The Chicago Movie Critics Affiliation broadcasts the line-up for the thirteenth Chicago Critics Movie Competition, working from Might 1-7, 2026 on the historic Music Field Theatre. A mix of recent and acquainted voices, this 12 months’s line-up displays the breadth of filmmaking in 2026 together with new works from Olivia Wilde, Daybreak Porter, and Joe Swanberg, all scheduled to attend.
Different company embrace Cory Michael Smith, Edd Benda, Stephen Helstad, Zach Schnitzer, and Nate Simon. New movies starring Seth Rogen, Willem Dafoe, John Early, Samara Weaving, Paul Rudd, Dustin Hoffman, and Cooper Hoffman will premiere, together with two shorts packages, 5 documentaries, and three well timed anniversary titles: Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.: Synthetic Intelligence,” David Cronenberg’s “The Fly,” and Jonathan Demme’s “One thing Wild,” all introduced on 35mm. Watch this area for extra info however get your tickets now whilst you can.
Friday, Might 1st
6:30pm “The Invite” (on 35mm w/Q&A with director/star Olivia Wilde)
9:30pm “The Fly” (fortieth anniversary on 35mm)
11:59pm “Decorado”
Saturday, Might 2nd
11:30am “Shorts Program 1” (w/administrators Q&A)
2pm “Tuner”
4:30pm “Carolina Caroline”
7:15pm “Energy Ballad”
9:45pm “I Need Your Intercourse”
11:59pm “Leviticus”
Sunday, Might third
11:30am “You Needed to Be There”
1:45pm “Shorts Program 2” (w/administrators Q&A)
4:15pm “Maddie’s Secret”
6:30pm “Late Fame”
8:45pm “A.I.: Synthetic Intelligence” (twenty fifth anniversary)
Monday, Might 4th
4:15pm “The Final One for the Highway”
6:30pm “When a Witness Recants” (w/Q&A with director Daybreak Porter)
9:30pm “Time and Water”
Tuesday, Might fifth
4:30pm “If I Go Will They Miss Me”
7pm “Chili Finger” (w/Q&A with author/administrators Edd Benda & Stephen Helstad)
9:45pm “Black Zombie”
Wednesday, Might sixth
4:15pm “Romeria”
7pm “Loafers” (w/Q&A with author/director/star Zach Schnitzer and producer Nate Simon)
9:30pm “One thing Wild” (fortieth anniversary on 35mm)
Thursday, Might seventh
5pm “Damaged English”
7:30pm “The Solar By no means Units” (w/Q&A with author/director Joe Swanberg and star Cory Michael Smith)
