FESTIVAL
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Returning for a third year, the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival runs Thursday through Sunday, April 14 through 17, with music-related screenings, live performances, and panel discussions. Seventy films from over 20 countries will be screened at 13 different venues, including Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington; Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee; Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee; Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia; Music Box, 3733 N. Southport; Nightingale, 1084 N. Milwaukee; Schubas, 3159 N. Southport; Society for Arts, 1112 N. Milwaukee; Subterranean, 2011 W. North; and Wicker Park Arts Center, 2215 W. North.
Among the movies making their U.S. premieres at the festival are FREAKS IN LOVE (Fri 4/15, 10 PM, Society for Arts), which documents the 25-year career of psych-punks Alice Donut; THE BALLAD OF MOTT THE HOOPLE (Sat 4/16, 6 PM, Heaven Gallery), shot at the band’s 35th-anniversary reunion concert; and THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY LIFE OF JOSE GONZALEZ (Sun 4/17, 2 PM, Society for Arts), which eavesdrops on the Swedish-Argentinean singer-songwriter as he records his 2007 album In Our Nature.
