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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]