Annual Festival opens with A24’s THE INVITE, with director and star Olivia Wilde attending; Joe Swanberg’s THE SUN NEVER SETS to close, featuring Swanberg and star Cory Michael Smith in person; centerpiece is WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS, filmmaker Dawn Porter to attend!

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2025 award winners. Earning a record nine awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was named Best Film, also earning Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro) and Actress (Teyana Taylor), Best Adapted Screenplay and more. The film surpasses the previous record seven wins from 2021’s POWER OF THE DOG. Rose Byrne was named Best Actress for her visceral performance in Mary Bronstein’s IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU; Timothée Chalamet earned Best Actor for his frenetic turn in Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME.

MARTY SUPREME notches seven noms while IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, TRAIN DREAMS round out Best Picture category; over forty films recognized overall with nominations. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2025; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Thursday, December 11. Winners will be announced at 8p CT. Leading with twelve total nominations each are Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS. Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME, starring Timothee Chalamet, claims seven nominations while FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo del Toro) and TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley) each earn five.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, released their roster for 2025-2026 today, announcing the acceptance of five new members. The new members join the more than 50 members of Chicago’s premiere film critics association representing local, regional and national media outlets. “As the industry faces some of its greatest challenges in 2025, I’m encouraged by one of the strongest line-ups of new members in the history of our organization,” said CFCA President Brian Tallerico. 

In collaboration with the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Rotten Tomatoes is pleased to announce that its grant program launched in 2018 will continue to support freelance and early-career press looking to attend TIFF 2025 in a professional capacity. Stipends from this program are intended to offset the expenses of festival travel and lodging, upgrading equipment needed for festival coverage, and/or incurred due to time off work to attend the festival. Applications are open June 9th through June 20th – you can apply HERE.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Award winners following the 12th Chicago Critics Film Festival. Audiences selected Eva Victor's heartfelt SORRY, BABY as winner of the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Award for narrative features; the film screened to a sold-out crowd during the festival’s twelfth edition at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre. 

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the complete lineup, schedule and special guests expected for the twelfth annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, May 2-8 at the city’s historic Music Box Theatre. The festival opens with a screening of THE BALTIMORONS, with filmmaker Jay Duplass, co-writer/star Michael Strassner and star Liz Larsen scheduled to attend. The week-long event closes with Angus MacLachlan’s A LITTLE PRAYER, including MacLachlan, Jane Levy, David Strathairn scheduled to attend. Additional selected films for the 2025 festival include Chicago premieres of the most anticipated films of the year, including James Sweeney’s TWINLESS starring Dylan O’Brien and Lauren Graham; Sarah Friedland’s FAMILIAR TOUCH; and A24’s SORRY, BABY with filmmaker and star Eva Victor scheduled to attend for the festival’s centerpiece screening.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2024 award winners. Claiming the organization’s top honor as Best Picture of the year is Brady Corbet’s THE BRUTALIST, while NICKEL BOYS earns the most honors of the evening with four total wins. RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s best-selling novel was named winner for Best Director, Best Best Adapted Screenplay (Ross with Joslyn Barnes), Best Cinematography (Jomo Fray) and the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award for Ross’s future career potential.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2024; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Wednesday, December 11. Winners will be announced at 8p CT. Leading with nine total nominations is Brady Corbet’s original epic THE BRUTALIST; Coralie Fargeat’s body horror THE SUBSTANCE earned seven nominations, while ANORA (Sean Baker), NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross) and WICKED (Jon M. Chu) each notch six. A complete list of nominees is below.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, released their roster for 2024-2025 today, announcing the acceptance of four new members. The new members join the more than 50 members of Chicago’s premiere film critics association representing local, regional and national media outlets.