Welcome to TAKE 2, our monthly feature where we highlight recent Chicago International Film Festival selections that are now playing in theaters or on streaming platforms in case you missed them at the Festival! Take a look below for the best of #ChiFilmFest to watch this month.
ALCARRAS
Director: Carla Simón
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
In this absorbing family drama, a close-knit clan is plunged into crisis when the land they have farmed for decades is sold to developers.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center beginning January 6.
BROKER
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Overwhelmed and unable to care for her new child, new mother So-young stumbles into an unlikely partnership with two baby traffickers to find the perfect (and well-paying) parents for her infant in this heartbreaking, human story of found family.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Music Box Theater and Gene Siskel Film Center beginning January 6.
CORSAGE
Director: Marie Kreutzer
Winner – Silver Hugo for Best Performance, International Competition, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Vicky Krieps delivers a tour-de-force performance as Austria’s Empress Elisabeth in a bold and timely revisionist costume drama.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema and Chicago-area theaters beginning January 6.
SHIN ULTRAMAN
Director: Shinji Higuchi
After Dark, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Gleaming silver superhero Ultraman is called back into action to protect Japan from ever more monstrous otherworldly kaiju threats in this wildly entertaining reboot of the classic 1960s sci-fi franchise.
Screening Details:
Playing in theaters exclusively on January 11 and 12 through Fathom Events.
SAINT OMER
Director: Alice Diop
Winner: Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay, International Competition, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
In this profound character study, a novelist observes the trial of a Senegalese woman accused of infanticide—a crime she admits to having committing yet maintains her innocence.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting January 13.
NO BEARS
Director: Jafar Panahi
Winner – Award for Cinematic Bravery, International Competition, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Playing a fictionalized version of himself, director Jafar Panahi, barred from leaving Iran, remotely supervises a film shoot in this meta-textual reflection on freedom, oppression, and cinema itself.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center beginning January 20.
212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400
