Chicago International Film Festival

Marc Evans named production president at Paramount

2010-06-04 16:32:58

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Leslie Zemeckis sashays into the history of burlesque

2013-05-19 08:00:00

During the shabby final days of the last of the burlesque houses that once dotted State Street near Congress Parkway, three of us — in possession of a few bucks and self-confidence fueled by fake IDs — entered the Follies Theater and saw a...

Ray Harryhausen: Movie stop-motion master crafted magic

2013-05-07 15:26:00

If Ray Harryhausen had designed only one sequence in his cinematic career, any one of his real lulus — let's start with the skeleton army battle in “Jason and the Argonauts” from 1963 — he'd still be the master of stop-motion...

CIFF TV Awards tip hat to top creatives

2013-05-03 11:01:00

Luminaries from Chicago's television, advertising and filmmaking communities filled the ballroom at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel for the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards gala April 23. More than 300 people were on hand as...

Open thread: The weeks in review

2013-04-18 16:32:39

Ebert's approachability

2013-04-08 11:09:00

Mark Caro's piece on Roger Ebert (“Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan, A&E, April 4) struck a chord with me, especially the part about Ebert's approachability to the public.� As a technical assistant at the Chicago International Film Festival...

Good Pitch Chicago forum will connect documentary filmmakers with supporters

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Chicago's documentary film industry is getting its own high-profile Demo Day. Running concurrently with the Chicago International Film Festival, a group of corporate and nonprofit executives will showcase up to eight unfinished documentary films at a...

Cinema downtime is perfect for EU Film Festival

2013-02-28 14:29:00

Every March, seven months before the Chicago International Film Festival in the fall, the Siskel Film Center's European Union Film Festival canvasses the best available new work from the EU nations, in all their loosely tied yet gloriously disparate...

Wiseguys Walken and Pacino on how it might end

2013-01-30 14:47:00

At times it felt like an exit interview — the ultimate exit interview. The details are still so surreal that when I tell people who was there, the words sound as though someone else had dreamed them: Al Pacino walked into the room. Then...

'Any Day Now' review: Family and law clash with a direct, powerful message

2013-01-03 00:00:00

*** (out of four) � As judges and opposing attorneys flaunt their biases during frustrating courtroom proceedings, Rudy (Alan Cumming) exclaims, “Just because we are different does not make us bad parents.” � Rudy and his boyfriend, Paul...

David Chase: coming-of-age stories never get old

2012-12-26 15:37:00

David Chase's new movie, "Not Fade Away," his first major work since concluding "The Sopranos," tells the story of a thoughtful teenage boy (John Magaro) growing up in New Jersey during the 1960s. Flat December light settles over the film's suburban...

Al Pacino and his 'Stand Up Guys' among the stars slotted for CIFF

2012-09-20 13:51:00

With its founder Michael Kutza nearing his half-century mark as leader, the Chicago International Film Festival announced its 48th edition slate Thursday. Heavily concentrated, as it has been in recent years, at the downtown AMC River East 21 multiplex,...

Director Kevin Smith attends the premiere of " Zack and Miri Make a Porno", at the Chicago International Film Festival at AMC River East theater Oct. 21, 2008.

2013-05-14 19:46:20

Sisters Sherilyn and Samantha Slawinski pose for a photo during the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards at Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago on April 23.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Jeanne Sparrow, Rob Morhaim, Spiro Tsaparas and Corri McFadden during the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards at Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago on April 23.

2013-04-23 00:00:00