Filmmaker Chris Sullivan Talks Midwest, Production and the Implications of the Word ‘Ugly.’

“Chris Sullivan’s animated film, “Consuming Spirits,” made its Chicago debut with a special private screening in September of 2011. Following a deluge of reviews and coverage since the Tribeca Film Festival this April, the feature-length film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival.

... the film comes together in a fragmented but powerful narrative about the complications and consequences of love, longing, disappointment and bitterness, punctuated by the dysfunctions of life in the small Appalachian town of Magusson.”

The F staff reviews our favorite flicks from the largest North American showcase of European cinema, at the Gene Siskel Film Center March 4–31.

Ahhhh, the season of the culture-specific film festival has arrived once again. On April 16th, the Palestine Film Festival kicked off at the Siskel with "Zindeeq," a convoluted, dreamlike tale starring the indomitably sexy Mohammad Bakri.