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Interviews
It’s Time to Grow Up: Joe Swanberg and Cory Michael Smith on “The Sun Never Sets”
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Poh Si Teng on “American Doctor”
TV/Streaming
FX’s Exhilarating “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga” Is a Spin-off For the Ages
MZS
A Coat of Many Colors: How Dolly Parton Helped Me Appreciate My Mother
Interviews
Be Smart About the Way You Change: Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice on “Finding Emily”
Tributes
Live Wire: Michael Wright, 1956-2026
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide August 2026: “Project Hail Mary,” “The Sheep Detectives,” “Power Ballad,” More
Tributes
I Will Always Love You: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
Interviews
Shabana Amzi on Her Career, Vulnerability, and “Batwara 1947”
Festivals & Awards
Locarno 2026: I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming, Hearing, Bruton
Chaz's Journal
Regina Taylor to Perform “Exhibit” at Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Julia Hart on “Don’t Say Good Luck”
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide July 2026: Obsession, The Drama, Is God Is, More
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2026: Permanent Damage, Godhead, Sour Minnows
Tributes
Raise Your Hopeful Voice: Glen Hansard (1970-2026)
Features
Movies Aren’t Therapy: “Mike Mills” on Parents, Children, and Filmmaking
Festivals & Awards
Everything for Someone: San Diego Comic-Con 2026 Part 2
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
Features
With “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan Has Crafted The Best Horror Film of The Year
Interviews
Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” Turns Up the Soapy Drama in Serviceable Second Season
Features
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
Features
It’s Just You and Me Now, Sport: On “Manhunter: The Final Cut”
Chaz's Journal
Chicago, Home of Great Music and Newspapers
Chaz's Journal
Flashback: Chaz Ebert on Watching a Christopher Nolan Movie During the Pandemic
Chaz's Journal
Celebrating the Life of George E. Johnson, Sr. (1927-2026), a Friend and Builder of Black Possibility
Festivals & Awards
MUBI Fest 2026: Better Together
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: Wrap-up and Awards
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: Lover, Not a Fighter, If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Only Beautiful Things to Look At
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s Aggressively Wholesome “Little House on the Prairie” Plays It Safe
Interviews
This Is Not Art, This Is Life: Ross McElwee on “Remake” and “Sherman’s March”
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: The Guest, Dao, The Match
Features
Through the Window: 10 Times That Foreign Directors Have Looked at America
Roger Ebert
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
Festivals & Awards
Annecy 2026: The City of Animation
TV/Streaming
“Elle” Does Its Best to Smell Like Teen Spirit
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide June 2026: Hoppers, Crime 101, The Mastermind, More
Interviews
The Honor of an Absolute Lifetime: Rod Lurie on “Lucky Strike”
Interviews
The Element of Risk: Olivia Wilde on “The Invite”
DVD/Blu-Ray
Two Incredible 4K Box Sets Target Loyal Fan Bases
Festivals & Awards
Filmspotting Fest Returns to Chicago This Weekend
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Narratives
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Documentaries
Tributes
The King of TV Comedy: James Burrows (1940-2026)
Black Writers Week
Uncomfortable Truths: “Set It Off,” “Girl 6,” and “Naked Acts” at 30
Black Writers Week
Black Writers Week 2026: Table of Contents
Black Writers Week
The Urban Environment: A Conversation with Tatsu Aoki, Avant-Garde Filmmaker
Black Writers Week
Radical Whimsy: Exploring the Creative Mind of Boots Riley
Black Writers Week
Cinematic Albums of the 2020s: Music That Feels Like a Movie
Black Writers Week
Through My Lens: The Accidental Archivist of ‘90s Howard University
Black Writers Week
I Am Telling You: Dreamgirls at 20
Black Writers Week
Intro to Black Writers Week 2026
Features
Roger Ebert’s Best and Worst Alien Movies
Features
The 20 Best Films of 2026 So Far
Interviews
Humor Is a Weapon: A Conversation with John Waters
Tributes
Once More, With Feeling: Anthony Head (1954-2026)
Tributes
Words Are Also Filters: Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)
TV/Streaming
AMC Turns “Interview With a Vampire” Into the Delicious, Malicious “The Vampire Lestat”
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Milagros Mumenthaler on “The Currents”
Festivals & Awards
60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
TV/Streaming
Hulu’s Limp Sitcom “Not Suitable for Work” Is Hardly Suitable for Primetime
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
Features
Going the Distance: Seeing “Rocky” in Concert
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Low Expectations, Death Has No Master, The Station
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, Diary of a Chambermaid, La Perra
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: A Man of His Time, Moulin, Coward
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #7: Festival Dispatch with Jason Gorber
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Iron Boy, Tangles, Lucy Lost
Interviews
I’m Trying to Create Visceral Things: Boots Riley on “I Love Boosters”
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: John Lennon: The Last Interview, La Libertad Doble
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: The Beloved, A Woman’s Life, Gentle Monster
Chaz's Journal
The Night I Danced On Stage With Michael Jackson
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is Big on Romance, Music, and Spice
Festivals & Awards
Notes from the Red Carpet of the 2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Features
A Fond Farewell to Our Critic Monica Castillo
Festivals & Awards
Milwaukee Film Festival 2026: Making Waves, With Movies, Along the Shores of Lake Michigan
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide April 2026: Send Help, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Highest 2 Lowest, More
Festivals & Awards
