I couldn’t be more excited that a film I produced, Rob Christopher’s documentary ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO, is receiving its Illinois premiere at the Music Box Theatre as part of the great Chicago Critics Film Festival next month. The film is narrated by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor and consists almost entirely of never-before-seen archival footage of Chicago in the mid-20th century and a couple of animated sequences. The film’s subject, master writer Barry Gifford (WILD AT HEART), will be there in person for a Q&A! You can buy tickets on the Music Box website here.

1. In the Cut* (Campion) – A-
2. In Front of Your Face* (Hong) – A-
3. Memoria* (Weerashethakul) – B+
4. Rear Window (Hitchcock) – A+
5. Saint Maud* (Glass) – C
6. Devil in a Blue Dress (Franklin) – A-
7. Bicycle Thieves (De Sica) – A+
8. The Power of the Dog* (Campion) – A
9. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn* (Jade) – B-
10. Drive My Car* (Hamaguchi) – A

* – first-time watch