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Short Films in Focus: The Shorts Programs of the 2023 Chicago Critics Film Festival
A look ahead at the exciting short films highlighted at the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival.
Collin Souter has been reviewing films in Chicago for 14 years, most notably on WGN Radio where he has been a part of the movie review segment every week on The Nick Digilio Show. Additionally, he contributes to The Bad Mutha Film Show every month on WHPK. He has also written for eFilmcritic.com and Magill's Cinema Annual. Collin also serves as the Short Film Programmer and Programming Adviser for the Chicago Critics Film Festival. You can follow Collin's work as a filmmaker at Multihead Productions.
A look ahead at the exciting short films highlighted at the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival.
An interview with the writer/star and director After (A Love Story), and a presentation of the short film.
An interview with the director of My DuduĊ, and a presentation of the short film.
A look at all of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts.
A feature on a year-long project undertaken by our contributor.
An interview with director James Gannon about Deerwoods Deathtrap, and a presentation of the short film.
An interview with the directors of the stunning short film, The Sentence of Michael Thompson.
Our monthly feature on a stand-out short film gets to Aisha Amin's Simone.
A critic revisits The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time years and reports on the experience.
An interview with the co-directors of Glove, and a presentation of the short film.