A Golden Weekend
Last week marked the 50th iteration of the Chicago International Film Festival, making it one of the oldest film festivals in the country (NYFF hit 52 this year; San Francisco is already at 57!). For growing up a stone’s throw from the city, I only really attended the festival once I’d moved away and began working in the industry myself, driving up from Indianapolis for a quick weekend trip and a few movies. This year, several of Film Movement’s titles screened in the festival, and as a long-time partner, the organizers were kind enough to invite one of us out for the occasion. As luck would have it, I was in line…
Coming Soon: May
To everything, there is a season. Even movies. As I wait for Awards Season to wind its way back around this fall, Summer Movie Season will fill in the space nicely. Over the next few months, I’ll pass on the epic action flicks, instead checking out Woody Allen’s latest, Sundance festival selections now hitting the big screen, and more. Before I pulled together the full list, I was actually worried there wouldn’t be much to see this summer. As you can tell from the rest of this post, though, I should have no problem making the most of my MoviePass in the warm weather – and that’s just May! Read on…
