Every year, we wait with bated breath to see what the line-up for this year’s Chicago International Film Festival will be. Can they possibly outdo last year’s selections? What gems have they found for us to view? In its 52nd…
51st Chicago International Film Festival Winners
There were so many great films at this year’s 51st Chicago International Film Festival. There were of course the major motion pictures that were part of it, like Macbeth, Carol, Anomalisa, Brooklyn, The Assassin and more. More importantly, the festival celebrates…
Chicago International Film Festival Winners and Must Sees!
Film festivals are a dime a dozen. Anyone can have a film festival, as you have seen with the most recent Internet Cat Video Festival. Many of them fizzle out, but only the truly amazing ones pass the test of…
CIFF ’12 Reviews: ‘Gimme the Loot,’ ‘Simon Killer’ + ‘Meeting Leila’
Continuing with more reviews from films playing at the 48th Chicago Film Festival… The two movies reviewed below are quite different, but they are definitely two stand-out picks at this year’s festival. Gimme the Loot Gimme the Loot is the…
CIFF ’12 Reviews: ‘The Central Park Five’ & ‘Something in the Air’
The 48th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off last night and is now in full swing! There are quite a few interesting movies premiering at the festival this year. I’ll be bringing reviews of select festival films to The Young…