Paul Leuer of Printer's Row Pictures is nearing picture lock on his debut feature "Eden Court," the dark comedy he shot last summer at local sites including the Schaumburg Flyer...

When the elite of American independent, mini-major and international cinema unspool their work in Park City next January, Justin Hayward's "Divorce Lemonade" will be among them....

As his lesbian vampire feature "Night Fangs" hits stores in the U.S. and the U.K., Ricardo Islas of Alpha Studios is gearing up for his next production. The psychological h...

KARTEMQUIN'S DOCUMENTARY-IN-PROGRESS about stem cell research was one of only two American docs out of 41 international films invited to pitch at the International Documentar...

Ever since I was just a sprout living in the Tennessee mountains, I've had really good pork all across the world. But it wasn't until I worked on a Latin-themed movie on t...

When director James Zahn and producer Matt Pletcher launch their crime-horror epic "Death Walks the Streets" next year, it will be not only a feature film, but the flagship prop...

DAN CONSIGLIO of Saltburn hosts a preview screenings of his feature comedy "Alleyball," 6:30-10 p.m. Dec. 21 at MIX, 2843 N. Halsted. "Alleyball" follows a group of wiffleb...

A DEBORAH STRATMAN RETROSPECTIVE Dec. 4 at Chicago Filmmakers, with Stratman present, screens her 2004 "Kings of the Sky," that follows tightrope artist Adil Hoxur as he and hi...

KARTEMQUIN'S 1994 CLASSIC "Hoop Dreams" was among the 25 movies chosen from among 1,000 for the National Film Registry's compilation of films since 1933 being preserved by the ...

Archie Fletcher has taken over the reins of PERA, shifting leadership from the West Coast to the Midwest for the first time in the organization's history. Fletcher's new posi...

Experienced union organizer Justin Conway was selected as business agent of Camera Local 600-Central Region. He fills the slot vacated in September by Jason Rosin, who'd had th...

Citing customer demand and a general upswing in production, Fletcher Chicago, a top five U.S. rental house, is opening its doors to film camera rentals for the first time in its...

Floating down the Chicago River in a canoe with his roommate, Sundance veteran Masahiro Sugano was struck with what would become the catalyzing image of his debut feature "Secon...

DIRECTOR BOB EBEL created commercials with "the little people," as he calls them, for Build-A-Bear Workshop?an interactive make-your-own-stuffed animal retail-entertainment exp...

Schaumburg-based Screen Time Images, an 8-year old company that restores classic movies and TV shows, added the U.S.' first and only HD or higher resolution telecine customized ...

Global Video added high definition capability to its menu of video duplication services. They include monitoring and broadcast quality down-conversion from HD to any standard d...

Three times a year, chef Macku Chen of Kaze Sushi, 2032 W. Roscoe, creates a seasonal menu that is utterly mind-blowing. Using seasonal produce and fish that's ripe and in ...

For the second time this year, Optimus displays its collective creative chops in 23 wildly imaginative 30-second "commercials" that will air throughout December on popular cable...

JACK WILSON, long-time active local NATAS member and motivational video producer, will be honored Dec. 3 as the 2005 recipient of NATAS Governors Awards at the 47th Annual Chica...

Devotees of Starbucks on Oak and Rush will have something interesting to watch while they sip their latte grandes: A permanent, multi-screen, HD video art gallery of the storie...