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The 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 6-20, pays homage to its home city by opening with the “The Last Rites of Joe May,” a quintessential Chicago-set drama, shot in
A secret angel picking up the cost of the event and donating his own funds for the $28,000 prize money, all for the good of the local arts community, makes
FANS OF GREAT BANDS and ground-breaking Chicago composers and musicians of the ‘90s are invited to The Hideout Wednesday, July 27, to see a preview of a feature
Greeks in Chicago — the third largest Greek population in the world, with an estimated 450,000 and second only to New York’s 500,000 –- celebrate their culture with a variety
JUNKO KAJINO and I are headed to northern Japan this spring to begin production on our new documentary, Uncanny Terrain, through Homesick Blues Productions.
We will follow organic farmers
Columbia College Chicago is one of two sites nationwide, along with the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, for the new YouTube Creator Institute.
The program, housed
STEPPENWOLF’S FEATURE, “The Last Rites of Joe May, was selected among a record 5,624 films for screening at the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It will compete
STEPHEN CONE’S DRAMA, “In Memoriam” will compete with 65 films when it premieres at the 33rd Big Muddy Film Festival, Feb. 18-27 at SIU in Carbondale, one of the oldest
Joe Swanbert has a role in pseudonymous Bernard and Bichard Shumanski’s locally-shot “tender sexploitation flick,” “Blackmail Boys.” TLA Releasing picked it up for theatrical distribution. It’s scheduled to open this
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THE POPULAR “CASH CAB” SHOW is prowling the streets of Chicago, ready to pick up unsuspecting contestants and ask them questions en route to their destinations. The
WHAT ARE THE ODDS of filmmakers actually seeing their short film premiere at two international film festivals, being held the same weeks this month, at two
AUDITIONS START IN MAY for Michael Curtis Johnson’s debut feature, the $40,000 coming-of-age drama “Savage Youth.” He plans to shoot in and around his hometown of Joliet this August.
Recording artist Levi Kreis and Sundance filmmaker Davidson Cole combined talents to produce a music video that achieved the #1 Most Viewed rank on MTVmusic.com last week. Kreis’
Billy Federighi and Chris Storer grew up making short films together. They moved to L.A. eight years ago, where Federighi became a rising commercial director.
Chicago filmmakers Jayme Joyce, a writer/producer and Jessica Christopher, cofounder of makeup/effects company Cirque De Face FX, met last year at the Sundance Film Festival and found they had
OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR Phillip Seymour Hoffman will appear Jan. 28 at the Music Box for a special screening of his directorial debut, “Jack Goes Boating.” It’s a story
VINCE VAUGHN will team up with director Ron Howard for the first time this spring on an untitled comedy about infidelity. Vaughn always can be
Chicago’s only major representation at the Slamdance Film Festival will open the 15th annual alternative to Sundance Jan. 22 in Park City, Utah, with a Jan. 27 encore screening.
