As each award was presented individually by various members of the Chicago Film Critics Association, a thought kept entering my head: this has to be making a run for the most awards a single film has ever won from this organization. Sure enough, it was soon confirmed that writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged yet […]
Chicago Film Critics Association names Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 Best Picture
Very fitting for a set of nominations that saw three films nominated in at least nine different categories, the Chicago Film Critics Association spread the love around for the winners. Martin Scorsese’s 3+ historical epic chronicling heinous crimes against the Osage people, Killers of the Flower Moon, took home three honors, but it wasn’t the only film […]
Chicago Film Critics Association give The Banshees of Inisherin 4 awards including Best Feckin Picture
As most of you wonderful regular readers know, I am a voting member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, an organization filled with distinct voices and incredible people. The existential sci-fi familial drama comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack with twelve nominations (a record for the group that should prove difficult to […]
9th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview: Premieres of Cha Cha Real Smooth and I Love My Dad, Cooper Raiff, Patton Oswalt and more set to attend
Robert Kojder looks ahead to the Chicago Critics Film Festival… While Flickering Myth is predominately a UK-based website (although our American readership may have eclipsed that base now), I would be remiss not to draw attention to another year of the Chicago Critics Film Festival. For full disclosure, yes, I am a member of the […]
The Power of the Dog powerful enough to win big with CFCA
Although West Side Story came out of the CFCA (Chicago Film Critics Association) nominations gate strong with a record 11, it’s Jane Campion’s masterful slow-burn psychological thriller regarding identity and abuse, The Power of the Dog, that came out on top. For what it’s worth as a member of the voting body, it’s also the […]
