Refugees, the immigrant's dream, parents and adult children, exceptional small town values and...chocolate. Please join ChicagoFilm and Cinema Chicago for a special in-person screening and post-film Q&A with director Jonathan Keijser.…
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Last night, the 54th Annual Chicago International Film Festival treated attendees to a studded evening with the production team and cast members from Steve McQueen’s upcoming Widows in attendance for red carpet festivities, a packed house screening and a post-film discussion. Widows, one of…
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The 54th Chicago International Film Festival opening weekend addition of Von Lux, writer-director Brady Corbet’s arresting portrait of an international pop icon in crisis, screened last night as a late festival addition and as great films often go, it divided the crowd into those…
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Ever wonder what it would be like to act in an extreme horror film? Or if the actors are really terrified on set? This year, Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, has done the new slasher pic Hell Fest sweet justice at their…
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1. Brooklyn – John Crowley’s magnificent Brooklyn is a study in contrasts, between small Irish towns and big American cities, nationals and immigrants, naiveté and womanhood, former homes and new horizons, an Italian-American love and an Irish suitor. It’s also one of the best…
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2014 wasn’t what you might call a great year in film, though it was a respectable one of solid enough pictures, if only a few truly inspired much passion. And while most of the below won’t be taking home Academy Awards in February, my…
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The great movie star Kathleen Turner was honored last night the Chicago International Film Festival during a brisk, ninety-minute tribute that featured scenes from her (many) memorable performances and a livewire Turner, who shared memorable anecdotes from her storied career onscreen, some of the…
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The 50th Chicago International Film Festival continues this week after a rousing Sunday night visit from maverick filmmaker Oliver Stone, in town to present two very different yet seminal pictures, the controversial Natural Born Killers and his one-reviled, now better appreciated Alexander. Stone stopped…
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The 50th Chicago Internal Film Festival kicked off its Opening Gala last night at The Harris Theater, with a star-studded red carpet affair followed by a screening of celebrated Norwegian legend Liv Ullmann’s new adaptation of August Stridberg’s Miss Julie. And while the festival’s…
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It’s a good problem to have when your first cut of the top ten movies of the year comes in at about thirty. In 2013, the field was so dense and competition so intense, with one seemingly terrific film after another opening well…
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