The first Steppenwolf film is in the can. Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney ("Oz") has wrapped on the short "Kubuku Rides," the very first production by Ste...

Steve Conrad, the local writer of "The Weather Man," signed with the Weinstein Company to direct his first feature here next spring, for an estimated $6 million budget. Sean ...

David Scott Hay has just completed the eight-year journey from stage to screen for his debut feature "Hard Scrambled," an epic contest for control of a greasy spoon. Kurtwoo...

The nine-part mini-series "The Pack II," sequel to the hit Polish TV mini-series, could be the first of several Polish TV dramas to shoot here in the coming year. "The Pack ...

A TRIBUTE TO KARTEMQUIN FILMS on its 40th anniversary, "Truth in Motion: A Retrospective of Kartemquin Films," will be held Nov. 3 and Nov. 10-12 at the University of Chicago Fi...

Pete Schwaba is ready to do it on his own. The co-writer of the 2003 MGM comedy "A Guy Thing" has fielded theatrical distribution offers for his directorial debut "The God...

RON FLEISCHER'S debut eight-minute animated short "Lemmings" took home the Chicago Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Fleischer was an animator for "Animaniacs,"...

L.A. grows a little more like home for Chicago expats in the theater and film industries, as Windy City Players host their Inaugural Fundraiser Nov. 6 at the Knitting Factory in...

Cutters' owner/editor Chris Claeys is Chicago's man of the hour. Maybe even a tiny footnote to White Sox history. The possessor of one of the most valuable mementoes of major ...

ACTION/CUT FILMMAKING SEMINAR offers participants an intensive two-day workshop in bringing a project from script to completion. Oct. 29-30, Chicago Conference Center at Courty...

At last, after decades of feeling like orphans with noses pressed against the window of the indie movie world, Chicago filmmakers can now proudly proclaim to be part of that wor...

Susan Sarandon received the Chicago International Film Festival's Career Achievement Award at the fest's opening night at the Chicago Theater. Roger Ebert spoke with Sarando...

Ari Golan has come full-circle. Gearing up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Golan Productions/Atomic Imaging with the company's notorious annual Halloween bash Oct. 2...

In the new Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercial from Leo Burnett promoting posters with sports figures, Radar went on location to film kids trying harder to do their best at spor...

A lot of good friends have rallied together to help assure the future of two little girls whose mother, Gail Kennedy Benson, died Sept. 28 of pancreatic cancer. Mrs. Benson,...

DDB/Chicago is the first agency in the country, to its knowledge, to recognize the growth of media beyond traditional advertising by designating a director of branded produc...

Three years after moving back from Los Angeles to his native Chicago, veteran film and TV horror maven Gary Sherman has almost completed his first feature in 15 years, a serial ...

When she saw "Fashion Man" Vincent Falk running toward the middle of the State Street bridge before a tour boat passed on the river below, Jennifer Burns knew she'd found th...

Marc Selz' sophomore slasher pic "The Rockville Slayer" hits stores Nov. 1 in a home video deal with Freestyle Entertainment and Universal Music's Visual Entertainment division....

SPLIT PILLOW'S collaborative feature "Common Senses," a tribute to the 10th anniversary of Dogme95, premieres Oct. 21. "Common Senses" was shot in succession by five directors, ...