THE WAGE TAX CREDIT BILL (HB 5180) is en route to a five-year extension, having passed the Illinois house and is now under consideration by the state senate. Originally a...
Chicago boasts one of the biggest and most vibrant independent film scenes in America, in terms of both production and outlets. To prove the point, Chicago is experienci...
Vagabond Audio is the new audio post house of engineer/sound designer Drew Weir and producer Rise Sanders that officially will open April 28 in River East Plaza. The full-s...
Nicolas Cage is stalking me! He's outside my Bucktown apartment morning, noon and night ? everytime I look out my window, or walk out the door - there he is! Luckily, I think ...
Brian Reed's Bam Studio has moved into Spots BME's former audio room, the only audio room in the Midwest designed by Russ Berger, who is considered one of the two top accoustica...
TRADEMARK CONFLICT NOT FUNNY. Second City Television (SCTV) took umbrage over the SCTV acronym of the new Stand-Up Comedy Television cable channel and told the upstart channel t...
Juan Frausto finally has his foot in the Hollywood door. His third film, "Once Upon a Time in the Hood," plays in the 20th Annual Chicago Latino International Film Festival. T...
A law suit started by an actress, who had not been paid a $700 fee for four months and brought against Park Ridge talent agency McBlaine & Associates, was settled after five mon...
The husband-and-wife team of Beth and Gary Hoover have forsaken all others, so to speak, to concentrate on a screenwriting career in Chicago. Their focus and determination ...
Two local freelance editors who opened their own full-service post house last month are already seeing client demand rising to fill the capacity of their single Avid Adrenaline ...
With documentaries gaining in interest with both filmmakers and the public, the April 1-11 2nd annual Chicago International Documentary Festival should handily achieve its goal ...
No sooner was the new Standup Comedy Television (SCTV) cable channel announced than "people were dropping off their resumes and show ideas," said program director Peter Kimball,...
Michelle De Long: Her doc shows the growing movement toward animal rights law. Attorney Amy Breyer is Illinois' only practicioner of animal rights law. If you're one of th...
The third feature film from independent production company Urban Pictures premieres April 1 at Inner City Entertainment's Lawndale Theater.Devin Wesley stars as a former cop wh...
When Ben Hollis was in London two years ago, he stayed at a bed and breakfast owned by the author of a book about a legendary English cabaret and variety star. After learni...
ARMY ON THE MARCH. Leo Burnett's Ray Swift produced a five-minute Army Special Forces recruitment video called "Surveillance" and a 60 and 30 that was edited Optimus' Craig Lewa...
"Cup of My Blood" got an L.A. reception that was "universally enthusiastic" last week when filmmakers Lance Catania and co-producers Noel Olken and Kenny Nilsson shopped the fea...
Filmmaker Misty Tosh and her friends are adventurous souls who also love to eat out in offbeat restaurants and cafes they find in unspoiled locales. They combined their s...
Want to win $100 and a case of beer every week for a year? That prize is yours if your commercial for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer is picked by the Pabst people to run in a DVD of in...
A chance meeting on an L.A. street between rapper DMX and novice filmmaker Raymond Thomas led to DMX' company optioning Thomas' first short film to developing it into a feature....