal for a 400-screen release in Spain for its gangster drama "Legit," through Red Baron Entertainment of Maine. Kitchen signed wi...
The IPA is asking for your support in urging state legislators to vote for the new, improved tax incentives bill and extending it for three years. Email or phone your state ...
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Carole Schumacher has sold Schumacher Camera to her two longtime employees and retired from the 15-year old business. New equal partner owners are general manager James Pop...
Now that we've concluded that there are a growing number of venues for short films, a paradigm shift in the way we think about producing shorts is past due. Forget feature f...
When New York native and film colorist Fred Keller interviewed with Reid Brody back in December, he had never been to Chicago before. Ever. Evidently Keller liked what he s...
Moon's Sandwich Shop, 16 S. Western, has a sign outside that's barely readable after decades of city wear and tear. But as we all know about the best holes-in-the-wall, like a b...
