Carpentersville filmmaker Michael Lansu is taking a more personal approach to "Resurrection Mary," the followup to his 2002 debut feature "Boo! The Movie."Lansu loosely base...
Two Home and Garden reality shows will shoot their entire 26-episode seasons here beginning in January, pending budgetary approval between HGTV and production company Pie ...
Filip K. Rymsza is repping Warsaw, Poland 35mm blowup facility Digital Lab, which offers HD to 35mm Arri-LASER transfers starting at $250/minute, along with a variety of d...
Writer/Producer L. Pat Williams' SerpentWise Films is halfway to financing its $5 million horror movie "10,000 Doors" to shoot here next year."We've got $2.5 million in escr...
One of the films was made in India and one of the directors lives in L.A., but with 12 films ? four features and eight shorts ‐ either made in Chicago, by a local dir...
Rich Seng may have come up with the next big concept for reality TV. The organizer of the monthly "Cherry Bomb" series of free DVD and CD compilations is in post on his de...
After garnering a strong response at the Tribeca, UrbanWorld and New York Latino International film festivals, Marisol Torres' debut feature "Boricua" has its first hometo...
JOIN LOCAL JAZZ GREATS. Ch. 25 has launched a new "Play on Cabaret" jazz series that airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. You're invited to be part of the taping of local jazz greats in a c...
INNOVATIVE PYEWACKET THEATRE TROUPE last year adapted Stephen King's "Misery" for the stage, and had a huge hit that won several Joseph Jefferson Citations. This year, artistic ...
If anyone gives new meaning to the word "perseverance" it's Valerie Gobos. The unwavering associate producer (that's her front end credit on the movie) kept the faith for nine y...
After 18 years in an iconoclastic space on Grand Ave., Tom Kwilosz' ThereMedia moved its editorial/ animation services to an elegant brownstone at 11 E. Division, just bloc...
The State of Illinois named former corporate producer Jan Hughes division manager of Illinois Information Services, a new department formed by combining public relations and inf...
Taking a rare break from a year-long festival tour that has taken him to Marrakech, Venice, Bangkok and beyond, Hakim Bellabes is back in town to screen his debut feature ...
BOATHOUSE STUDIOS of Los Angeles started shooting its rock ?n' roll slasher comedy "Stump the Band" Sept. 20 in Spring Grove, Antioch, Gurnee, and in Wilmot, Wis. "Stump ...
Ruth Leitman's feature documentary, "Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling," is one of four Chicago-made features that will premiere d...
"Outing Riley," Pete Jones' independent followup to his 2002 Project Greenlight movie "Stolen Summer," has its world premiere Oct. 10 at the Chicago International Film Fes...
At least on one level, Matt Liston's epic quest is close to fruition. Since 2002, Liston has been documenting his "Just Believe Campaign," a quixotic endeavor to land the Cubs...
The glitz and glamour of the Chicago International Film Festival (Oct. 7-21) ratchets up to ultra high as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, founded by artistic director ...
Scott Erlinder's gamble that there would be a national audience for his doc about Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast paid off when American Public Television (APT) picked up ...
Systems integrator Swiderski Electronics was awarded the job of distributing the audiovisual feeds to scores of media outlets that will be covering "The Race at Case," the...
