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October 3, 2024
1989
In celebration of 25 years, the Festival hosts two gala events at the Chicago Theatre: the World Premiere of Menahem Golan’s The Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife), and a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Rocky producer Irwin Winkler receives a tribute hosted by Martin Scorsese, and the ...
October 3, 2024
1988
The Festival opens with Andrew Birken’s BURNING SECRET, with notable films including Theo Angelopoulos’s Landscape In the Mist, Bela Tarr’s Damnation, and André Téchiné’s The Innocent. The year features a British Renaissance section which features films by Mike Newell and Peter Greenaway, among o...
October 3, 2024
1987
The Festival returns to its roots, honoring Kutza’s mentor Colleen Moore a few months before her death. Peter Gardos’ Whooping Cough from Hungary wins the Gold Hugo for Best Feature, and Brian Dennehy wins Best Actor for his performance in Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect. The Festival...
October 3, 2024
1986
The Festival makes the move to October, and for the first time utilizes the gorgeous Music Box Theatre. Tributes are presented to Sydney Pollack and Deborah Kerr, along with a Claude Lelouch retrospective and a special focus on Argentine cinema. Other highlights include The Decline of the America...
October 3, 2024
1985
Dancing and international intrigue open the Festival with the premiere of Taylor Hackford’s White Knights, starring Mkihail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, and Isabella Rossellini, who are all in attendance. Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn and camp film icon Russ Meyer are honored, and Argentin...
