Illinois' film tax credit is giving Chicago's spot production a shot in the arm. Productions under 30 minutes that spend $50,000 in the state can earn a 20% tax credit of their ...
Indefatigable and wildly talented adman/publisher Bruce Bendinger has waited 20 years to display both a hidden talent and an ambition. He has produced a CD of his songs call...
Not long after ReelChicago asked if I had any thoughts on changing technology's impact on postproduction, I came across an interview with director David Fincher. He casually m...
Cinema studies director Matt Irvine DePaul's School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI) will offer the Midwest's first gra...
This was one of those mornings when I couldn't decide what I wanted for breakfast. ?Eggs and hash browns?? Tamales and caf? con leche? The only to settle it was to get ...
Indefatigable television producer Thea Flaum and multi-talented Chicago native Bonnie Hunt will be honored at Women in Film/Chicago's Focus Awards at a luncheon at the Ritz Ca...
The only da Vinci Resolve D/I color correction system east of L.A. is being used to restore vintage movies and TV shows in HD and provide creative color facilities for origina...
Billed as the "Only Cable Company Dedicated to Shorts," ShortTV is one of the Net's top digital entertainment sites dedicated to showcasing short films and animation via c...
Composer/sound designer Ralph Beerhorst said with a laugh if WMS Gaming were to become a jingle house, "we could rule the world." He wasn't kidding. Some of the city's v...
Since Chicago is home to the second largest Hispanic population in the U.S., it makes sense that a production company dedicated to Spanish- language commercials would open ...
For the producer who wants to get away from concrete and congestion, the wide open spaces of the Total Living Network complex in Aurora might be just the ticket. The Christ...
Filmontage's Vladimir Van Maule wants you to fly the friendly skies of? Naperville? Van Maule lives in Naper Aero, an exclusive airplane community of 100 homes in the we...
Now that all the jobs in-house have been completed, S2/Swell is wrapping up its 29 years of business in its eerily quiet space in the NBC Tower. The big post houses quickly r...
Despite the record heat, a record crowd of about 230 forward-thinking filmmakers showed up promptly at six when the doors opened atTuesday's Midwest Independent Film Fest...
The Bears' linebacker Brian Urlacher takes a break from a Glaceau vitamin water photo shoot at rustic McHenry locations scouted by Mira Wolf last week. The shots, by a Bost...
While I've enjoyed Moroccan food all over the world, who knew that Chicago's take on the difficult-to-prepare cuisine could be found at Andalous Moroccan at 3307 N. Clark St. ...
I recently came across an ad on Chicago Craigslist soliciting shorts for distribution via a new website, and?more importantly?promising payment. I decided to look into the ...
A concert by one of the world's most popular Christian bands was taped for a DVD at one of the country's biggest Christian churches. British band Delirious, known for its ...
As of Monday, S2 has ceased accepting new business as the venerable post house prepares to reorganize under Chapter 11. Owner Michael Topel told his staff of 35 that edito...
