At a time lately when "pulling back" is more often heard than "capital expansion," Film & Tape Works' announcement of a major equipment investment and a general growth was both ...

These are busy days for Chicago's resident audio guru Hank Neuberger. Make that Super busy. He and Terry Fryer, his partner in recently formed Third Wave Productions, had an i...

Walgreen's opening graphic was art directed by Swell's Nadia Hennrich. Dr. Lisa Thornton is the show host, and child/adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Bennett Leventhal provides a 2-...

Chicago actress Irma P. Hall remains in serious condition at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after a Saturday head-on collision. She has undergone open heart surgery for a pu...

by Carey Lundin, Co-Producer Indie feature "Sweet Home Chicago" I didn't go to Sundance just to watch movies. I went to soak up the creative spirit of the vanguard of filmma...

AFTRA ELECTION. New officers elected by 453 valid ballots from the membership are Dan Frick, president; David Gee, James Schneider and Richard Shazin, vice presidents; Eileen ...

Soft business, the shortage of features and concerts that were his core business, caused the shuttering of Scott Smith's Chicago Audio Works at The Media Center, 676 N. LaSalle ...

Before: The derelict Dempster St. station in Skokie is ready for the wrecking ball.After: Cartoonist/animator J.J. Sedelmaier's input helped to beautifully restore the 1924. ...

Columbia College alums Bob Teitel and George Tillman Jr. continue their close relationship with the school by providing a sneak preview of their Chicago-made "Barber Shop II" as...

It's to all our benefit to spread the word. Feel free to forward this explanation to as many producers as possible. The wage tax credit act (SB 785) enacted by the Illinoi...

"Weather Man" writer Steve Conrad is also co-producing with Todd Black and Penny Rose. Besides Nicolas Cage, it stars Hope Davis and Michael Caine. Filming starts here Feb. 2...

By Jonathan Abarbanel An exuberant John Calloway moderated a recent City Club of Chicago luncheon panel devoted to the business of live theater, the first City Club event foc...

Chicago's next boutique hotel is certain to be a theatrical affair: 128 rooms sitting on top of the Shubert Theatre at 22 W. Monroe St. The historic, mid-rise Majestic Building...

Producer Leigh Jones returned from Slamdance invigorated and justifiably excited as the indie feature she produced for director/writer Hurt McDermott claimed the Jury Honor for ...

If you're not a member of IFP/Midwest and you're an indie film fanatic ? here's your chance to join the organization and enjoy all the benefits of membership ? plus cast y...

Among the many Chicagoans at Park City, Utah this week is Leigh Jones. She's not at Sundance, however, but at Slamdance 2004, where the film she produced was one of 12 th...