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Subject (2023)
The League (2023)
Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
Hostages (2022)
Citizen Ashe (2022)
MLK/FBI (2021)
4 Little Girls (1997)
Jungle Fever (1991)

Blog Posts

Ebert Club

#398 January 19, 2021

Matt writes: On January 7th, the movie world lost one of its brightest lights, filmmaker Michael Apted (1941-2021), who died at age 79. Renowned for his groundbreaking "Up" series of documentaries, which followed the lives of British children every seven years as they became adults, Apted also helmed various sublime narrative features, including 1980's Loretta Lynn biopic, "Coal Miner's Daughter," that earned Sissy Spacek a Best Actress Oscar.

Ebert Club

#394 November 24, 2020

Matt writes: In the sixth edition of RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert's "My Happy Place" series, she shares various ways we can each find joy during the 2020 holiday season when under lockdown.