Preview: MUBI Fest 2025 Kicks Off With Screenings, Makers Market and Live Music
This article was written by Cortlyn Kelly. MUBI Fest returns to Chicago April 26 and 27 as its launching point for its 2025 world tour. As the only stop in […]
Interview: Chicago-Made Filmspotting to Fulfill a 20-Year Dream With This Weekend’s Filmspotting Fest
“A force for good in the universe.” This was filmmaker Rian Johnson’s decree on Filmspotting, Chicago’s premier movie talk show of the century. Born as Cinecast in 2005, just months […]
Preview: The 20th Anniversary Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival Uplifts Black, Indigenous Culture
This article was written by Sarah Luyengi. Finally! Summer is right around the corner and with it not only comes an array of outdoor concerts and cheap food trucks and […]
Preview: How to Experience the 56th Chicago Film Festival From Home (and the Drive-In)
Forced by mishandled pandemics to get creative about presenting an annual film festival, the team at Cinema/Chicago have pieced together eleven days of screenings, Q&As, panels and even networking happy […]
Interview: Chicago Film Festival’s Mimi Plauché on Transitioning to Virtual Events and Festival Gems to Seek Out at 56th Annual Affair
Needless to say, things for the programmers of the 56th Chicago International Film Festival are a little different in 2020. At the same time, some things never change. Although the […]
22nd European Union Film Festival Presents 60 Films at Siskel Film Center
From March 8 through April 4, the Gene Siskel Film Center brings the creative diversity and excitement of Europe to Chicago, with the 22nd Annual Chicago European Union Film Festival. […]
Preview: Music Box’s Cinepocalypse Brings Genre Premieres, Guests and More to Chicago
Like any new film festival attempting to break into a marketplace already rich with festival options in any given month, the second annual Cinepocalypse genre film festival made its first […]
Giveaway: Tickets to the Chicago Critics Film Festival
Hey everyone. As I mentioned recently, I’m one of the programmers of the 6th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, which takes place at Chicago’s legendary Music Box Theatre, May 4-10. […]
Preview: 6th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
In my 20-plus years as a film critic, I’ve been very fortunate to be a part of some truly great events. But few have been more fun or more rewarding […]
EU Film Festival: Week 4 Preview (and Closing Night)
Now in its last week at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the EU Film Festival boasts another fine crop of films to check out as the affair winds down. We’re […]
Screens Monthly: March
March comes in like a lion…as the saying goes. Our latest slate of cinematic options fits the bill this month, as the year’s biggest night in movies is just four […]
Siskel Film Center Hosts 28th Annual Festival of Films from Iran
The 28th Annual Festival of Films from Iran takes place at the Gene Siskel Film Center; it starts tomorrow and screenings continue throughout the month of February. As expected, the […]