Armand Assante

CHICAGO – Frank Vincent brings gravity to the somewhat generic tale of “Chicago Overcoat,” a local production about an aging hitman trying to do one last job before trying to retire from a profession that doesn’t come with pension plans. After traveling the festival circuit for sometime, the hitman drama is now available on DVD.

CHICAGO – Listen up, fans of “The Boondock Saints”! In our latest Chicago-filmed edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, we have one VIP prize pack up for grabs for “Chicago Overcoat” from Chicago’s Beverly Ridge Pictures!

CHICAGO – The 2009 Best of the Midwest Awards, at Rockit Bar and Grill in Chicago on December 1st, had many notable attendees. Actors Armand Assante and Lori Petty, along with film critic Richard Roeper, were among them.

CHICAGO – The 2009 Best of the Midwest Awards were given out on Tuesday night, part of a huge celebratory event at the Rockit Bar and Grill in downtown Chicago, capping another successful year at the Midwest Independent Film Festival.

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Mike Starr (left) and Frank Vincent of Chicago Overcoat.

CHICAGO – This three-image slideshow contains our ace photographer Joe Arce’s shots from the red carpet for the Chicago premiere of “Chicago Overcoat” on Oct. 10, 2009.

Chicago indie gangster film “Chicago Overcoat” has just wrapped principal photography, according to an e-mail I received on Friday from casting director Chris Charles. He also released to me the following production still of Frank Vincent (“The Sopranos”) with a Tommy gun.