THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! 

The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago” polls, annually features a selection of the most sought-after and anticipated films of the year hand-picked by members of the Chicago Film Critics Association, often with filmmakers, cast and crew in attendance to celebrate their work and connect with local audiences. It remains the only current example of a major film critics group that hosts its own festival, and it’s right here in Chicago. Films, filmmakers, and special guests scheduled to attend will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Past guests have included the cast & crew of last year’s Sing Sing, Paul Schrader (First Reformed), Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Craig Robinson (Morris from America), Aubrey Plaza (The Little Hours), David Dastmalchian (Animals), Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), Bobcat Goldthwait (Call Me Lucky, Willow Creek), Pamela Adlon (Babes), Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade), Martin Starr (Dead Snow 2, Operator), Ti West (In the History of Violence), David Wain (They Came Together), Cobie Smulders (Results, Unexpected), Michael Pena (War On Everyone), Peyton Kennedy (American Fable), Jim Gaffigan (Light from Light), Richard Kelly (Southland Tales), Dick Miller (That Guy Dick Miller), Tom Skerritt (40th Anniversary screening of Alien) and William Friedkin (Sorcerer).  

Further details, as well as information on the previous editions of the festival, can be found at the official CCFF website at  www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com. Follow the CFCA and the festival on Twitter at @chicagocritics and @CriticsFF, on Instagram, and on Facebook here.