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Features
Through the Window: 10 Times That Foreign Directors Have Looked at America
Features
Satirizing and Saluting: Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie” At 50
TV/Streaming
Lisa Kudrow Makes An Extremely Welcome “Comeback” to HBO
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Beyond the Duplex Planet, Cornbread Mafia, My Brother’s Killer
Festivals & Awards
Highlights of the 2026 True/False Film Festival Include “Tropical Park,” “Bucks Harbor,” “Landscapes of Memory”
TV/Streaming
Stop By Peacock’s “The Burbs” for People Watching and Murder
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
TV/Streaming
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Roger Ebert
From Chicago to the World: On the 50th Anniversary of Siskel & Ebert
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide October 2025: “F1,” “Eddington,” “Weapons”
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: The Vacation
Features
The 10 Best Oasis Needle Drops
TV/Streaming
Cure Your Insomnia with Prime Video’s “Countdown”
Black Writers Week
50 Years Later, Cooley High Is Still Alive
Interviews
A Great Businessman in the Persona of a Wonderful Entertainer: Todd Purdum on Desi Arnaz
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: The Films of Euzhan Palcy
Interviews
Ambient Comedy: Carson Lund on “Eephus”
Interviews
Chicago’s Own Filmspotting Podcast Celebrates 20 Years With Inaugural Festival
MZS
Life, the Movie: Why Documentary Filmmaking Should Return to, You Know, Documenting Stuff
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Twinless, Ricky, Jimpa
TV/Streaming
Morris Chestnut is Wasted on Inferior “Watson”
Features
The Future of the Movies, Part 4: The Necessity of Discovery
TV/Streaming
Don’t Bother Waking Up for “On Call”
DVD/Blu-Ray
December 2024 Blu-Ray Guide: “The Wild Robot,” “Conclave,” “Alien: Romulus,” More
TV/Streaming
Sony’s “Frank Capra at Columbia” 4K Box Set Encapsulates One of America’s Great Filmmakers
Chaz's Journal
My Night at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Television
Features
Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2024
Interviews
You Don’t Lie When You Pray: Paul Schrader on “Oh, Canada”
MZS
A Prophet is Without Honor in His Own Country; or, The Curious Case of Clint Eastwood
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2024: Separated, Maria, Kill the Jockey, One to One: John & Yoko
Festivals & Awards
2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
TV/Streaming
Time Bandits Offers a Fun Summer Diversion
Festivals & Awards
The 10 Most Intriguing Titles at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Tributes
The Man Behind the Curtain: Robert Towne (1934-2024)
Black Writers Week
You Ready To Be the King?: Fresh Turns 30
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: 8 Highlights from This Year’s Event
TV/Streaming
BET+’s Diarra from Detroit Successfully Blends Comedy & Mystery
Festivals & Awards
The 25th Anniversary of Ebertfest to Open with Star 80, With The Best Man As Its Centerpiece
Festivals & Awards
The 15th Annual AAFCA Awards Announces Award Recipients
Tributes
A Chicago Legend: Mike Nussbaum (1923-2023)
TV/Streaming
FX’s Fargo Gets Back on Its Feet In Its Assured Fifth Season
Interviews
Their Show Was the Gateway: Matt Singer on His New Book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
TV/Streaming
Disney+ Reboot of Goosebumps Slides from Promising Horror into YA Soap Opera
Festivals & Awards
No Moment was Wasted: Highlights at the 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Black Writers Week
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Celebrating Graduates of 2023
Chaz at Cannes
Five Great Tales from Cannes’ Past
Far Flungers
To Leslie: The Difficulty of Starting Over
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2023 Recap: A Photo Journal
Festivals & Awards
Smile Politely’s Interview with Ebertfest Organizers Chaz Ebert and Nate Kohn
Tributes
The Consummate Collaborator: Bill Butler (1921-2023)
Festivals & Awards
