Chicago Film Festival Articles

Alexander Payne's The Descendants, starring George Clooney (right, with Shailene Woodley), and Jim Field Smith's Butter, starring Jennifer Garner, have been added to the lineup of the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival, to be held Oct. 6-20. Already touted as a strong contender for the 2012 Best Picture Academy Award, The Descendants stars Clooney as man attempting to become closer to his two young daughters [...]

Stellan Skarsgård (second from right) in Hans Petter Moland's A Somewhat Gentle Man Chicago Film Festival 2010 Winners: HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE Main Competition The Gold Hugo for Best Film: How I Ended This Summer (Russia), directed by Aleksei Popogrebsky The Silver Hugo – Special Jury Award: A Somewhat Gentle Man (Norway), directed by Hans Petter Moland The Silver [...]

Aleksei Popogrebsky's Russian drama How I Ended This Summer (above) was announced as the 2010 Chicago Film Festival's Gold Hugo winner on Saturday, Oct. 16. [Full list of Chicago Film Festival 2010 award winners.] Set at a science station located in the Arctic Circle, How I Ended This Summer portrays the emotional and psychological difficulties faced by a veteran technician and an eager newcomer. The [...]

Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole The 2010 Chicago Film Festival will screen John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole, the story of a husband and wife who struggle to save their marriage following the death of their young son, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Aaron Eckhart and Nicole Kidman, who has been mentioned as a shoo-in for the 2011 Best Actress Oscar, star as [...]