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Dec 15, 2003

By Jonathan Abarbanel If you've got tickets for your favorite Off-Loop theater, better call first to make sure it's open. Days before Thanksgiving, Chicago's Department of ...

Post Effects teams with Central City, Black Enterprise Magazine for TV show

Dec 15, 2003

Central City Production's "The Minority Business Report," a staple of WGN syndication for 18 years, has been transformed into an updated, upscale weekly magazine show. "The...

MBC on Year’s Hiatus.

Dec 15, 2003

The Museum of Broadcast Communications closes Dec. 30 after 11 years in the Cultural Center in preparation for its move to its own, new 50,000-sq. ft. building at State and Kinz...

Features for 2004 show signs of life after worst movie/TV production year

Dec 15, 2003

IFO assistant director Bob Hudgins is "cautiously optimistic" about the possibility of three Hollywood features spending all or some time this winter. While "The Weather Man...

County Board postpones 2004 budget vote due to pressure, politics

Dec 15, 2003

As you know, the Cook County Board postponed the vote on the $48 million 2004 budget, which contains a proposed tax on leased equipment ? with dire consequences to the film indu...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 12/15/03

Dec 15, 2003

ACROSS THE HALL FOR MITIDIERO. Veteran editor Mickey Mitidiero and partner/business manager George Sosnowski closed their 21-year Lakeshore Productions and moved across the ha...

Wiebe Music buys The Playroom and creates a new sound/music company

Dec 15, 2003

A high note sounded for the music business with Tom Wiebe's purchase of Pat Yacono's Playroom and the official Dec. 1 opening of Earhole, the new name of the newly merged compan...

Sikora’s pioneering digital feature on Elgin rock band plays at Film Center

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 15, 2003

Jim Sikora's "Rock & Roll Punk" has three December screenings at the Film Center.Jim Sikora could have had one of the first digital features ever released. If it had ever b...

Spots and more warm December

Dec 15, 2003

Overall, the year coming to a close was nothing to cheer about. For most, October was a pretty good month, November was scary, but December, bless its cold and windy heart, is ...

Rasa founders establish Chicago’s first South Asian theater company

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 15, 2003

Rasa Theatre Chicago founding members Jaya Subramanian, Samir Wadke, Parvesh Cheena, Barnali Das, Anjalee Deshpande, Sonal Shah, Anish Jethmalani, Rachana Khatau, and Anita Chan...

Rock’n’Roll true-life story shoots trailer mid-December to raise film funds

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 4, 2003

Angela Mullenhour of local rock group Sybris stars in the DV feature "Love Made Visible."Lisa Fisher was driving through Chicago in a Volkswagen bus in the summer of 2002 as cam...

Charles Durning attached to $1mm comedy slated to shoot in June

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 4, 2003

When Marc Fienberg had the opportunity to meet Harold Ramis, he had one question for the legendary local filmmaker: how can I break into the business?"?Write your ?Animal House,...

Filmmaker Schwaba starts post on under $500K comedy feature debut

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 4, 2003

"Godfather of Green Bay" director Pete Schwaba (from left), actors Lauren Holly and Tony Goldwyn, and producer Brian Etting.Pete Schwaba has found his calling.The co-writer of t...

Chicago partner-swapping feature has Dec. 6 Film Center premiere

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 4, 2003

Brandon Finney's Chicago-made "A Lover for My Husband" premieres Dec. 6 at the Film Center.It's been a long road for Brandon Finney, from the day in 1994 that he decided to make...

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