“Side by Side,” the doc that looks at digital technology’s effect on filmmaking screens Monday, Sept. 17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC). With the
Great Britain should be ashamed. The 2012 Summer Olympics host country and London, the host city, were given the marketing opportunity of this or any other lifetime.
They had $40-million to spend
THE GOODMAN THEATRE continues its mini-streak of turning to high-profile actors with the surname “Lane.” After Nathan Lane’s turn in Robert Falls’ monumental production of The Iceman Cometh,
Say this for Mario Van Peebles: Despite the dark themes of Startz “Boss,” the director presides over a festive set. Before filming ended on the second season July 10, Van
Late Monday afternoon, J.C. Penney announced its president Michael Francis was immediately departing the company. Francis was wished well in an official statement. And that was that.
Yes, in a flash
Three famous Chicago native filmmakers, who established their reputations during the shocking turbulence surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, are returning this week as a team to document the
Odd Machine’s L.A. office was in the driver’s seat for the production of a series of 12 commercial-length videos that captured the action of Fiat’s highly
Zacuto Camera Rentals’ Emmy winning web doc, “The Great Camera Shootout” is back with a revolutionary new twist.
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This is a consolidation of the trends that are now firmly planted in our landscape. It’s a pretty clear that the largest influence on the marketplace has been the
So all you advertising-savvy readers. We’re now taking bets. How long do you think J.C. Penney — oh excuse us, JCP — will stick with this absurdity that is
Daufenbach Camera received early RED’s Scarlet-X 4K camera serial numbers 22 and 33 of the revolutionary new cameras that were shipped to buyers a few weeks ago, making it the
More than a decade ago, local theatre and dance teacher and arts writer Lucia Mauro became intrigued with an equestrian statue on the Janiculum Hill in Rome: A woman wielding
Film is better. So there. Regardless of whether film has more resolution, or whether it is more or less convenient, whether it is cheaper or more costly compared to the
Now Chicago shooters can be on the same page as stratospheric directors James Cameron, Peter Jackson and Bryan Singer, who are shooting their latest big-budgets 3D features with Red Digital
When a Resolution Digital Studio client wanted to enhance the bland image interest of an interview subject, RDS executive producer Mitch Apley felt this was the perfect project
Elise and Gregg Jaffe were all grins as 75 friends, family, vendors, freelancers, and clients celebrated their Chicago-based Big Teeth Productions’ five-year anniversary as a one-stop production shop.
Video production and creative web firm AKA Media Inc., is Chicago’s sole privately held media company to make Inc. Magazine’s 2010 list of 5,000 fastest growing companies. The
Lansing — Ken Droz, communications consultant for the Michigan Film Office, who has been the public face of Michigan’s explosive film production since the incentives were passed in 2008, will
The great DP Philip Bloom of London, considered the world’s foremost Video DSLR shooter and evangelist of DSLR low-budget filmmaking, arrives in Chicago Sunday to participate in the first-ever shootout
THE SUPER SECRETIVE WACHOWSKIS may be ramping up their next movie, with Huffington Post publisher and politico Ariana Huffington, of all people, involved in it. Photos
