Cannes Film Festival 2025: A Look at the Cannes Classics Program | Festivals & Awards
The Cannes Film Festival is taking off today, May 12th. Well known as one of the most famous film festivals in the world, it’s also known as one of the most exclusive. Although tens of thousands of people come from all corners of the globe to attend the festival each
Highlights from the 2025 MUBI Fest Chicago | Festivals & Awards
At any given film festival, I look forward to discovering the thematic connections between the films that have been programmed. Take last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival, whose opening night film, “Sing Sing,” and closing night film, “Ghostlight,” both ruminated on the healing power of community theater. The beauty of
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview | Festivals & Awards
If you were at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival, you could have seen the first Windy City screenings of “Sing Sing,” “Thelma,” “In a Violent Nature,” “Babes,” “Ghostlight,” “Good One,” “I Saw the TV Glow,” and so many more. This festival, which I co-produce, has one of the strongest
The Florida Film Festival: An Oasis for Creative Souls | Festivals & Awards
Every April, artists and art supporters gather at the 40-year-old Enzian Theatre in North Orlando (and a nearby multiplex), a place of great comfort in troubling times. It’s tempting to call the beloved Florida Film Festival an oasis, given the increasingly anti-art era in which we find ourselves in the
Chicago Latino Film Festival 2025: Highlights of a Creative Force | Festivals & Awards
Chicago is home to over 40 film festivals—it feels like every year the city introduces another one, providing endless opportunities for cinematic engagement. Despite the third coast often being overlooked by big studios, the City of Broad Shoulders continues to be a leading force for the underdogs of the creative
Ebertfest 2025 Announces Full Schedule, With Guests Including Francis Ford Coppola, Susan Seidelman, Rosanna Arquette, and More | Festivals & Awards
From April 23-26, 2025, Roger Ebert’s official film festival, EbertFest, will celebrate its 26th year with a host of new festival favorites and beloved classics. With twelve features and seventeen guests gracing the Virginia Theater at the College of Media at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, there’s a lot
Cannes Film Festival’s ACID Sidebar Unveils 2025 Lineup
The Cannes Film Festival‘s ACID sidebar, run by France’s independent cinemas’ association l’ACID , unveiled its 2025 line-up on Tuesday, with the section kicking off with The Adventura (L’aventura), a French family drama from actor/director Sophie Letourneur, starring Letourneur and Philippe Katerine as the parents of small children who go
Chicago Critics Film Festival Announces Full Schedule, Special Guests | Festivals & Awards
CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL Announces Full Program Lineup, Special Guests and Recipients of 2025 Emerging Critics Grant 12th Annual Festival Opens with THE BALTIMORONS, with filmmaker Jay Duplass attending; Angus MacLachlan’s A LITTLE PRAYER to close, featuring stars David Strathairn and Jane Levy in person; centerpiece is A24’s SORRY, BABY,
This Is The Best Water Bottle For Music Festivals
That brand is TAL, which is Walmart’s number one water bottle brand. Its latest collection seems designed with festival goers in mind, and every kind of festival goer at that. Consider TAL’s lightweight designs, touch-free, flip-up straws and covered spouts to stop germs getting in, secure, leak-proof lids with double
SXSW Film Festival 2025: 42nd Street, The Spies Among Us, Make It Look Real | Festivals & Awards
While there are thrilling and sensational documentaries that feel right at home in the sun-baked and bustling streets of Austin (“We Are Storror,” “Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt,” and “The Python Hunt” are some of the ones that feel tailor-made for gleeful reception from the Austin crowd),
