The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival kicked off this past Thursday with an Opening Night screening of Reginald Hudlin’s “Marshall” and is now in full swing. To help your planning with CIFF’s national, regional, and city premieres of these many exciting films, we’ve compiled a list of our reviews (from Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Telluride, Toronto and New York) ready for your perusal. Be sure to check in throughout the fest for extensive coverage of more titles, including interviews with filmmakers and actors as they tour their latest through the Windy City. 

Before We Vanish

Borg/McEnroe

BPM

Breathe

Call Me By Your Name

A Ciambra

Disappearance

The Endless

Faces Places

For Ahkeem

Goodbye Christopher Robin” 

I, Tonya

In the Fade

Jane

Lady Bird

Last Flag Flying” 

Let the Sunshine In

The Merciless

Mudbound

The Other Side of Hope

Princess Cyd

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Sea Sorrow

The Shape of Water

Spoor

The Square

Thelma

Thoroughbreds

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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