When Jeff Santo's 86-minute documentary about his father Ron Santo ended during a sneak preview at a Cubs convention at the Hilton in January, the SRO crowd of more than 1,000 g...
Women in the Director's Chair opens its 23rd annual film festival on March 13 with a reception honoring director Catherine Hardwicke and a screening of her acclaimed indie featu...
FLYING HIGH. IFO director Brenda Sexton returns from her sixth L.A. trip in 11 months reporting tremendous interest" in the wage tax credit bill from meetings set up by MPAA lob...
Richard T. Celenza Jr. grew up in a family of gamblers. As a young man he ran small-time card games and worked as a bookie "before the Internet took over the industry," h...
At a Salvation Army in Los Angeles' gritty Nickel District, local production designer Wesley Tabayoyong interviewed more than 30 homeless people about the contents of thei...
After 14 years renting a loft office in River West, Media Process Group will own its space when it moves into a loft condo at 1327 W. Washington Blvd. next October. Bob...
With their debut feature in post-production with the Simmons Lathan Media Group, the filmmakers of "Player in Training" are gearing up for their next production, "Caged."N...
Donnie Eichar interviewed former U.S. senator Paul Simon last December to mark the opening of the Jeanne and Paul Simon Braille Book Collection at the Skokie Public Librar...
Los Angeles-based Box Time Entertainment plans to hire 15-20 local crew and several child and adult actors this May for the production of the fifth episode in their childr...
After a year's hiatus, Terra Nova's X Silver Images Film Festival returns as a streamlined Silver Images Film and Video Awards March 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center.For a decad...
By Jonathan Abarbanel A spate of medical emergencies has affected at least three Off-Loop shows. I don't know what a spate is, either, but it never seems to be good. The S...
First, Orbis Productions and studio facility was sold a scant three months ago to Texan Mark Bunting, who announced the purchase with great fanfare. Now, it's gone, pouff! just ...
Well into development on their second major game release, Studio Gigante ? the former "Mortal Kombat" development team ? moved to 13,000-sq. ft. space at 4621 N. Ravenswood, tri...
HUGOS HONOR MARIN. The 40th annual Hugo Awards national television competition will honor Carol Marin, broadcast ("60 Minutes," "48 Hours") and print journalist (Chicago Tribune...
Zacuto Rentals has added another $125,000 worth of Panasonic gear to its rental inventory, giving them 12 camera packages, including four HD Varicams, and the only D5 recorder i...
When the Tribune told Marc USA it wanted a review, Marc politely declined participating and the 8-year association was severed. The Trib account bills $8-$10 million. John...
Producer Ted Kay of Northfield-based TMK Productions has embarked on "the hugest project" of his 20-year career ? a documentary on a global perspective of Alzheimer's disease, o...
For more than 20 years, world-class tabletop shooter Peter Elliott operated out of a studio he owned that was cater-cornered from Harpo Studios on W. Washington Blvd. The singl...
Catherine Crouch is set to follow up her debut feature, "Stray Dogs," with the lesbian military drama "Half Life."Set during the first Gulf War, "Half Life" is a love stor...
Armed with a shoestring budget, a 24P DV camera and a vision of the world's end, Nathyn Brendan Masters is out to make a Christian, low-budget answer to "The Matrix."The stone-f...
