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Posted inFilm

The Chicago International Film Festival returns, this time with more experiments and work by female directors

by Chicago Reader October 9, 2018August 18, 2021

It lacks some of the buzzier movies from the international festival circuit, but there’s still plenty worth seeing. Our critics weigh in on 24 offerings.

Posted inBlogs

Max Ophuls’s five best films

by Drew Hunt May 31, 2015August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of Max Ophuls

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William Friedkin’s Sorcerer rolls back into action at the Music Box

by Ben Sachs March 20, 2014August 18, 2021

A restored version of the Exorcist director’s remake of The Wages of Fear screens as a midnight movie over the next two weekends.

Posted inBlogs

The recent revival of Baby the Rain Must Fall is a good excuse to rediscover Robert Mulligan

by Ben Sachs November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Successful in his lifetime, the director of To Kill a Mockingbird and Summer of ’42 has been overlooked in recent decades.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The best of New Hollywood

by Drew Hunt June 30, 2013August 19, 2021

Top five New Hollywood films

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CIFF notes: Darezhan Omirbaev’s Student

by Ben Sachs October 17, 2012August 19, 2021

First impressions of the respected Kazakh filmmaker’s latest, now playing at the Chicago International Film Festival

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