Interview: Chicago International Film Festival Artistic Director Mimi Plauché

North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival begins on Thursday, Oct. 12 at the AMC…
North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival begins on Thursday, Oct. 12 at the AMC…
Based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (and adapted by Alice Birch), Lady Macbeth confirms something that probably…
This is a classic example of a host of talented people missing the mark because the resulting film places its…
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Imagine if the couple in Once had ended up together, gotten married, and after about 10 years together, the spark…
This is a film about escalation, about small moments becoming larger ones, about pleasant conversation becoming hostile, and in a…
Writer-director Brett Haley (along with his co-writer Marc Basch) make gentle films about a tough subject that a great many…
I liked every documentary I’ve ever seen directed by Steve James, from his epic-length, groundbreaking Hoop Dreams to his recent…
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