The CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL starts Tomorrow, kicking off a week of Chicago Premieres and Filmmaker Q&As! Check out the Full Schedule & Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

"Without revealing too much, it takes the idea of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to sadistic, grotesque extremes." @rifewithkatie.bsky.social on Yuta Shimotsu’s BEST WISHES TO ALL

40 ACRES screens Sunday, May 4th at 9:30pm @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

WHITCH creeps into Chicago Critics Film Festival this Sunday! Shorts Program 2 www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/shorts2025pa... @chicagocritics.bsky.social

40 ACRES director R.T. Thorne answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire. Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/li...

SORRY, BABY screens Monday, May 5th at 7:00pm Actor/Writer/Director Eva Victor will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

If I lived in Chicago I would do this. Sorry, Baby is one of the best films I have seen this year.

The best film festival in the city of Chicago kicks off this Friday! Be sure to read my preview for what will be another great week of movies courtesy of the @chicagocritics.bsky.social film festival! amovieguy.com/2025/04/2025...

This weekend, @chicagocritics.bsky.social presents a 30th Anniversary screening of Kathryn Bigelow's STRANGE DAYS, and an 85th Anniversary screening of Charlie Chaplin's THE GREAT DICTATOR! **Both films presented In 35MM** Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

LIVING REALITY director Philip Thompson answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire. Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ci...

LURKER writer-director Alex Russell answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire. Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/me...

One of my favorite things I've seen so far this year. Great movie on its own, but a wildly impressive debut. See it!

The @chicagocritics.bsky.social Film Festival comes back to @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social on Friday! @briantallerico.bsky.social breaks down this year's lineup and guest list, which includes THE BALTIMORONS, SORRY BABY, FRIENDSHIP, TWINLESS, and more!

SORRY, BABY screens Monday, May 5th at 7:00pm Actor/Writer/Director Eva Victor will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

A MUST WATCH

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, APRIL, from acclaimed Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili, screens Tuesday, May 6th at 4:30pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS director Bri Klaproth answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire. Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

PARADISE MAN (II) director Jordan Michael Blake answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire. Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/a-...

The @chicagocritics.bsky.social kicks off with an Opening Night screening of the new comedy THE BALTIMORONS! **Featuring a post-film Q&A with writer/director Jay Duplass and actors Michael Strassner & Liz Larsen** This Friday at 7pm Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

FAMILIAR TOUCH writer-director Sarah Friedland answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ci...

ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT director Charlie Shackleton answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

CALL ME CRAZY director Carlos Lerma answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

The Great Dictator is so f*cking brilliant.

A familiar face offers some long answers to some easy questions as he toots his own horn with some Boricua flair. Thanks to @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social and Nathaniel Lee for the opportunity! @chicagocritics.bsky.social starts this Friday at the holiest of hollies, the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social.

BROTHER VERSES BROTHER co-director Ari Gold answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/a-...

OBEX writer-director-star Albert Birney answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/er...

SISTER MIDNIGHT director Karan Kandhari answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/a-...

"What is perhaps most startling about the sequence is that even though it was filmed over 85 years ago, nearly all of the sentiments contained in it remain, sadly, utterly relevant today." @petersob13.bsky.social on Charlie Chaplin's THE GREAT DICTATOR

So this is screening next Sunday @chicagocritics.bsky.social and I have been entrusted with explaining why. www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

MR. K writer-director Tallulah H. answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire! Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/do...

SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED co-director Isaac Gale answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/se...

5. FAMILIAR TOUCH is a tender, almost bracingly raw portrait of a woman grappling with aging, memory loss and abandonment. The film's writer/director Sarah Friedland and its star Kathleen Chalfant will be in attendance. musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

4. IT ENDS is an arresting addition to liminal cinema about four friends on one final roadtrip to a destination that's to-be-determined. The film's director Alex Ullom will be in attendance. musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

3. LURKER is so wonderfully creepy, a parasocial relationship that flies off the rails into the deepest abyss of pining and longing. Also, the soundtrack is filled with bangers! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

2. Albert Birney's OBEX is such a potent, imaginative film about loneliness and isolation, and a beautifully rendered picture that continues to work and work upon you until it becomes lodged in your heart. musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

We're 10 days away from Chicago Critics Film Festival (@chicagocritics.bsky.social) so here's 5 films you should see! 1. TWINLESS. Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney will be in attendance to present one of the messiest, funniest comedies of 2025. musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

HYPE

This is gonna rule. And it's gonna sell out fast. Get your ticket now.

TALENT UPDATE: TWINLESS writer-director-star James Sweeney and star Dylan O’Brien will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A after our 6:30pm screening on Saturday, May 3rd! Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

TALENT UPDATE: David Strathairn will no longer be in attendance for our closing night presentation of A LITTLE PRAYER. Writer-director Angus MacLachlan and stars Jane Levy are still scheduled to attend.

Can't wait to have @jayduplass.bsky.social back at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. THE BALTIMORONS is a very special film with a very special cast and they will all be at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social on Friday, May 2.

Jay Duplass answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

Programs have landed at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social lounge!

40 ACRES opens in theaters July 4. You can see it at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social at the Chicago Critics Film Festival two months early on May 4. TICKETS: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. 40 ACRES screens Sunday, May 4th at 9:30pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

I'm presenting 'The Reality of Hope' in Boston, Chicago & Milwaukee soon. Check out all the shorts in these inspiring programs! Tickets are on sale now. Thank you @iffboston.bsky.social, @chicagocritics.bsky.social, @mkefilm.bsky.social for showing the documentary! See you soon. #RealityofHopefilm

Our opening night selection will be the Chicago premiere of THE BALTIMORONS w/ filmmaker @jayduplass.bsky.social, actor-writer Michael Strassner, & actor Liz Larsen in person! The film screens Friday, May 2nd at 7:00pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

We're back at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social May 2-8, 2025! Special guests include Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen, Alex Ullom, Eva Victor, Matthew Shear, Kathleen Chalfant, Angus MacLachlan, Jane Levy and David Strathairn. Get tickets and passes now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

Embeth Davidtz makes her directional debut with DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT, based on Alexandra Fuller's memoir about growing up during the Rhodesian Bush War. The film screens Saturday May 3rd at 11:30am at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Don't miss our closing night film A LITTLE PRAYER! Writer-director Angus MacLachlan and stars Jane Levy and David Strathairn will in attendance for a post-film Q&A! The film screens Thursday, May 8th at 7:15pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social 🎟️ musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...