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COLUMN: Award recipients named for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
COLUMN: Award recipients named for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival

In its banner 50th anniversary year, the Chicago International Film Festival welcomed another deep field of cinematic competition spanning feature films, local works, animated efforts, international selections, numerous documentary films, and vast number of short films.  On Friday, October 17th, the festival held its annual awards banquet.  The ceremony and festivities were hosted by Fox News Chicago entertainment reporter and Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker.  Awards were given out in the following categories: International Feature Film Competition, New Directors Competition, Roger Ebert Award, Chicago Award, Q-Hugo Award, DocuFest and Shorts

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COLUMN: Must-see films for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
COLUMN: Must-see films for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival

While the festival doesn't boast anywhere near the amount of red carpet headliners found at Toronto or New York's film festivals, there are still several worthy films coming to Chicago for the first time in advance of their theatrical release and the year-end Oscar and awards season.  This very writer has acquired press credentials through Examiner.com to cover this year's event and here is a list of the must-see films from the festival's schedule.

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2014, Column, Media Appearance, SPECIALDon ShanahanAMC River East 21The Imitation Game, Birdman, St. Vincent, The Last 5 Years, Wild, The Salvation, Rudderless, Low Down, Clouds of Sils Maria, Beyond the Lights, Dear White People, Force Majeure, Two Days, Two Days One Night, Winter Sleep, Natural Born Killers, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oliver StoneComment
MEDIA APPEARANCE #4: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!
MEDIA APPEARANCE #4: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!

Fans of the website will know that "Every Movie Has a Lesson" frequently collaborates with "Day at the Movies" run by Lubbock, Texas blogger +Tim Day.  We commonly compare our reviews, interests, projects, and tastes to both of our groups of followers.  As a staff member of Lubbock Christian University, Tim hosts a one-hour weekly radio show on Chap Radio to showcase "Day at the Movies" and share his opinions on recent theatrical releases, upcoming films, the latest movie gossip, new Netflix and Redbox recommendations, and much more.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE #3: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!
MEDIA APPEARANCE #3: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!

On February 24th, I was a special guest on the show as we discussed our Oscar predictions.  My 2014 Awards Tracker was put on the spot to share a little data as well.  Hear us lay out the favorites and help you win your Oscar pool! 

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