If you dig movies with super corny dialog, exquisitely bad acting, sub-par special effects and sets that fall over as actors move through the scenery, then boy do we have the film festival for you. more ›

Black as midnight on a moonless night. It's how Agent Cooper likes his coffee, and how we like our crime dramas. From August 12-18, the Music box hosts Noir City: Chicago 3. more ›

A certain summer blockbuster has rekindled awareness of one of the original consumer movie formats. Super 8 was introduced by Kodak in the mid-60's, allowing moms, dads, and geeky kids everywhere to make movies easily and cheaply. All you had to do was unwrap the cartridge, pop it into your camera, close the lid, and start shooting. When you'd used up the cartridge you just dropped it off at your local supermarket's photo counter and soon (7-10 business days later) pick up the developed reel, ready for projection. more ›

As part of the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, filmmaker Julian Schnabel and writer Rula Jebreal were in town last night for a screening of their new film Miral. It's the kind of movie that garners buckets of senseless political backlash, a lot of it from people who have never even seen it and have no intention of doing so. Well, we saw it and found it unexpectedly moving. more ›

CIFF isn't the only film festival coming round the bend. In just a few weeks Columbia College will host the first festival of its kind in the US. The Chicago South Asian Film Festival runs October 1-3 and features 16 films from India, the US, and Pakistan. more ›

There's a whole lot of movie events happening so we do our best to round up the cream of the crop. more ›

Sad to say that once again this year the Chicagoist business office has refused to front us the money to attend Sundance. And we were really looking forward to mingling with Robert, Ethan, Maggie, and Ellen over a few bottles of organic champagne. Oh well. As consolation we'll head over to the Music Box. more ›