Tonight is the first night of the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box! This will be my third year attending. The fest is a really awesome preview of the upcoming year in independent cinema, and like in the past, the lineup is incredible. Chicago Critics Film Festival Music Box Theatre

We’re hours away from one of the best horror films of 2025. Co-presented by Music Box of Horrors!

Here we are! #ChicagoCriticsFilmFest

#TheBaltimorons feels like the best Christmas presents—unexpected but digs right to the soul. Michael Strassner delivers a charming, star-making turn and Liz Larsen is luminous. Jay Duplass crafts a warm soon-to-be Christmas classic.

Day 2 is about to launch. Be there. 11:30 - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight 1:45 - Shorts Program #1 4:15 - Brother Verses Brother (w/ Ari & Ethan Gold Q&A) 6:30 - Twinless (w/ Dylan O'Brien & James Sweeney Q&A) 9:00 - Strange Days (35mm) 11:59 - Mr. K

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Twinless: Both dark and hilarious. Dylan O’Brien has become quite good with each role he plays. Director/writer James Sweeney has quite a unique voice and Twinless is real impressive.

Sitting right next to twins Ari and Ethan Gold (“Brother Verses Brother”), while they watch “Twinless” at the Music Box Theatre thanks to the Chicago Critics Film Festival was a cosmic moment. Brian Tallerico

#Twinless hits harder the second time. A breath of fresh air. So grateful to exist at the same time James Sweeney is making art. And Dylan O’Brien has never been better.

My Dylan O’Brien Oscar campaign is in full swing btw. #Twinless

don't even talk to me about yearning romance unless she is slamming him against the wall and shaking him out of his pathetic slutty stupor by delivering one of the all time monologues, then he is looking at her like she hung the moon

#TheBaltimorons is a Christmas miracle in its own right—awkward, tender, and full of offbeat charm. Jay Duplass captures the quiet magic of the season with heartfelt performances from Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen. A beautifully messy holiday gem. 🎄✨ Chicago Critics Film Festival

CCFF #2 BROTHER VS BROTHER — combative twin musicians hunt the streets of SF for their dying poet father. All improv. Live cinema. This was something special. The film moves like one continuous song with several emotional interludes. A truly singular cinematic experience that

Friendship is unhinged and hilarious. Tim Robinson brings a special kind of cringe comedy that had me laughing till my stomach hurt. Chicago Critics Film Festival with another winner.

#ItEnds is a movie I so desperately needed in my early 20’s. Alexander Ullom delivers one of the most unique takes on coming of age and adulthood in recent memory. A much longer review is coming soon to The Rolling Tape Official , but I’m very excited about this one.

Actress JANE LEVY & director ANGUS MACLACHLAN are coming to Chicago Critics Film Festival, for a Closing Night Q&A with their moving family drama A LITTLE PRAYER! This Thursday at 7:15pm Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

Eva Victor. Actor/Writer/Director of SORRY, BABY

Standing ovation at Chicago Critics Film Festival tonight for Eva Victor’s phenomenal SORRY, BABY. A memorable moment.

I will be on Daytime Chicago with Brian Tallerico on WGN TV today (10 AM-11 AM) talking about The Chicago Critics Film Festival. Tune in, record, watch later, whatever your pleasure.

Our Rotten Tomatoes Audience Award Winners of the 2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival are: Narrative Feature: SORRY, BABY SHORT FILM: STRANGERS IN THE SAME SHIRT Thank you to everyone who watched the films and voted! Tell everyone about what you’ve seen!