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  • Film & TV , Film fest , Interview

Interview: Mimi Plauché on How the Pandemic Changed the Film Festival and Her Picks for Not-to-Miss Films

With a two-year-plus pandemic in our collective rearview mirrors, the 58th Chicago International Film Festival is poised to take up residency in several venues around the city October 12-23, including […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 12, 2022
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: Chicago International Film Festival Opens With a Block Party and Film Screening at the Music Box

    The Chicago International Film Festival—the 58th edition of North America’s longest-running competitive international film festival—opens tomorrow night with The Compassionate Spy, a new documentary by renowned local filmmaker Steve James […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 11, 2022
    • Feature , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: 40th Reeling Film Festival Brings LGBTQ+ Films, Filmmakers to Chicago Through October 6

    The Second City finds itself home to the country’s second-longest running LGBTQ+ film festival in the form of Reeling Film Festival, celebrating its 40th iteration September 22 through October 2 […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 21, 2022
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Preview: Chicago Media Project’s Doc10 Film Festival Returns with Acclaimed, Essential Filmmaking

    Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival, Doc10, has truly established itself over the last seven years as one of the top-tier non-fiction festivals in the nation. Taking place this year primarily […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • May 20, 2022
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Dispatch: Chicago Latino Film Festival Offers Exceptional Films from Latin America through May 1

    Dos Estaciones

    Since 1985, Chicago’s International Latino Cultural Center has presented the annual Chicago Latino Film Festival, featuring a diverse and entertaining selection of feature-length and short films from across Latin America. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 27, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: Siskel Film Center’s Chicago European Union Film Festival Returns in Person; France Opens Two Weeks of Foreign Films

    Now in its 25th year, the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Chicago European Union Film Festival returns to in-person screenings March 4-17, this year with France claiming the opening night slot […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • March 4, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Post-Sundance, Several Films are Still Worth Watching Out For

    Yes, the Sundance Film Festival ended more than two weeks ago. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t still thinking about the films we saw during this year’s all-virtual event. In […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 10, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: On Its Second Day, Sundance Film Festival Offers Films That Impress, Underwhelm and Unnerve

    Call Jane

    Just two days in and the 2022 Sundance Film Festival has featured a number of noteworthy premieres, from documentaries about royalty (both literal and of the music industry sort) and […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 23, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Day One at an All Virtual (Again) Sundance Film Festival

    When You Finish Saving the World

    With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 raging across the country, the organizers at this year’s Sundance Film Festival made the agonizing but important decision to cancel the in-person portion of […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 22, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Chicago Int’l Film Festival’s Second Weekend Features Great Films for Every Taste

    Julia

    As the Chicago International Film Festival heads into its second (and final) weekend, there’s still plenty worth exploring at cinemas across the city. From high-profile early screenings of films like Spencer […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 22, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Week of Chicago Int’l Film Festival Features Filmmaker Tributes, Even More Compelling Cinema

    The Chicago International Film Festival is well underway, with screenings happening at venues around the city and a full slate of films available via the Festival’s virtual platform, too. Through […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 19, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Friday at the Chicago Int’l Film Festival is Perfect for a Spooky Drive-in or International Cinema

    Antlers

    It’s Friday at the Chicago International Film Festival, and one big draw this weekend is the big screenings at the drive-in. Get in the Halloween spirit with two genre films […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 15, 2021
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