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Preview: 54th Chicago International Film Festival—More than Just Movies

Beautiful Boy

The 54th Chicago International Film Festival begins on October 10, and marks a milestone for the organization that claims the title of the country’s longest continuously-running competitive film festival: it’s […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 10, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Human Spirit Shines Bright in Intimate, Profound For Ahkeem

    This review was written by guest author Matthew Nerber. When we first meet Daje, the subject of Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest’s heartbreakingly sincere documentary For Ahkeem, she […]

  • Guest Author
  • December 1, 2017
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Chicago Film Festival: Award Winners Announced

    On the last Friday of the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, programmers, juries and filmmakers gathered in a theater at AMC River East for the annual Awards Ceremony, where top […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 22, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Chicago Film Festival: What To See Before It’s Over

    The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival is happening now (through October 26), and the Third Coast Review film team got a chance to screen many of the film selections in […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 20, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Chicago Film Festival: What to See This Week

    The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival is happening now (through October 26), and the Third Coast Review film team got a chance to screen many of the film selections in […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 16, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Chicago Int’l Film Festival’s First Weekend: What to See

    The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival is happening now (through October 26), and the Third Coast Review film team got a chance to screen many of the film selections in […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 13, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Our Preview of the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival

    The 53rd edition of the Chicago International Film Festival is upon us, beginning tonight (and continuing through October 26), with the Chicago premiere of the historical courtroom drama Marshall, from […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 12, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Marshall Beautifully Balances Ambition and Humanity

    Editor’s Note: Marshall opens the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival; see our full coverage here. I’m actually a big fan of biopics that take the approach that a famous or […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 12, 2017
    • Feature , Film & TV , Film fest

    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 River East 21 (where almost every CIFF screening will, once […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 10, 2017
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Chicago International Film Festival Announces New Artistic Director

    The highly anticipated Chicago Critics Film Festival may start tomorrow, but that’s not the only news making waves. On Tuesday, it was announced that Mimi Plauche has been promoted from Programming Director […]

  • Justin Freeman
  • May 11, 2017
    • Feature , Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Some of the Best Films to See During Week 2 of the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival

    Last Friday, we took a look at some of of the best films screening during the first week of the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival. This week, CIFF continues into […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 20, 2016
    • Feature , Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Some of the Best Films to See During Week 1 of Chicago International Film Festival

    The 52nd edition of the Chicago International Film Festival is upon us, beginning tonight with the Chicago premiere of the highly acclaimed La La Land. This is the new project […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 13, 2016
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