Still from ‘My Policeman’, now available in theaters.
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.
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Director: Martin McDonagh
Special Presentation, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Screening Details:
Now playing in the Chicago area including the AMC River East 21 and Landmark Century Centre.
THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER – FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE
Director: Kathlyn Horan
Sound on Screen, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Trailblazing country legend Tanya Tucker makes one of the greatest artistic comebacks in music history, forging an unexpected friendship with the acclaimed singer-songwriter she inspired.
Screening Details:
Now playing in the Chicago area including the AMC River East 21 and Landmark Century Centre.
MY POLICEMAN
Director: Michael Grandage
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
A tale of forbidden romance and changing social conventions that follows the relationships between three people—and their emotional journey spanning decades.
Screening Details:
Now playing at the Landmark Century Centre and around Chicago. Available for streaming on November 4th on Prime Video.
DECISION TO LEAVE
Director: Park Chan-wook
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
An ace detective falls for a magnetic murder suspect in this neo-noir masterpiece from South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook.
Screening Details:
Now playing in Chicago including at the Music Box Theatre on 35mm and at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES
Director: Sacha Jenkins
Black Perspectives, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations.
Screening Details:
No playing at the Landmark Century Centre and streaming on Apple TV+.
THE WONDER
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
The Irish Midlands, 1862. When a young girl stops eating yet miraculously remains alive and well, a skeptical nurse is called to investigate, challenging the faith of the community.
Screening Details:
In select U.S. theaters on November 2nd. Available for streaming on November 16th on Netflix.
ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS
Director: Alex Phillips
After Dark, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
After a disturbed recluse scores hallucinogenic earthworms, he embarks on a psychedelic journey of self-discovery with a sex worker and a hotel maintenance man as his companions.
Screening Details:
Playing at the Music Box Theatre on November 4th.
THE NOVELIST’S FILM
Director: Hong Sangsoo
Spotlight, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
A famous writer is inspired to make a film after a chance encounter with a director who tried and failed to adapt one of her novels in this wistful meditation on the creative process.
Screening Details:
In select U.S. theaters including the Gene Siskel Film Center on November 4th.
CAUSEWAY
Director: Lila Neugebauer
Spotlight, Women in Cinema, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
In this intimate drama, Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence stars as a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans.
Streaming Details:
Available for streaming on November 4th on Apple TV+.
THE INSPECTION
Director: Elegance Bratton
Black Perspectives, International Competition, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
After a young, gay Black man joins the Marines, he battles prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, while also finding unexpected strength, camaraderie and a welcome sense of identity from his new community.
Screening Details:
In U.S. theaters on November 18th.
NANNY
Director: Nikyatu Jusu
Spotlight, Black Perspectives, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
In a stunning performance, Anna Diop plays a Senegalese nanny increasingly haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind.
Screening Details:
In select U.S. theaters on November 23rd. Available for streaming on December 16th on Prime Video.
DEVOTION
Director: J.D. Dillard
Special Presentation, Black Perspectives, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing true story of Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors) and Tom Hudner (Glen Powell), two elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen.
Screening Details:
Playing in theaters on November 23rd.
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Director: Rian Johnson
Centerpiece, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
In this follow-up to Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out,” Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.
Screening Details:
Special one-week-only theatrical release from November 23-29th before streaming on Netflix on December 23rd.
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