Thomas McCarthy (Win Win, The Station Agent) will premiere his newest film The Cobbler at the festival, while
early festival favorites Lynn Shelton «s (Humpday, Your Sister's Sister) Laggies and Olivier Assayas «(Summer Hours, Carlos) Clouds of Sils Maria will play as well.
Not exact matches
Wilmette Park District officials are trying to organize a lakefront «food truck
festival» that could be held as
early as this fall and include such Chicago area
favorites as The Tamales Spaceship and others.
My
favorite film of the year (so far) is still Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name, which I saw at both the Sundance and Berlin Film
Festivals earlier in the year.
It should show up on many ballots, as will the expert, animated tear - jerker «Inside Out» and
early fall
festival favorites «Brooklyn» and «Room.»
I had a chance to see the film
earlier this year and it ended up being one of my
favorites from the SXSW film
festival.
Some of the best - received films at
earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride
favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.
Elsewhere,
early festival buzz suggested that Zhao Tao could be the
favorite to win Best Actress.
The Udine Far East Film Festival, one of Europe's biggest showcases for contemporary Asian cinema and also one of TwitchFilm's
favorite international
festivals, has officially unveiled its lineup during a press conference which took place
earlier today.Covering a wide variety...
THIS WEEKEND is the first annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, a special opportunity for moviegoers to catch
early views at unreleased
favorites from
festivals like Cannes, Sundance, and SXSW.
After being one of the
early acquisitions at the
festival, The Spectacular Now (from director James Ponsoldt, whose film Smashed made my
favorites at Sundance last year) became one of the most loved film in Park City this year.
Speculation had Leviathan, Mommy or perhaps even
early awards
favorite Foxcatcher as potential top honors out of all the
festival submissions.
The movie was an
early favorite for the Camera d'Or prize following its premiere in the Un Certain Regard sidebar, and ended the
festival with a Netflix distribution deal.
This weekend (April 12 - 14) is the first annual Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF), an amazing time for moviegoers to catch screenings of unreleased
favorites from
earlier festivals Cannes, Sundance, and SXSW.
Take care to showcase the local food and beverage scene, as mentioned
earlier, including restaurant recommendations, wine tastings, and foodie -
favorite festivals.