# Raul Benitez

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S4 Ep6 We Be Watching Films presents: The 58th Annual Chicago International Film Festival After Dark Preview feat. Raul Benitez

WE BE BACK! The Chicago International Film Festival is back and with it comes our favorite programming block, THE AFTER DARK SERIES. Where Chicago gets exposed to some incredible genre films that are begging to be seen. Adrian El Critico interviews Festival Programmer Raul Benitez about the shocki…

S5 Ep7 We Be Watching Films presents: The 59th Annual Chicago International Film Festival After Dark Preview feat. Raul Benitez

In which the fellas can't wait to see these movies at the Chicago International Film Festival, running October 11th through October 22nd. Get tickets and view the full festival lineup here https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/

Ep 31 - SANTA SANGRE (1989): CULT FILM PERFECTION!!!

SANTA SANGRE (1989) d. Alejandro Jodorowsky (Mexico/Italy) Visionary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky cultivates one brilliant sequence after another, employing a staggering use of color shades, sensational aural cues, disturbing themes, and some of the most original onscreen imagery ever laid to ce…

S6 Ep8 We Be Watching Films presents: The 60th Annual Chicago International Film Festival After Dark Preview feat. Raul Benitez

In which the fellas are getting ready for body horror and existential hell at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.

Ep 57 - 25 YEARS OF TAKASHI MIIKE'S AUDITION (1999)!!!

AUDITION (1999) d. Takashi Miike (Japan/S. Korea) After seven years of mourning and encouraged by his teenage son to find a new wife, widower Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) seeks the advice of a colleague within the film company for which they both work. Together, they hit upon the perfect plan: Staging an…

Raul Benitez: The programmer who rewrites a city’s film culture

Ilse sits down with film programmer and Chicago Screen Gem Raul Benitez, a man who’s been shaping the city’s film culture for over a decade without ever setting foot in film school. From curating cult Czech fantasy films at midnight to launching a Chicago–Mexico City filmmaker exchange, Raul has pr…

12th Annual Shortcut 100 Film Festival - Presented by Pixquid®

Thank you for tuning in! In today's episode, I provide you all with audio from this past weekend's 12th Annual Shortcut 100 Film Festival. The following Q and A was presented and emcee'd by Raul Benitez. The following filmmakers were in attendance and answered questions: Erick Juarez [Holiday Heart…

Ep 123 - SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA LOS MONSTRUOS (1970) | The Wildest Lucha Libre Horror Movie Ever?

SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA LOS MONSTRUOS (1970) d. Gilberto Martínez Solares (Mexico) This gloriously chaotic mash-up brings together two of Mexico's most iconic masked wrestlers—El Santo and Blue Demon—for a monster-filled showdown that blends classic horror, sci-fi pulp, and lucha libre action. Fr…

Film Festival Programming Demystified

Film Festival Programming Demystified with Raul Benitez & Sandra Bernal Aristizábal Today we are Demystifying the art of film festival programming. We sit down with the ultimate cinema architects and uncovering the hidden blueprint they use to build the industry. We are revealing exactly what a pro…

7 Success Principles & Reentry

Integrating Napoleon Hill's 7 Success Principles into the reentry journey.  If you are a returning citizen, an individual seeking second chance coaching through your reentry journey, or if you are a representative of a business, college or university seeking to integrate and/or support returning c…