Zero Days
Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George W. Bush Movie Reviews
Blog Posts That Mention George W. Bush
TIFF: Who shot Bush?
TIFF: Who shot Bush?
“In history we’ll all be dead.” — W.
Tricky Dick and Wee W.
Crimes of Bush: Bugliosi’s case for murder
Oliver Stone: The XYZs of “W.”
A presidential fiction
They no like Borat
TIFF: Borat R US
Why movie critics make such darn good political pundits
Unforgiven: The Discreet Bunch
Rescuing “articulate” from the Language Police
Are Movies Going to Pieces?
Oliver Stone: What happened?
Rally ’round the Cruise, boys!
Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven any more
Chaz Ebert Remembers Reverend Jesse Jackson: Oct 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
“She Just Had an Accident”: “Seed of Chucky” at 20
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis, Bird, The Damned, Meeting with Pol Pot
The Problem and the Solution: Why Palpatine from Star Wars is One of the Great Movie Villains
I Used to Hate The Phantom Menace, but I Didn’t Know How Good I Had It
Jim Reynolds, Founder of Loop Capital, to Receive 2023 Lincoln Leadership Prize
Mellody Hobson Receives 2022 Lincoln Leadership Prize
Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, to Receive 2022 Lincoln Leadership Prize
Oscar-Nominee Gary Sinise Receives 14th Lincoln Leadership Prize
The West Wing Returns for an HBO Max Special
Obsession and The Void: The Performances of Christian Bale
Thumbnails 8/28/18
Figuring It Out: The Films of Laura Dern
R. Lee Ermey: 1944-2018
Anything is Possible: On Being There
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
NYFF 2016 Recap
The Political Idealism of Gary Ross
Cannes 2016: “Sieranevada,” “Staying Vertical,” “I, Daniel Blake,” “Clash”
No Survivors and Heroes: “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Roger’s Favorites: John Sayles
Thumbnails 11/13/15
Nothing But the Truth: The State of the Oscar Race Post-TIFF
Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2015: A History of Violence
“Evil Against Evil”: The Fascinating Incoherence of American Sniper
Thumbnails 2/13/15
Thumbnails 11/7/14
A prayer for a war machine: a conversation about Oliver Stone’s “Untold History”
James Cromwell talks about “Still Mine”
‘Crash’ gets race all wrong
The best films of 2008… and there were a lot of them
The best movies of 2006
Superheroes: Men in tights
Op-Ed: Why Presidents Should Speak Clearly
Politics, celebs and movie critics
FahrenHYPE 9/11: Morris vs. Moore
Presidential mud and oil wrestling
Can you “out” somebody who isn’t “in”?
Product placement: The lives of ‘The Sopranos’
Making up stories
The meaning of “articulate”
Dead of (Election) Night: Terrifying tales of campaign narratives run amok!
Don’t tell me you didn’t see this one coming
Scanners’ 2007 Exploding Head Awards (Part 1)
I am pleased to do Kevin Smith a small favor
From Wasilla to Fargo: Sarah Palin in Rashomon
Let Me In: Evil in America
Torture porn: Want popcorn with that?
Beware of all jokes requiring punch lines
Do the Contrarian (Part II)
Do the Contrarian (Part I)
The Ghost Writer: Polanski was here
The Master: What does it all mean?
String of Pearl: The Lady of Altman’s “Nashville”
Stephen Colbert, hero
The parable of the tie, continued…
Omer Mozaffar, a Pakistani Chicagoan, discusses James Cameron’s “Avatar”
Political Persecution, American Style
“The Hereafter,” “Casino Jack” and vengeance
♫ In the chapel bells are ringing ♫
Well, here’s what I think
Finding my own voice
Put up or shut up
“Nobody has the right to take another life”
New Agers and Creationists should not be President
Toronto #8: ‘Sleuth’ finds itself a Pinter film
Ten Days in the Dark: The 2004 Toronto International Film Festival
Moore takes top award for ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’
Van Sant’s ‘Elephant’ surprise winner
9/11, through eyes of ‘The Guys’
Hello, this is me speaking
Al Gore plays leading man
Reliving the events of 9/11
Gods and monsters
An ‘Inconvenient’ statement
Attack of the alien robot tripods
“Star Wars”? The Ebert strikes back
