CHIRP RADIO GOES TO THE 2018 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!

By KYLE SANDERS • OCT. 11, 2018 • CHIRP RADIO •

Movie critic Roger Ebert put it best when he said “We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.” It’s a quote I’ve unknowingly followed for years, specifically when it comes to movies. I love movies. And when you’ve seen as many films as I have, you tend to venture outside your comfort zone and search beyond the familiar to find a flick you’ve never seen before. Personally speaking, that which is unfamiliar to me are foreign films.

Of course, I’ve seen many of the classic international motion pictures that every film studies course recommends as essential viewing: The Grand Illusion, Seven Samurai, La Dolce Vita, Black Orpheus, Raise the Red Lantern and so on and so forth. But just like today’s new releases of American cinema, who’s to say what current foreign films will end up a classic? This is why each year during the month of October, I look forward to the Chicago International Film Festival.