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REELSCREEN: News & Notes

Apr 19, 2004

PIONEER EDITORS HONORED. Three spot editors from back in the day who virtually invented the modern post house will be inducted into the AICE Hall of Fame at the AICE nati...

Indie film production went non-stop in 2003 amid otherwise lagging economy

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2004

By Ed M. Koziarski Even as 2003 saw the lowest level of Hollywood expenditures in Chicago in years, one sector of local production seems to have remained firmly recession- ...

Five local filmmakers are among 250 to make Project Greenlight’s first cut

Apr 18, 2004

Chicago made its mark in the 2004 Project Greenlight with five aspiring local filmmakers who beat 1,700 entrants to advance to the next tier, a select group of 250, who ma...

Feature doc of local filmmaker’s quest to be a bullfighter screens April 20

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 13, 2004

Alex LeMay was well into production on his feature doc "The Bulls of Suburbia" when he got the call from Universal Pictures. "They asked if we had any bullfighting footage th...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 04/09/04

Apr 9, 2004

TRADEMARK CONFLICT NOT FUNNY. Second City Television (SCTV) took umbrage over the SCTV acronym of the new Stand-Up Comedy Television cable channel and told the upstart channel t...

Reed’s Bam Studio moves to new space

Apr 9, 2004

Brian Reed's Bam Studio has moved into Spots BME's former audio room, the only audio room in the Midwest designed by Russ Berger, who is considered one of the two top accoustica...

Bucktown woman feels safer with Nic around

Apr 9, 2004

Nicolas Cage is stalking me! He's outside my Bucktown apartment morning, noon and night ? everytime I look out my window, or walk out the door - there he is! Luckily, I think ...

Production pros Weir and Sanders open full-service Vagabond Audio for spots

Apr 9, 2004

Vagabond Audio is the new audio post house of engineer/sound designer Drew Weir and producer Rise Sanders that officially will open April 28 in River East Plaza. The full-s...

Looking for a movie tonight? Catch one of these non-traditional film series

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 9, 2004

Chicago boasts one of the biggest and most vibrant independent film scenes in America, in terms of both production and outlets. To prove the point, Chicago is experienci...

Up and Down the Avenue

Apr 9, 2004

THE WAGE TAX CREDIT BILL (HB 5180) is en route to a five-year extension, having passed the Illinois house and is now under consideration by the state senate. Originally a...

Film Center honors John Woo

Apr 9, 2004

This summer's hot ticket will be for "Mission Possible: An Evening with John Woo" June 12 when special guest of the Gene Siskel Film Center's June 12 Annual Gala will be the int...

DuSablean shoots hip-hop feature farce with ties to R. Kelly, Public Enemy

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 9, 2004

Mark Armstrong has gone through three versions, two directors and a manager in the evolution of his "epic gothic hip-hop farce" "Chickenhead Bound."It started in 1999 as a skit ...

Spot producers move into features with Christian film

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 9, 2004

Waukegan commercial house Glasshouse Entertainment have moved into their new Chicago office and set up shop to begin production on their first feature film, "Throwing Stones.""T...

DHV hires executive producer to ramp up new show and multimedia services

Apr 9, 2004

Alex Epstein, who got his video start at a tiny Alaska TV station, has brought his 20 years of television programming experience to Del Hall Video. As executive producer for de...

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