Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast
@chicagpodfilm.bsky.social
A podcast about Chicago films, hosted by journalist Paco Alvarez and film programmer Jeremy Marder (@jonesythecat.bsky.social)
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Listen here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/chicagpodfilmcast
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Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
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Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
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Listen to me talk about the Bolivian film THE CONDOR DAUGHTER (which I believe still does not have distribution) ❤️
Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Listen to me talk about the Bolivian film THE CONDOR DAUGHTER (which I believe still does not have distribution) ❤️
Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h
If you're looking for a spooky Chicago movie for tonight, check out the original Child's Play! And then listen to our first episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0ItE...
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you're looking for a spooky Chicago movie for tonight, check out the original Child's Play! And then listen to our first episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0ItE...
Our final dispatch out of the Chicago International Film Festival is up! We talked about several movies, including City & State picks Anything that Moves, Before the Call, and Only Heaven Knows, and we finally answered the question, Is This Thing On? open.spotify.com/episode/4xbC...
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our final dispatch out of the Chicago International Film Festival is up! We talked about several movies, including City & State picks Anything that Moves, Before the Call, and Only Heaven Knows, and we finally answered the question, Is This Thing On? open.spotify.com/episode/4xbC...
For our second dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival, film writer Cortlyn Kelly joined us to discuss the City & State shorts program and other films she's seen as part of the fest: open.spotify.com/episode/6d72...
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For our second dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival, film writer Cortlyn Kelly joined us to discuss the City & State shorts program and other films she's seen as part of the fest: open.spotify.com/episode/6d72...
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On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Kevin Shaw, director of One Golden Summer, which opened the Chicago International Film Festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/43ny...
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Kevin Shaw, director of One Golden Summer, which opened the Chicago International Film Festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/43ny...
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Kevin Shaw, director of One Golden Summer, which opened the Chicago International Film Festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/43ny...
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Kevin Shaw, director of One Golden Summer, which opened the Chicago International Film Festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/43ny...
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On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Curtis Miller, the director of A Brief History of Chasing Storms, which is screening as a part of the Chicago International Film festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/7fSH...
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Curtis Miller, the director of A Brief History of Chasing Storms, which is screening as a part of the Chicago International Film festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/7fSH...
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Curtis Miller, the director of A Brief History of Chasing Storms, which is screening as a part of the Chicago International Film festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/7fSH...
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On our newest episode, Jeremy interviewed Curtis Miller, the director of A Brief History of Chasing Storms, which is screening as a part of the Chicago International Film festival. #CIFF2025 open.spotify.com/episode/7fSH...
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Check out our first dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! We talked a bit about One Golden Summer, A Useful Ghost, Arco, Chainsaw Man: The Movie, The Helsinki Effect, Train Dreams, and The Secret Agent: open.spotify.com/episode/5AVy...
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Check out our first dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! We talked a bit about One Golden Summer, A Useful Ghost, Arco, Chainsaw Man: The Movie, The Helsinki Effect, Train Dreams, and The Secret Agent: open.spotify.com/episode/5AVy...
Check out some great movies from Chicago filmmakers screening the next few days at the Chicago International Film Festival:
Anything That Moves
Before The Call
A Brief History of Chasing Storms
One Golden Summer
www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival-pro...
Anything That Moves
Before The Call
A Brief History of Chasing Storms
One Golden Summer
www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival-pro...
October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Check out some great movies from Chicago filmmakers screening the next few days at the Chicago International Film Festival:
Anything That Moves
Before The Call
A Brief History of Chasing Storms
One Golden Summer
www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival-pro...
Anything That Moves
Before The Call
A Brief History of Chasing Storms
One Golden Summer
www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival-pro...
Check out our first dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! We talked a bit about One Golden Summer, A Useful Ghost, Arco, Chainsaw Man: The Movie, The Helsinki Effect, Train Dreams, and The Secret Agent: open.spotify.com/episode/5AVy...
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Check out our first dispatch out of the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! We talked a bit about One Golden Summer, A Useful Ghost, Arco, Chainsaw Man: The Movie, The Helsinki Effect, Train Dreams, and The Secret Agent: open.spotify.com/episode/5AVy...
we got a new co-host
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
we got a new co-host
We'll be covering the Chicago International Film Festival! Let us know if there's anything we shouldn't miss! open.spotify.com/episode/2ODt...
Four Stars at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival
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October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We'll be covering the Chicago International Film Festival! Let us know if there's anything we shouldn't miss! open.spotify.com/episode/2ODt...
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In the latest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we talked about My Big Fat Greek Wedding with the Modern Yentas, two match-makers based in Chicago: open.spotify.com/episode/0V2A...
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the latest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we talked about My Big Fat Greek Wedding with the Modern Yentas, two match-makers based in Chicago: open.spotify.com/episode/0V2A...
In the latest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we talked about My Big Fat Greek Wedding with the Modern Yentas, two match-makers based in Chicago: open.spotify.com/episode/0V2A...
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the latest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we talked about My Big Fat Greek Wedding with the Modern Yentas, two match-makers based in Chicago: open.spotify.com/episode/0V2A...
In our interview with him, programmer Will Morris said that Wake In Fright is "one of the absolute greatest horror films ever made," check it out this weekend! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In our interview with him, programmer Will Morris said that Wake In Fright is "one of the absolute greatest horror films ever made," check it out this weekend! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
this International Podcast Day, don't forget about the little guys out there doing the grunt work of podcasting about chicago movies...
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
this International Podcast Day, don't forget about the little guys out there doing the grunt work of podcasting about chicago movies...
Jeremy went on the Spineless podcast to talk about The Fugitive (1993), check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/1MkO...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jeremy went on the Spineless podcast to talk about The Fugitive (1993), check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/1MkO...
We talked quite a bit about Genndy Tartakovsky and what he's been up to in our episode on his latest movie, Fixed: open.spotify.com/episode/6gmW...
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We talked quite a bit about Genndy Tartakovsky and what he's been up to in our episode on his latest movie, Fixed: open.spotify.com/episode/6gmW...
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In the newest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we interviewed film programmer Will Morris, who's part of the team that programs the Music Box of Horrors series. Will gave us a preview of some of the movies to watch out for next month: open.spotify.com/episode/2ZHi...
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In the newest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we interviewed film programmer Will Morris, who's part of the team that programs the Music Box of Horrors series. Will gave us a preview of some of the movies to watch out for next month: open.spotify.com/episode/2ZHi...
auteur? journeyman? hack? we talked about ron howard a bit in our Backdraft (1991) episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1PFq...
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
auteur? journeyman? hack? we talked about ron howard a bit in our Backdraft (1991) episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1PFq...
ICYMI: we talked to Will Morris, a programmer at the Music Box about a whole host of horror films screening next month
In the newest episode of Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast, we interviewed film programmer Will Morris, who's part of the team that programs the Music Box of Horrors series. Will gave us a preview of some of the movies to watch out for next month: open.spotify.com/episode/2ZHi...
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ICYMI: we talked to Will Morris, a programmer at the Music Box about a whole host of horror films screening next month
We're on Youtube now if that's your preferred platform, maybe we'll start doing some brainrot www.youtube.com/@chicagpodfi...
Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast
A film podcast about Chicago films, hosted by journalist Paco Alvarez and filmmaker Jeremy Marder.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We're on Youtube now if that's your preferred platform, maybe we'll start doing some brainrot www.youtube.com/@chicagpodfi...