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“Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy” Shifts Tone of Cinematic Franchise
Features
We Were Warned: On “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” at 35
Features
Locarno Film Festival 2026 Wrap-up
Features
How I Spent Another Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “Lanterns” Anchors Superhero Storytelling to Human Condition
TV/Streaming
Season 4 of Prime Video’s “Reacher” Might Be the Best Yet
TV/Streaming
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Finds More Comedic Highs in Confident 18th Season
Interviews
A Man of Letters: Kent Jones on “Late Fame”
Interviews
It’s Libidinal: Hannah Einbinder and Jane Schoenbrun on “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”
Chaz's Journal
Happy Birthday Tibetan Buddhist Scholar and Professor Robert Thurman (1941-2026)
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Julia Hart on “Don’t Say Good Luck”
TV/Streaming
“Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi” Expands the Animated Potential of a Galaxy Far, Far Away
MZS
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” On the Exact Day When It’s Set
TV/Streaming
“Sterling Point” Might Be Your Next Messy Teen Drama Escape
TV/Streaming
USA Network’s “Anna Pigeon” Is a Satisfying TV Throwback
Festivals & Awards
Live Long and Prosper: A Personal Journey through the 2026 San Diego Comic-Con
MZS
Get on the Train: “NYC in Transit” Launches at Film Forum
Features
It’s Just You and Me Now, Sport: On “Manhunter: The Final Cut”
Chaz's Journal
Flashback: Chaz Ebert on Watching a Christopher Nolan Movie During the Pandemic
Festivals & Awards
Freaks, Samurais, and Vampires: Our 10 Most Anticipated of Fantasia 2026
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Documentaries
Black Writers Week
What the 2025 Federal Arts Cuts Mean for Documentary Filmmaking
Black Writers Week
Through My Lens: The Accidental Archivist of ‘90s Howard University
Black Writers Week
To Make People Aware of Something is Great: A Conversation with Maya Cade
Festivals & Awards
60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: The Birthday Party, When the Night Falls
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Fatherland, Parallel Tales
Festivals & Awards
Karlovy Vary Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary with Tributes, Retrospectives
Women Writers Week
To the Film Industry in Crisis, A Look Back At Hollywood In 1926
Tributes
We Give It Absolutely Everything: James Van Der Beek (1977-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: The Lake, Nuisance Bear, Seized, Public Access
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: Closure, Hanging by a Wire, All About the Money
TV/Streaming
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Chaz's Journal
Happy New Year 2026 from Chaz Ebert and Everyone at RogerEbert.com
Far Flungers
No Other Land: Surviving a Crushing Machine
Festivals & Awards
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow” Announced as Winner of the 2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award
Interviews
A Tale of Two Machines: On the First Season of “Alien Earth”
Features
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Highest 2 Lowest”
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sierra Falconer on “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)”
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2025: The Cycle of Love, H is for Hawk, La Grazia
MZS
“When the World Broke Open: Katrina and its Afterlives” Launches at MOMA
Chaz's Journal
LIFE AFTER LIFE: 4 Films at IANDS Conference in Chicago August 27-31
Video Games
“Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater” is the Definitive Way to Experience This Stealth Game Classic
Features
Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Can’t Lose: The Enduring Legacy of “Friday Night Lights”
Interviews
You Don’t Know What Your Time Is Like Until Later: Alex Russell on “Lurker”
TV/Streaming
Effective Second Season of “Peacemaker” Proves the Future of the DCU’s TV Slate is Bright
TV/Streaming
USA’s “The Rainmaker” is a Traditional TV Legal Drama
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Butterfly” Sometimes Flutters, Sometimes Sputters
TV/Streaming
FX’s “Alien: Earth” Shatters Already High Expectations
MZS
Josh Larsen on the Return of Cinema Interruptus
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Preview
TV/Streaming
Apple TV+, Seth Rogen Continue Hot Streaks with Second Season of “Platonic”
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Aliens and Activations
Festivals & Awards
SDCC 2025: Celebrating ALL the Popular Arts
TV/Streaming
“King of the Hill” Slides Right Back into Confidently Funny Rhythms
MZS
30 Minutes On: “Nashville”
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2025: Stellan Skarsgård on “Sentimental Value,” Ingmar Bergman, and Cinematic Empathy
Festivals & Awards
Our 10 Most Anticipated Films of the 2025 Fantasia Film Festival
Features
The 10 Best Oasis Needle Drops
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: A Private Life, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Interviews
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue”
Interviews
Karen Jankel, Daughter of Author Michael Bond, Tells Stories of London’s Lovable Paddington Bear
Features
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
Festivals & Awards
10 Great Performances from Sundance 2025
Festivals & Awards
Ten Shocking Omissions from the 2025 Oscar Nominations
Chaz's Journal
It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness (book by Chaz Ebert, with Foreword by Tamron Hall)
Features
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
Festivals & Awards
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
Festivals & Awards
Black Harvest Film Festival 2024: A Reflection of a City on the Rise
Features
“She Just Had an Accident”: “Seed of Chucky” at 20
Tributes
A Voice from the Great Unconscious: Tony Todd (1954-2024)
Interviews
Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler on the Power of “The Piano Lesson”
Features
The Private is Public: On the 10th Anniversary of “Nightcrawler”
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2024: On the Legacy and Importance of The Spook Who Sat by the Door
MZS
His Own Way: John Amos (1940-2024)
Tributes
Saying Goodbye to Michael Loewenstein, Set Designer for Siskel & Ebert at the Movies
Tributes
Everything the Light Touches: James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
Festivals & Awards
The Telluride Tea: My Diary of the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, September 5
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memories for a Lifetime
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2024
TV/Streaming
Albert Brooks Enriches Criterion Collection with “Real Life” and “Mother”
Video Games
The Ambition of “Star Wars Outlaws” Overwhelms Its Flaws
TV/Streaming
Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” is Less Cozy, Still Fun
Festivals & Awards
13 Films Illuminate Locarno Film Festival’s Columbia Pictures Retrospective
Festivals & Awards
2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
Tributes
