Chicago Irish Film Festival: Films from the lands of storytelling
The Chicago Irish Film Festival, an annual festival created by Irish filmmakers to present diverse and creative independent films to…
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Berlinale: Knives and Skin
Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin is a cult classic ready to happen. A truly original, weird, and eerie film that…
On Art and Healing
The Independent’s editor speaks with Ricardo Bouyett, filmmaker, writer, and photographer of the new short No Love For Fuckboys. The film, which won “Best Experimental Short” at the Short To The Point International Film Festival, is an exploration—at once personal and more broadly social—of the intricacies of navigating dating, friendship, love, and desire after the trauma of sexual assault.
Kumail Nanjiani Explores Immigrant Identity in The Big Sick
Critic Evan Crean interviews Comedian Kumail Nanjiani on his new romantic comedy The Big Sick.