
MIFF displays indie “Bests” at annual awards night
INDIE FEATURE “ANIMALS” was the big Best of the Midwest Awards Tuesday night, hosted by Midwest International Film Festival, winning
INDIE FEATURE “ANIMALS” was the big Best of the Midwest Awards Tuesday night, hosted by Midwest International Film Festival, winning
IN ADVANCE OF ITS BROADCAST PREMIERE Dec. 17 on Ch. 11, Kindling Group, the production company behind Susanne Suffredin’s documentary <a href="http://athomedocumentary.org/"
BUSY WEEKEND, BUSY WEEK of events starts Thursday fright night as 2,500 guests (and counting) in costume congregate at the Bottom Lounge to
The great Chicago writer Nelson Algren gets the documentary treatment with not just one but two feature-length projects debuting this month:
BAM STUDIOS added two new rooms over the summer to accommodate increased business in all areas of its audio post services, says owner/engineer <span style="font-weight:
THE BARKERS — the husband-and-wife team of Kristen and Chris Barker — has been signed by STORY for commercial advertising
FOUNDER BRENDA WEBB is back at the helm of Reeling: Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, after she took it on hiatus
It was 20 years ago that Gene Siskel Film Center director of programming, Barbara Scharres, first launched the Black Harvest Film Festival that continues
DON’T EXPECT THE DGA to fill the executive director’s position in the Chicago office anytime soon – if at
The 6th annual CIMMFEST, a four-day celebration of culture and good times that raced up and down Milwaukee Avenue last
Perhaps one of the most important documentaries about the Holocaust, about an unknown Washington diplomat who fought to awaken America to Hitler’s plan to annihilate the
EIGHTEEN OF THE LATEST and greatest product innovations will be Thursday, May 8 at Key Code Media’s Post NAB Technology Expo,
Two buddies were at the Green Eye Lounge on Milwaukee Avenue, kicking around ideas about film and music, when the conversation turned serious.
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LOCAL BANDS LED ZEPPELIN 2 and A Friend Called Fire will keep the Lawyers for the Creative Arts’ Spring
“It’s been a banner month here,” says Media Process Group’s <span style="font-weight:
When Chicago native Matt Walsh (HBO TV series “Veep,” “The Hangover”) was getting started in his
Reid Brody’s 2DS Productions — Chicago’s fastest-growing indie film company — is sending invitations to the community for the premiere of its
TODD LOOBY’S short documentary Lollywood, about a teenage filmmaker and war orphan at Liberia Mission, Inc. screens Jan. 20 and 23 in the Slamdance Film Festival.
Looby’s narrative short Son
SERIAL KILLER SPECIALIST John Borowski (H.H. Holmes, Albert Fish) has released streaming and DVD versions of his third documentary, Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance.
Borowski combines reenactments
MUMBLECORE PRACTITIONER Frank V. Ross’ romantic drama Tiger Tale in Blue is one of five nominees for the Nov. 26 Gotham Independent Film Awards’ Best Film Not Playing