WRITERS STRIKE NOTWITHSTANDING, loyal-to-Chicago homies director George Tillman and producer Bob Teitel will shoot their next feature, called “Humboldt Park,” here in February.
For a while there, it looked like Chicago could turn into a thriving TV town. Two promising TV pilots wrapped and a new one will arrive the end of the
MIGHTY JOE PYTKA, the brilliant, irascible, multi-honored spot director returns to Chicago this week after a long absence to direct Hallmark spots for Leo Burnett.
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The best the best of Chicago theatre will be recognized Oct. 29 at the 39th Annual Jeff Awards at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.
Former Chicagoan Eric Boardman was a disgruntled guest at the Sept. 24 Chicago Party Alliance event in L.A. He called it a “a ripoff,” a sentiment privately expressed by others
Frank Vincent, who played New York mob boss Phil Leotardo on “The Sopranos,” stars in the in-production indie “Chicago Overcoat” as The Flowerman, an Outfit hit man taking out a
A SHOUT OUT TO JACKIE TAYLOR, who after 31 years of staging more than 100 musical shows will receive a Special Award from the Jeff Awards honoring her
Hollywood film and TV director John Hancock has returned to his theatre roots. “The Brother,” the play he wrote and directed, previews Aug. 23 at the Theatre Building Chicago.
CHICAGOANS IN L.A. will congregate for the Chicago Party Alliance Monday, Sept. 24, at the Peterson Auto Museum, a massive get-together for former Chicagoans who work in the
Like many a man with a vision of how a company should be grown, Archie Fletcher disagreed with the Texas-based owners of the company he was running in Skokie.
A city which prides itself on culture and sport has now lost its advertising edge, its competitive juices. Are the foreign ad agencies on the brink of buying our baseball
“THE DARK KNIGHT” the latest “Batman” installment will forever be known as “one of the biggest features we’ve ever had in terms of scope, spending and
Chicago was a happenin’ place in the Soaring Sixties. Young filmmakers were changing the face and modus operandi of film, thanks to the new technology of the time, now seeming
Chicago will boast a brand new 40,000-sq. ft. South Loop facility with two sound stages, a motion picture capture studio and an animation lab?exclusively for the use of Columbia College
WHO SHE IS: As the effervescent executive director of IFP/Chicago since May 2004, leading the large, local independent film sector, connecting people and opportunities and offering on-going professional development.
Only a few weeks into her video blog debut, “Citizen Kate” has made waves. The website was included on Jeff Jarvis’ YouTube Prezvid site, assuring her a following of
THE CHICAGO LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL boasts four Chicago features among the lineup of 59 features and 31 shorts at its 23rd annual fest, April 13-25.
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Even before officially being named Midwest representative, Fletcher Chicago rented the revolutionary new Arriflex D-20 on two commercials and two features are lined up for rentals.
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Chicago musicians will be represented at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 11 with 14 nominations, and, for the 20th consecutive year, the show’s massive audio requirements will be supervised
Seeing a future in mini-features for new media outlets, Screen Door Films’ “The Swing,” its first feature in a 30-minute time frame and shot in HD, will premiere Feb. 17
