Hardy souls braved freezing temperatures to attend a series of IFP/Midwest-sponsored screenings at Columbia College that presented films in 15 candidates vying for this year’s Independent Spirit Awards.
Leo Burnett could see departure of the $40 million Sara Lee account this month. Pitching it are Element 79 and O&M, Chicago, TBWA/Chiat/Day,
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
By Jonathan Abarbanel
A warm and cordial welcome to Jonathan Abarbanel, whose regular columns many of you will remember from the Original Screen magazine. The theatre
While the Illinois Film Office wonders what’s next ? it looks like “Barber Shop 2” will be the only major studio film to shoot here this year ? the
It’s an idea whose time has come. A full-fledged, super-sized, international spotlight on animated films. And it’s being launched in late fall by a producing pair
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Swell’s new editor, Nadia Hennrich, was originally recruited to the U.S. by Detroit’s Blue Highway, after it made a search of European editors and                |