We last spoke with Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché a year ago, she said that plans were already in the works for this year’s 60th Chicago International Film Festival, which […]

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 […]

With the city of Chicago—not to mention the world, the nation, and the movie-going public—in various stages of pandemic living (Chicago specifically and Illinois in general seems to be doing […]

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 […]

North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 54th Chicago International Film Festival is now underway at the AMC River East 21 (where every festival screening will, once again, be this […]

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 […]

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 […]

North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, begins on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the AMC River East 21 (where every single CIFF screening will be […]