Fletcher Chicago was named the Panasonic Authorized Production Reseller in the Midwest. Now included in its sales department are the Varicam 24p HD camera; the SDX-900 24p SD ca...
Z Film Festival program director Kristie Alshaibi's debut feature, the explicit and experimental "Other People's Mirrors," has its world premiere Sept. 25 at the Gene Si...
When we last checked in with the Waukegan film scene, the big boys were bringing Batman to the Amstutz, and the local boys were challenging aspiring filmmakers to complete...
Chicago's three Tony Award winning theatre companies are ramping up the star power for the opening shows of the season. The smallest of the three troupes, Victory Gardens,...
LOOKING GOOD. SPI-tv Media Group produced a 20-minute video for the Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Institute of Chicago that plays throughout its West Loop facility on video kio...
When horror fans gather this October for the third annual Blood Flood Film Festival, they can take heart in the fact that all the gore and mayhem they're reveling in will ...
L.A. Audition Workshop, conducted by Dori Zuckerman, one of the indie feature world's most active casting directors, will be held in Chicago for the first time Saturday and Sund...
MARK ARMSTRONG'S hip-hop comedy feature "Chickenhead Bound" from Dusablean Enterprises wrapped principal photography Aug. 12. Premiere screening is planned for Thanksgivi...
Leo Burnett's new national "Action Ronald" commercial is a departure for the brand in several ways. For one, the spot promotes an active, healthy life ? no stores, no food, no ...
After Labor Day the total L.A.-based Fox Network will introduce its new identity/image music that was composed and produced over the last three months by John Ovnik's Deaf...
State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has committed a substantial amount of funding to the new Minority Filmmakers Initiative of the Lights, Camera! Illinois (LCI) film funding prog...
Former comedian Dave Grier has started production on "Bill's Meeting," a 13-episode talk show series hosted by former Frank Sinatra lead trombonist Bill Porter.Grier, form...
In a move designed to further integrate creativity at the start of a project with high-end graphics technology, Swell named Mike Czerniuk creative director of Bazooka, Swe...
FEATURE IN THE WORKS. Not only is Jerry Rose's Total Living Network staff of 70 now ensconced in new $18 million Aurora headquarters, but Rose and his company, Christian C...
"Batman" flew back to London Aug. 22 and downtown streets are back to normal after intense movie action was packed into a relatively short three week schedule. Chica...
Lakeshore Productions' internationally-flavored feature "Wicker Park" has opened in theatres to lukewarm reviews. The movie is an adaptation of a French screenplay originally se...
DVD content developers Sock Puppet Studios have launched their first original brand with "The Doodlebugs," a half-hour animated educational series targeted for children ages 2-6...
After Pakistani immigrant Shahpara Sayeed was burned to death by her husband in his cab on the North Side of Chicago on Aug. 24, 2000, filmmaker Satish Menon was struck by...
Chicago Access Network Television ? CAN TV ? is in serious trouble. Money trouble. And 21 years of service could end unless the Chicago City Council is persuaded otherwi...
Chicago is going to be the next place for hip-hop, predicted director Yusef Hood, whose hip-hop DVD documentary "State2daLake" was just released and his South Side Hood Films is...
