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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thank you as always to the staff at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social and to the pass holders and everyone who came out this past week! See you all again next year! 📸 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Cake and revelry was had in the Music Box Lounge afterwards. And that’s a wrap for the 13th edition of the Chicago Critics Film Festival! Audience awards will be announced shortly.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yesterday screenings of BROKEN ENGLISH and THE SUN NEVER SETS with director Joe Swanberg and Cory Michael Smith closed out the festival.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Pass holders are encouraged to stick around the Music Box Lounge afterwards for cake! 📷 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Tonight we close out the 13th edition of our festival with the Chicago premiere of BROKEN ENGLISH, an experimental documentary about Marianne Faithful, and the Chicago premiere of THE SUN NEVER SETS featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Joe Swanberg and actor-producer Cory Michael Smith!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Yesterday: ROMERÍA co-presented by Instituto Cervantes Chicago, , the hometown premiere of LOAFERS with writer-director-star Zach Schnitzer and producer Nate Simon (plus the cast & crew!) for a post-screening Q&A, and lastly a 40th anniversary 35mm screening of Jonathan Demme’s SOMETHING WILD!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tonight we have the Chicago premieres of ROMERÍA co-presented by Instituto Cervantes Chicago and LOAFERS with director Zach Schnitzer and producer Nate Simon, plus a 40th anniversary 35mm screening of Jonathan Demme’s SOMETHING WILD! 📸 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last night: the Chicago premiere of IF THEY GO WILL THEY MISS ME co-presented by Black Film Club Collective. The SOLD OUT Chicago premiere of CHILI FINGER with directors Eddb Benda and Stephen Helstad and star Judy Greer! The Chicago premiere of BLACK ZOMBIE co-presented by Black Women Directors!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today: Chicago premieres of IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME co-presented by Black Film Club Collective, CHILI FINGER with directors Edd Benda and Steven Helstad and star Judy Greer, and BLACK ZOMBIE co-presented by Music Box of Horrors and Black Women Directors. 📸 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Yesterday: THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD intro'd by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago + Corridor Brewery beer tasting. WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS director Dawn Porter in convo with @812filmreviews.com. TIME AND WATER co-presented by @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social + video intro from director Sara Dosa.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Our screening will also include a brief intro by critic @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social (quoted here on the poster)

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The fest continues tonight with screenings of THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD, WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS with director Dawn Porter in conversation with Robert Daniels, followed by the Chicago premiere of Sara Dosa’s TIME AND WATER.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Nothing but bangers yesterday, including a hilarious and heartfelt Q&A after shorts program 2, the Chicago premieres of YOU HAD TO BE THERE and LATE FAME, and nearly sold out screenings of MADDIE’S SECRET and A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 📸 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yesterday was another great day at the festival. A wonderful panel with some of the filmmakers from Shorts Program 1! Chicago premieres of CAROLINA CAROLINE, POWER BALLAD, and LEVITICUS. And a sold out Chicago premiere of Gregg Araki’s I WANT YOUR SEX co-presented by Ramona Slick! 📸 Kate Scott

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We couldn’t have asked for a better opening night for the 13th edition of our festival than back-to-back sold out screenings of THE INVITE and THE FLY, both on 35mm, or a more gracious opening night guest than the brilliant Olivia Wilde. 📸 Kate Scott Photography

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Today’s the day! The 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival begins tonight with a 35mm screening of THE INVITE followed by a post-film Q&A with director Olivia Wilde and runs through May 7th at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social! What are you looking forward to watching the most?

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Filmmaker Adrian Chiarella on the inspiration behind his debut feature film, the romantic supernatural horror film LEVITICUS Read more: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ad... LEVITICUS screens May 2nd at midnight!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LOAFERS filmmaker Zach Schnitzer on how attending the Chicago Critics Film Festival inspired his desire to make films Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/-z... LOAFERS screens Wednesday, May 6tj at 7:00pm followed by a Q&A with Schnitzer and Producer Nate Simon

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS filmmaker Dawn Porter on finding inspiration in Steve James' HOOP DREAMS Read more: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/da... WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS screens Monday, May 4th at 6:30pm followed by a Q&A with Porter!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Filmmaker Gregg Araki on how the early films of Pedro Almodóvar inspired his new film I WANT YOUR SEX Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/gr... I WANT YOUR SEX screens Saturday, May 2nd at 9:45PM

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED! Star Judy Greer will be joining directors Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad for the post-screening Q&A after CHILI FINGER! CHILI FINGER screens at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social on May 5th at 7PM Get your tickets now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Filmmaker Walter Thompson-Hernández on how the work of Charles Burnett inspired his debut feature film IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/wa... IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME screens Tuesday, May 5th at 4:30pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Director Nick Davis discusses the genesis of his new documentary YOU HAD TO BE THERE about the how Toronto production of Godspell launched so many iconic comedy careers Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ni... YOU HAD TO BE THERE screens Sunday, May 3rd at 11:30am

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad on how the cinema of the Coen Brothers inspired their film CHILI FINGER Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ed... CHILI FINGER screens Saturday, May 5th at 7:00pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Director Adam Carter Rehmeier on how 70s road movies inspired his film CAROLINA CAROLINE Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ad... CAROLINA CAROLINE screens Saturday, May 2nd at 4:30pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Filmmaker Albert Vázquez discusses the influences behind DECORADO Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/al... DECORADO screens Friday, May 1st at midnight!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Filmmaker Francesco Sossai on how Ozu inspired the way he filmed his new film THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/fr... THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD screens Monday, May 4th at 4:15pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Filmmaker John Early discusses the influences behind his directorial debut MADDIE'S SECRET Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/jo... MADDIE'S SECRET screens Sunday, May 3rd at 4:15pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Director Kent Jones discusses his latest film LATE FAME, starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Read more: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ke... LATE FAME screens Sunday, May 3rd at 6:30pm

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

From flickering Hollywood screens to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, BLACK ZOMBIE traces how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters. Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A beautifully rendered autobiographical tale, Spanish director Carla Simón's ROMERÍA offers a moving, trenchant investigation on how family connections form new identities. Screens May 6th at 4:15pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

All three of our anniversary titles will be presented on glorious 35mm, as well as our sold-out opening night film THE INVITE. Director-star Olivia Wilde will be here in person for a post-film Q&A! Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We have curated the best of the best from festivals all over the world, including Sundance, TIFF, SXSW, Fantastic Fest, Dances with Films, Venice, and Cannes, and are bringing them direct to you! Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We are almost one week away from the 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival at the historic @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social ! Have you gotten your tickets yet?? Get your passes and individual tickets now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Greta Lee and Willem Dafoe star in Kent Jones' LATE FAME, written by Samy Burch (MAY DECEMBER) and based on novella by Arthur Schnitzler (whose work also inspired EYES WIDE SHUT) The film screens May 3rd at 6:30pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD (1986) screens in 35mm on Wednesday, May 6th at 9:30pm @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"The New York City these characters inhabit is haunted by the shadows of a more vibrant, culturally nourishing past." -- @judysquirrels.bsky.social LATE FAME, starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee, screens Sunday, May 3rd at 6:30pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"A masterful portrait of humanity’s inability to figure out what we actually want at any given time." -- Christian Zilko, @indiewire.com THE SUN NEVER SETS screens Thursday, May 7th at 7:30pm + Q&A with Joe Swanberg and Cory Michael Smith Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"A refreshingly unique approach to the music biopic which through interviews, footage, debate and live performances gives agency back to the icon that is Marianne Faithfull" -- @erikthemovieman.bsky.social BROKEN ENGLISH screens Thursday, May 7th at 5pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"A sweetly sorrowful ode to lost family" -- @guylodge.bsky.social ROMERÍA screens Wednesday, May 6th at 4:15pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"Fascinatingly unpacks the origins of one of the most popular horror genres of all time: the zombie movie." -- @briantallerico.bsky.social BLACK ZOMBIE screens Tuesday, May 5th at 9:45pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME "glides on the wings of myth, memory, and misfortune, transforming the everyday ache. . .into a lyrical meditation on boys and men in the hood" -- Sherin Nicole, @geekgiririotus.bsky.social Screens Tuesday, May 5th at 4:30pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"A poetic musing on intergenerational memory, a whimsical, yet staunchly political elegy for the glaciers, and a mournful look at the Earth in all her majesty and mystery." -- @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social TIME AND WATER screens Monday, May 4th at 9:30pm Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS "moves with the sure-footedness of the truth stepping out into the light." -- @812filmreviews.com Screens Monday, May 4th at 6:30pm followed by a Q&A with director Dawn Porter. Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Congrats to filmmaker Sarah Lasley, who just received a @guggfellows.bsky.social fellowship! Her latest short film CLIMATE CONTROL screens as part of Shorts Program 2 on Sunday, May 3rd Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We'd also like to give special recognition to Ashley Hatzenbihler and Felipe Rocha.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We are excited to announce the recipients of this year's Rotten Tomatoes and Chicago Critics Emerging Critics Grant: Congrats to Zo Arroyo and @bysavannahh.bsky.social!

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

THE SEEING EYE DOG WHO SAW TOO MUCH A blind violinist ascends to first chair at the Rome Symphony,just as a black-gloved killer begins stalking the orchestra. The only witness to the murders is her loyal seeing-eye dog. Directed by Eric Jackowitz.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

CLIMATE CHANGE In this metafictional comedy about the climate crisis and generative AI, a director making a documentary about fossil fuel extraction is consistently subverted by an AI agent that wants to tell a generic love story. Directed by Sarah Lasley w/ Gen Z film students at Cal Poly Humboldt

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Chicago Critics Film Festival @chicagocritics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

HOMEMADE GATORADE A woman embarks on a late night road trip to deliver homemade Gatorade to a mysterious online buyer. Directed by Carter Amelia Davis.

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