Chicago Filmmakers is experimenting with a "Salon Series" of new informal discussions with experts on various subjects to supplement its slate of production courses. The se...

Eight improv pros are walking past walls of floor-to-ceiling head shots, peering at the pictures, recognizing faces, occasionally putting a shot on the wall labeled "Y...

"It's great to be working on something more meaningful than vegetable peelers," said Angle Park producer Martin Baumgaertner about the job that sent them throughout Chicag...

Kevin Spacey won the 2000 CFCA Best Actor award for "American Beauty" Hollywood comes to Chicago a month before the Oscars to honor the winners of 2002's best in ...

Arturo by Dennis Manarchy Photographer Dennis Manarchy pulled out all stops to dramatically capture partners Arturo Cubacub and Mark Adler, and new colorist Mark Ma...

Bill Reis Spots BME's Bruce Frankel is reaching out to the community in an effort to financially assist the 17-year old son of the late audio engineer, Bill Reis. ...

Still from "Tryst Watch" Happily basking in the glow of its Oscar-nominated "Stubble Trouble" in 2001, Calabash animators are back at the drawing board with two more...

Local AFTRA elected Dick Kay to the national board and 14 other members to board membership, out of 263 total voted ballots. Representing freelance actors/announcers, model...

Filmmakers Peter Craig and Rachel Craig At 25, Peter Craig is a man with a past.?Back in eighth grade, the Quincy, Illinois?native directed his first short film t...

With a hearty laugh, Brad Barrett said he's "about $15,000 away" from finishing the construction of his 7,200-sq. ft. AGLS (for A Great Lighting Stage) in Oak Park. Soundpro...

Gita Saedi During her six year journey to discover "The New Americans," Gita Saedi has crossed paths with some remarkable families who have made the most wrenching jour...

By Dan Page SCREENZINE.COM Music EditorProducer/composer Andy Mitran met his new creative partner Al Jewer in an unlikely spot for serious business hook-ups, "The B...

By Dan Page SCREENZINE.COM Music Editor Greetings. Welcome to the new music column. It’s been a while since I spoke to some of you, the first time for other...

Scott Parkinson (Cassius) in Julius Caesar. photography by Liz LaurenAs the players in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar look to the "stars" for guidance, before committi...

Patti LaBelle After a year of tracking down lost episodes of "SOUL!" WPA Film Library assembled a remarkable collection of the African American TV series not seen in...

Executive producer Brad Wells Cheeseburger Films' Brad Wells made history of a sort when the company's urban indie feature became the very first movie to be funded by...

A new production company with "a healthy roster of clients" is bravely opening at a time when less intrepid producers are looking for another line of work.? Director Michae...

Not everyone is a football freak glued to his TV set on Super Bowl Sunday, reasoned independent filmmaker Jeff Daniels and his managing partner, Bob Brown, of Purple Rose Fi...

John Ennis is the 'Man With A Van' Come March, "Man with a Van," a comedy short with sitcom ambitions, starts out on the festival route. The Aspen Comedy Festival w...