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Passing Rebecca Hall (Netflix)R
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October 27, 2021

Rebecca Hall on the dueling binaries and challenging form of Passing

The acclaimed actress and first-time director discusses bringing Nella Larsen's novella about racial identity to the screen.
The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)W
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October 22, 2021

Wes Anderson offers up another deceptively poignant dollhouse in The French Dispatch

The director's latest volume of manicured whimsy will turn off Anderson skeptics, but it's also one of his most vibrant, quotidian efforts to date.
Thomasin McKenzie, Jojo RabbitC
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November 1, 2019

CIFF: Thomasin McKenzie on Nazis, Toxicity, and “Jojo Rabbit”

The star of "Leave No Trace" and "Jojo Rabbit" sits down to talk about her career, her latest role, and finding humanity in inhumane times.
CIFF Waves Deerskin Aeronauts The PrinceC
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October 22, 2019

CIFF Dispatch: “Waves”, “Deerskin,” “The Aeronauts”, “The Prince”

Trey Edward Shults' family drama, Tom Harper's big-budget balloon thriller, and others dominate this latest CIFF dispatch.
CIFF My Father and Me The Human Factor Litigante InstinctC
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October 22, 2019

CIFF 10/21: “My Father and Me”, “Human Factor”, “Litigante”, “Instinct”

Today's CIFF Dispatch looks at documentaries My Father and Me and The Human Factor, character drama Litigante and rape thriller Instinct.
CIFF Forman vs Forman Gloria Mundi I Lost My Body Let There Be Light ExtracurricularC
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October 20, 2019

CIFF 10/19 Dispatch: “Forman vs. Forman”, “Gloria Mundi”, “I Lost My Body”, “Let There Be Light”, “Extracurricular”

Today's CIFF dispatch sees reviews of Forman vs. Forman, Gloria Mundi, I Lost My Body, Let There Be Light, and Extracurricular.
CIFF 2019 - Maternal, Babyteeth, Lara, CarmillaC
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October 19, 2019

CIFF 10/17 Dispatch: “Maternal”, “Babyteeth,” “Lara,” “Carmilla”

At CIFF, we take a look at religious drama Maternal, episodic romantic dramedy Babyteeth, German potboiler Lara, and historical queer horror Carmilla.
CIFF 2019 Clemency The Truth Twentieth Century TremorsC
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October 18, 2019

CIFF 10/18: “The Truth”, “Clemency”, “The Twentieth Century”, “Tremors”

Today's CIFF dispatch includes family drama The Truth, death-row issue film Clemency, Guatemalan queer drama Tremors, and the gonzo Twentieth Century.
Sole Cunningham Fire Will ComeC
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October 17, 2019

CIFF Dispatch 10/16: “Sole”, “Cunningham”, “Fire Will Come”

Our first dispatch of the Chicago International Film Festival highlights Polish drama Sole, 3D dance doc Cunningham, and the experiential Fire Will Come.
OlympiaO
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November 7, 2018

Olympia’s Cast and Crew on Capturing Millennial Malaise in Chicago (Interview)

We talk to star/writer McKenzie Chinn, director Gregory Dixon, and actor Charles Andrew Gardner about their vibrant, Chicago-set indie about a young woman navigating her..