Coverage of the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival

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Written By Cinema Sugar

Our reviews, red carpet interviews, and more from the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival.

Interviews

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Interview: Director RaMell Ross on Lessons from ‘Nickel Boys’ and Photography
Interview: Director RaMell Ross on Lessons from ‘Nickel Boys’ and Photography

12+1 questions with Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross about how photography influences his filmmaking, whether Hamish Linklater can be trusted, and more.

Interview: ‘Small Things Like These’ Director Tim Mielants on Video Stores and Toxic Masculinity
Interview: ‘Small Things Like These’ Director Tim Mielants on Video Stores and Toxic Masculinity

12+1 questions with the Belgian director about Cillian Murphy, Christmas movies, essential Belgian cinema, and more.

Interview: Valeria Golino on ‘The Art of Joy’ and Italian Cinema
Interview: Valeria Golino on ‘The Art of Joy’ and Italian Cinema

12+1 questions with the actress and director about what drew her to The Art of Joy, working with child actors, acting with Angelina Jolie, and what American cinema can learn from Italian cinema.

Videos

Reviews

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Review: ‘Nightbitch’
Review: ‘Nightbitch’

2024 / Dir. Marielle Heller

Review: ‘When the Light Breaks’
Review: ‘When the Light Breaks’

2024 / Dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson

Review: ‘We Were Dangerous’
Review: ‘We Were Dangerous’

2024 / Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Review: ‘Super Happy Forever’
Review: ‘Super Happy Forever’

2024 / Dir. Kohei Igarashi

Review: ‘The Other Way Around’
Review: ‘The Other Way Around’

2024 / Dir. Jonás Trueba

Review: ‘Cloud’
Review: ‘Cloud’

2024 / Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Review: ‘Okie’
Review: ‘Okie’

2024 / Dir. Kate Cobb

Review: ‘The Art of Joy’
Review: ‘The Art of Joy’

2024 / Dir. Valeria Golino

Review: ‘Eephus’
Review: ‘Eephus’

2025 / Dir. Carson Lund

Review: ‘Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts.’
Review: ‘Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts.’

2024 / Dir. Matthew Salleh

Review: ‘Peacock’
Review: ‘Peacock’

2024 / Dir. Bernhard Wenger

Review: ‘The Missile’
Review: ‘The Missile’

2024 / Dir. Miia Tervo

Review: ‘Color Book’
Review: ‘Color Book’

2024 / Dir. David Fortune

Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’
Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’

2024 / Dir. Malcolm Washington

Review: ‘Vulcanizadora’
Review: ‘Vulcanizadora’

2024 / Dir. Joel Potrykus

Review: ‘The Last Republican’
Review: ‘The Last Republican’

2024 / Dir. Steve Pink

Review: ‘Transplant’
Review: ‘Transplant’

2024 / Dir. Jason Park

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