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John Hughes Meets George A. Romero in Netflix’s Daybreak
John Hughes: When you’re 16, you’re more serious than you’ll ever be again
Is Judd Apatow John Hughes? (Answer: No)
Hughes brothers carry on a tradition at Cannes
John Hughes: In Memory
Psychic Irene Hughes: More accurate
What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Ghost Boy, The Secret of Me, Take No Prisoners
10 Holiday Movies That Roger Ebert Loved (and Where to Watch Them)
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
Home Entertainment Guide: July 2024
Peacock’s Those About to Die Should Appeal to People Counting the Days Until Gladiator 2
DC/DOX — Washington DC’s Documentary Film Festival in its Second Year
You Ready To Be the King?: Fresh Turns 30
The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
Steve Martin Is an Auteur Without Having Directed a Thing
Director Maureen Bharoocha on Rita Moreno’s Two Requests Before Signing on for Campy Horror The Prank, Watching the EGOT Winner Break Bad
Working with Complete Fantasy: On the Legacy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
All 10 of Martin Scorsese’s Directing Oscar Nominations, Ranked
The Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television Honoring Black, Latino, and AAPI Achievements in 2023
CIFF 2023 Interview: Minhal Baig on Chicago Drama We Grown Now
Roger Ebert on the Films of Martin Scorsese
Second Sight Releases Stellar 4K Versions of Crimes of the Future, It Follows
TIFF 2023: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Hollywood & The March on Washington: When Fame Overcame Fear
HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Returns with Improved but Uneven Game
Short Films in Focus: Five Cents
Bijan Bayne on His New Book, Black Trailblazers: 30 Courageous Visionaries Who Broke Boundaries, Made a Difference, and Paved the Way
Rise of the Beats: On Hip-Hop and Hollywood
Martin Scorsese was Roger Ebert’s Favorite Director
Ebertfest 2023: Frank Oz and Derek DelGaudio Screen In & Of Itself, Rita Coburn Spotlights Marian Anderson and More!
Ebertfest Announces First Slate of Films, Guest Frank Oz and Theme of “Empathy at the Movies”
Oscar Predictions 2023: Who Will Win This Year
Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville Opens Today in Chicago
2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Competition Films, Premiere Titles, Midnight Selections, and More
Home Entertainment Guide: November 2022
Goodbye to a Chicago Legend: Sergio Mims (1955-2022)
TIFF 2022: Devotion, Chevalier, Carmen
Create the Legend: Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives
FX’s The Bear Feels Like a New Chicago Classic
A True Movie Star: On the Career of Channing Tatum
Paramount+’s The Offer Can’t Sell Godfather Making-Of
SXSW 2022: It Is in Us All, Jethica, Pirates
The Legacy of ‘90s Teen Girl Murder Films
Book Excerpt: When Women Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Can’t Find On-Court Chemistry
Home Entertainment Guide: December 2021, The Criterion Collection
I Want to Punch People In The Face: Lauren Hadaway and Isabelle Fuhrman on The Novice
Defying Gravity: Dante Basco, Caroline Goodall, James V. Hart, Charlie Korsmo and More on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Hook
Regina Taylor to Premiere New Play, Exhibit, as Part of Aspen’s Solo Flights in September
The Mystery Was the Point: On the Life of Dean Stockwell (1936-2021)
Bright Wall/Dark Room September 2021: It’s All Happening by Ethan Warren
First Four Laika Releases Get Special Edition Blu-rays
Reeling Film Festival 2021 Preview: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story, North by Current and Three More Highlights
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2021
Buffalo 8 Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Netflix’s The Irregulars Succumbs to Some Pretty Regular Problems
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2021
Strong Ideas, Loosely Held: Director Josh Greenbaum on Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2020: I’m Happy To Disappoint You: A Gen X Girl’s Undying Love for Ellen Ripley by Kali White VanBaale
Easy A at 10: The Definitive Millennial High School Movie Emerges
Diana Rigg: 1938-2020
Bring the Soul to Life: Oscar-Winning Editor Paul Hirsch on “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Star Wars” and His New Memoir
The Legacy of The Iron Giant
I Get a Kick Out of Entertaining People: Robert Shaye, Founder of New Line Cinema and Unique Features, on Directing his Third Film, Ambition
Who Tells Our Stories: Gender Progress Behind the Screen is Reflected On It
Someone to Trust, Something to Prove: The Films of Leonardo DiCaprio
Shakespeare for Feminists: An Oral History of 10 Things I Hate About You
Happiness and Artifice: The Performances of Julianne Moore
SXSW 2019: Booksmart, Good Boys
Short Films in Focus: The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Christmas Movie Recommendations from Our Writers
It Was All a Ridiculous Mistake!: Brian De Palma’s Sisters Hits Blu-ray
A Distinctive Clash: Editors Leslie Simmer, David E. Simpson and Alanna Schmelter on America to Me
Comic-Con 2018: Bill Morrison Tells Us of His Yellow Submarine Graphic Novel
Eighth Grade and the Political Currency of Being a Teenage Girl
We Have Been Them: Roger Ebert’s Reviews About Empathy
The C-Section in American Movies
Inclusion Rider: Backstage at the 90th Academy Awards
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 4, 2018
Why I Stopped Watching Woody Allen Movies
CIMMfest 2017 Runs Nov. 9-12 in Chicago
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 2, 2017
Genuine Satisfaction: Stephen Cone on “Princess Cyd”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 19, 2017
TIFF 2017: “55 Steps,” “Three Christs,” “The Children Act”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: June 22, 2017
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A musical soul: Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017
The Unloved, Part 40: Rules Don’t Apply
Learning to Let Go: The Beauty of the Big Ears Festival
Time and Mortality: “Donnie Darko” Turns 15
The Consummate Everyman: Goodbye to Bill Paxton
The art of entertainment: Richard Schickel, 1933-2017
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Silence, Guilt, Christ and Martin Scorsese
The Individual Top Tens of 2016
Films to Get Us Through The Trump Presidency
Knowing Your Family, Warts And All: Stephen McKinley Henderson and Jovan Adepo on “Fences”
