Actor Frank Vincent's upcoming film Chicago Overcoat shines a light on a mafia group that was a whole lot more powerful in real life than HBO's fictional New Jersey clan.

By FilmStew Staff, FilmStew.com

The group of thugs known in Chicago as "The Outfit" made up the most powerful U.S. organized crime syndicate in the second half of the 20th century. Now, a film loosely inspired by their misdeeds is being rushed to completion in hopes of securing a slot at the upcoming 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Actor Frank Vincent, who played Phil Leotardo on The Sopranos, stars as ageing hitman Lou "The Flowerman" Marzano, ordered to knock off one more syndicate enemy, in this case a corrupt union official arrested by the cops. That in turn leads him towards verious tw

For three Atlanta filmmakers, the road to cataclysmic horror began with a surrealist-inspired local experiment.

By Pam Grady, FilmStew.com

There's the 2004 feature Exquisite Corpse, for which 15 writers separately – and without knowledge of what the others were doing – contributed a portion of the storyline. Not to be confused with the 2007 feature Exquisite Corpse, made up of short films by ten different filmmakers, each one based on a flash poem by Michael Arnzen.

From that second project came the inspiration for The Signal, a horror film that grossed $144,836 this past weekend in 37 theaters. Filmmakers Jacob Gentry, David Bruckner and Dan Bush, all of whom participated in the aformentioned '07 experiment for Atlanta's Dailies project, reunited t

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Ohio to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of his sports and fitness festival at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

Schwarzenegger received a loud round of applause Friday night when he presented a series of awards at a women's figure and fitness competition. He waved to the crowd, interviewed a few winners but did not make a speech.

The three-day Arnold Sports Festival features 17,000 competitors in 37 events, including 12 Olympic sports. Schwarzenegger has staged sports and fitness events in Columbus since 1989.

The Republican governor's visit comes days before a crucial presidential primary. He has endorsed likely GOP nominee John McCain.