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Music
Music Movie Reviews
Blog Posts That Mention Music
Interviews
One Guy We Need to Investigate and Hold to Account: Director Alex Gibney on “Musk”
Interviews
Editing As Music: An Interview with “The English Patient” Craftsman Walter Murch
Festivals & Awards
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival to Close with “Ugly Cry”
Interviews
Devotion is Deeply Human: Bassam Tariq and John Cho on “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother”
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2026: At Night, Foreign Travel, Joy of Joys
News
Chicago History Museum to Premiere “Christian Holder: My Life is Dance”
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Paloma Schneideman on “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: Busy Bodies (with Kate Renshaw-Lewis)
Festivals & Awards
2026 Busan Preview: 10 Films We Can’t Wait to See
TV/Streaming
Apple TV’s “Small Prophets” Finds the Magic in Yearning
Chaz's Journal
Two Perfect Films I Saw at TIFF 2026
Interviews
I’m Not Going Anywhere: Twiggy and Sadie Frost on “Twiggy”
Festivals & Awards
Fantastic Fest 2026: Pathetic Fallacy, Upiro, Kick On, What Happened to Doris?
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: A Canadian Critic Looks At This Year’s Fest
Festivals & Awards
Fantastic Fest 2026: In a Violent Nature Part 2, The Glorious Dead, Godmother
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been, Edward Said: Between Worlds, The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: Furies, Re/Pair
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: Bunker, Up Against It, Girl Group
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: Wild Wild East, Our Loves, The Violinist
Tributes
Making Fashion Fun: Bob Mackie (1939-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Venice 2026: The Biennale College
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: River, Stuffed, The Housewife
Festivals & Awards
Telluride 2026: Alpha Gang, The Liberation, The Idiots
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2026: Ink, Moragheb, Too Much Sugar
Tributes
The Places Underneath Words: Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026)
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
