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Film News: May 3rd Opener for 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
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CHICAGO – The 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) kicks off on Friday, May 3rd, with “Sing Sing” and continues through May 9th with an amazing cinema week featuring the best of the winter/spring bold face film fests, special guests, revivals and surprises! Click on 2024 CCFF for tickets and schedule.
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The 11th CCFF
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In “Sing Sing,” Divine G (Colman Domingo), who is imprisoned in New York State’s infamous Sing Sing prison, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other men who are incarcerated. The story uses actual incarceration actors alongside Domingo and the other professionals, and the guests for Opening Night includes director Greg Kwedar, and actors Clarence “Divine Eye’ Maclin, Paul Raci and Sean “Dino” Johnson.
CAPSULE REVIEW: The redemptive power of pretending to be something else is on display in this remarkable tale, filtered through the intense experiences of both society’s law breakers and rejected persons (including a majority people of color). Frustrations, revelations and a calming influence follow the troupe to their stage play, where all the men in this case are merely players, in a fascinating journey. (6:30pm).
The 11th edition of the Chicago Critics Film Festival is the the only such festival in the country curated by film critics, and highlights the 2024 films from the early year festivals like Sundance, SXSW and others. Opening Night will also feature “Cuckoo,” directed by Tilman Singer and “Sleep” by Jason Yu. The Closing Night film on May 9th will be “Ghostlight” by local legends Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. More capsule film reviews of the Festival offerings will be published at HollywoodChicago.com at various times during the six day event.
![]() | By PATRICK McDONALD |