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The 12th Chicago Critics Film Festival will be held May 2-8, 2025 at the Music Box Theatre. Early bird pass on sale now. The only film fest curated by critics. 🎟️ https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/the-chicago-critics-film-festival

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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...

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film still from BEST WISHES TO ALL

film still from BEST WISHES TO ALL

BEST WISHES TO ALL screens Friday, May 2nd at midnight

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β€œYou’ll Understand When You’re Older” | Family Secrets and Horrific Initiations in Best Wishes to All β€” Chicago Critics Film Festival Young people’s political awakenings are often violent and radicalizing, a concept that receives a rare horror-movie treatment in Yuta Shimotsu’s debut feature Best Wishes to All , screening Fr...

"Without revealing too much, it takes the idea of β€œno ethical consumption under capitalism” to sadistic, grotesque extremes."

@rifewithkatie.bsky.social on Yuta Shimotsu’s BEST WISHES TO ALL

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40 Acres - Official Trailer | Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes | In theaters July 2
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing 40 Acres - Official Trailer | Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes | In theaters July 2

40 ACRES screens Sunday, May 4th at 9:30pm @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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WHITCH creeps into Chicago Critics Film Festival this Sunday!

Shorts Program 2

www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/shorts2025pa...

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After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving β€” even thriving β€” 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...

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40 ACRES director R.T. Thorne answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire.

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Sorry, Baby | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24 Sorry, Baby | Official Trailer HD | A24

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...

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

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2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview- 5 Must See Movies - A Movie Guy This year marks the 12th edition of the Chicago Critics Film Festivalβ€”and the 11th for yours truly. After taking a hiatus last year, it’s hard to put into words just how much it means to be back at th...

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...

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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...

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LIVING REALITY is an emotional exploration of television and the effects it has on its audience.

The film screens Saturday, May 3rd at 1:45pm as part of Shorts Program #1

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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LIVING REALITY director Philip Thompson answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire.

Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ci...

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A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

LURKER screens Friday, May 2nd at 9:45pm

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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LURKER writer-director Alex Russell answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire.

Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/me...

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

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Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert A preview of the 12th Chicago Critics Film Festival.

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!

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SORRY, BABY poster. Eva Victor holds a grey tabby kitten. Background is soft blue clouds.

SORRY, BABY poster. Eva Victor holds a grey tabby kitten. Background is soft blue clouds.

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...

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A MUST WATCH

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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...

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SUCH GOOD FRIENDS screens Sunday, May 4th at 2:15PM as part of Shorts Program #2

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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SUCH GOOD FRIENDS director Bri Klaproth answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire.

Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/th...

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Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.

PARADISE MAN (II) screens Sunday, May 4th at 2:15PM as part of Shorts Program #2

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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PARADISE MAN (II) director Jordan Michael Blake answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire.

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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
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Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and star Kathleen Chalfant will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A after FAMILIAR TOUCH, which screens Wednesday, May 7th at 7:00pm

Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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FAMILIAR TOUCH writer-director Sarah Friedland answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire!

Read: www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/ci...

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ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT screens Wednesday, May 7th at 9:30pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

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ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT director Charlie Shackleton answers the CCFF filmmaker questionnaire!

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Carlos Lerma will appear in person for a Q&A after Shorts Program 1, which screens Saturday, May 3rd at 1:45pm
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