Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Self
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Obama Movie Reviews
Blog Posts That Mention Barack Obama
“The Obama Years: The Power of Words” Honors Previous President’s Eloquence
When Barack Met Michelle
Obama’s Declaration of Independence
Obama vs. Romney and Punxsutawney Phil
President Bartlet’s advice to Obama
A Slice of American History: Tika Sumpter & Parker Sawyers on “Southside with You”
Remembrances of Roger
Ale test
Presidential mud and oil wrestling
He plays the President on TV, too
Making up stories
The meaning of “articulate”
Dead of (Election) Night: Terrifying tales of campaign narratives run amok!
Rescuing “articulate” from the Language Police
Put up or shut up
Chaz Ebert Remembers Reverend Jesse Jackson: Oct 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
Keep on Dreaming: Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)
A Tribute to Former FCC Chair and Media Champion Newton Minow
CIFF 2025: The Beauty of the Donkey, The Eyes of Ghana, Below the Clouds
Willie Mays: The Greatest to Ever Play
The Enduring Laughs—and Life—of Harold Ramis
TIFF 2023 Video: Festival Highlights Including Spike Lee Receiving the TIFF Ebert Director Award
TIFF 2023: Stamped from the Beginning, They Shot the Piano Player, Viva Varda!
R.I.P. Clarence Avant, Godfather of Black Entertainment (1931-2023)
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
SXSW 2023: No Ordinary Campaign, The Arc of Oblivion, Join or Die
Netflix’s The G Word with Adam Conover Shows the Best and Worst of Government
SXSW 2022: Spaz, We Feed People, Gabby Giffords: Won’t Back Down
Josephine Minow (1926-2022)
Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, to Receive 2022 Lincoln Leadership Prize
Tamron Hall’s As the Wicked Watch: The First Jordan Manning Novel to Become a TV Series
CIFF 2021: Oscar Micheaux—The Superhero of Black Cinema, Punch 9 for Harold Washington, Love Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter
Profiles in Courage: Special Updates on Erica Ford and Dr. Kahil El’Zabar
Whose Gaze: A Roundtable of Black Film Critics at the Movies
The Tanning of Hollywood: Reimagining Equity and Inclusion as a Pinnacle Measure of Cinematic and Theatrical Excellence
The Tanning of Hollywood Panel to be Broadcast at 3pm CT Tomorrow
Welcome to Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
Profiles in Courage: Erica Ford
WHAM! Report Findings Share Significant Societal Impact in Inclusion of Women in Studies During Women’s Health Week at 2021 Vivian Pinn Symposium
Troy Pryor’s Creative Cypher On Way to Being Black Entertainment Giant
12th Annual AAFCA Awards to be Held April 7th
Mr. Soul! Wins Early Award for Outstanding Writing in a Documentary at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards, Airing March 27th
Celebrate The HistoryMakers 20@2020: 20 Days and 20 Nights Streams Online Through December 20th
The 2020 Frontrunners For Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 3 Streaming Today, November 5th, 2020
Looking Back at Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning
Sojourner Truth and the Other Monumental Suffragettes Immortalized in Central Park Sculpture
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Happy Birthday Roger, June 18th, 2020 (Table of Contents)
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What to Watch During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Sports Fans Will Lose Their Minds Over The Last Dance
Early Shorts by Great Filmmakers Pt 2: Jenkins, Wang, Waititi, Diop
The HistoryMakers Launches its WomanMakers Initiative With $1 Million Gift from Ursula Burns
In Loving Memory of Diahann Carroll and Jessye Norman
Ain’t I a Woman: Sojourner Truth Takes Her Rightful Place in History Among the Statues in Central Park
Toni Morrison: 1931-2019
Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer on Visualizing Information Warfare in The Great Hack
Chaz Ebert Is Chosen for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ Spotlight
Sundance 2019 Interview: Julius Onah on Luce
My Telluride Film Festival Diary 2008
Thumbnails Special Edition: Changes in Journalism
R. Lee Ermey: 1944-2018
Clint Eastwood’s Accidental Heroes
A Composer For All Seasons: On the Range of John Williams
The Bravery of Being Yourself: Daveed Diggs on “Wonder” and “The Mayor”
5 Things I Don’t Want President Trump To Teach Our Children
Political Thumbnails 6/23/17
The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later
Watching “1984” in Trump’s America
Bright Wall/Dark Room February 2017: “‘Frost/Nixon’ and the Feeling That This Has All Happened Before” by Katherine Webb
Sundance 2017: Trump and the Politics of Film Festivals
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The Great Performances of 2016
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 15, 2016
Islam in Western Cinema, Part 1 – The Exotic Muslim, from the Exotic Land
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Roger’s Favorites: John and Joan Cusack
Sundance 2016: Being American
The Best Performances of Sundance 2016
The Best Films of Sundance 2016
Sundance 2016: “Southside with You”
A difficult friend: Ed Copeland, AKA Scott Schuldt, 1969-2015
Sundance 2016 Offers a Sneak Peek at Narrative, Documentary and Midnight Selections
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Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2015: A History of Violence
TV Review: ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Black-ish”
Join Chaz Ebert and Steve James for a Reddit AMA on “Life Itself”
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Films in Conversation: J. Hoberman’s Presentation of “White House Butler Down”
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Filmmakers and Film Critics on Roger Ebert
Netflix’s “Mitt” Leads Wave of Sundance Films From Park City to Your Home
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“History is the Backdrop”: Lee Daniels discusses “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Profiling, Fireworks, and Skittles: TV covers the George Zimmerman trial
The rousing return of Robin Roberts
