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Tag: Chicago International Film Festival
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The 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Another year, another slate of prestige movies from all over the world
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Local filmmaker David Singer finds humor and charm in Imperfections
The jewel-heist caper will have its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 14.
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The Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The best Chicago International Film Festival coverage (plus more new reviews and notable screenings)
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Nuns raise hell at the Chicago International Film Festival
In Radical Grace, premiering at the fest, documentary filmmaker Rebecca Parrish profiles three nuns deeply involved in social justice work.
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What to see at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival
Reviews of two dozen new features premiering locally
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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Best Films of 2014, number four: Two Days, One Night
J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number four: Two Nights, One Day.
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The South American variation on Superbad that was an unexpected highlight of the Chicago International Film Festival
On watching the Uruguayan drug comedy High Five while the rest of the world was at work
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CIFF salutes Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President, and so can you
Noting an encore screening of this year’s Gold Hugo winner for best narrative feature
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Ten more CIFF reviews, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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An interview with Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi (part one)
The veteran writer-director talks about the legacy of his 70s films and how studying physics prepared him to study human nature.
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How David Fincher and Gyorgy Palfi, two different filmmakers, use digital video to uncanny effect
Free Fall and Gone Girl: New adventures in hi-def
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If you’re looking for something weird, Gyorgy Palfi’s film Free Fall shouldn’t disappoint
The latest from Hungarian filmmaker Gyorgy Palfi screens three times at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival.