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Why did Bigelow use “Gears of War,” not “Super Mario Brothers”?
DGA honors Bigelow, Cameron, Daniels, Reitman, Tarantino
How Bigelow delivers more bang for your buck
Hurt Locker: Georges Bataille and the visceral cinema of Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow’s uncanny “Strange Days,” by Michael Mirasol of the Philippines
No pain for “Hurt Locker,” Bigelow
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview
Chicago Critics Film Festival Announces Full Schedule, Special Guests
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
Big, Big, Big, Big Movies: Jon Landau (1960-2024)
The Fire is Gone: Kenneth Anger (1927-2023)
The Real Deal: Tom Sizemore (1961-2023)
The Film That Changed Harrison Ford’s Career: On the 20th Anniversary of K-19: The Widowmaker
Previewing and Predicting the 94th Academy Awards
The Long, Strange Trip for Women Who Have Competed for the Best Director Oscar
Home Entertainment Guide: February 2022
Overdue Oscars: 10 Directors Looking for Their First Academy Award
A Love Letter to Musicals: Schmigadoon!’s Director, Co-Writer, and Cast on the New Musical Series
Oscars 2021: Nomadland is the Big Winner at an Unusual Academy Awards
Oscar Predictions 2021
David Fincher’s Mank Leads 93rd Oscar Nominees with 10
Why Are Women Dissed and Dismissed in the Film Industry?
Five Female Directors Who Made Waves in 2020
The 2020 Frontrunners for Best Picture
The 2020 Frontrunners for Best Director
19 Dazzling Favorite Movies and Reviews from 2020
The Dark Side of Harrison Ford: On the Roles That Led to What Lies Beneath
On Natalie Portman’s Statement Dress at the 2020 Oscars
Home Entertainment Guide: August 22, 2019
The Unloved, Part 68: K-19: The Widowmaker
Thank You, George Cukor and Mitchell Leisen – With Props to Ryan Coogler
Dark Manipulations: On The Silence of the Lambs and Sicario
For Women in Film, 2017 Produced a Bloom of Optimism on the Horizon
It Takes an Army
Greta Gerwig Joins Short Legacy of Female Best Director Nominees
The Shape of Water Tops 2018 Oscar Nominees
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 14, 2017
“Get Out” Named Best Film of 2017 by AAFCA
My Favorite Films of 2017
“Get Out,” “Girls Trip” and “Marshall” Lead 49th NAACP Image Award Nominees
Will 2018 Have More Female Oscar Contenders Than Ever?
Deadline’s The Contenders 2017 Kicks Off Oscar Season
Oscars Could Be Facing Dearth of Diversity Yet Again
Man on the Outside: The Films of Willem Dafoe
This is Reality: Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell and Algee Smith on “Detroit”
The Movie “STEP” Fills Me With Joy
2017 Summer Movie Preview: 25 Films We’re Excited About
The Most Influential Filmmakers of All Time
The Consummate Everyman: Goodbye to Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton: 1955-2017
The Cynicism of the Modern Disaster Film
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TNT’s “Animal Kingdom” Remake Lacks Its Own Charisma
A Celebration of His Work 2016: 13 of Roger’s Best Reviews
Visual Pleasure and Voodoo Demographics: A Reflection on Women and Film (Updated)
Nick Hornby’s Screenplays and the Female Experience
Pushing You Into Traffic: A Discussion with Lexi Alexander
Comfortable Shoes: Joel Edgerton on “The Gift”
Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2015: A History of Violence
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Predictions for the 87th Annual Academy Awards Nominations
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Awards Race Makes First Gear Shift This Week
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CIFF 2014 Interview: Jessica Chastain
TIFF 2014 Interview: The Legendary Liv Ullmann
Truly Intelligent Romance: A Few Words with Mark Duplass
Reverse Trip: Charting the History of Bong Joon-Ho’s “Snowpiercer”
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Roger Ebert Scholarship Program for Young Critics Goes to Sundance
Guilds Trifecta Could Put the Final Stamp on the Oscars Race
It Truly Is an Honor Just To Be Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review Start the Oscar Race
Visual Pleasure and Voodoo Demographics: A Reflection on Women and Film
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Susan Seidelman, Survivor
Dear Hollywood: Hiring women directors could rescue the superhero movie. Love, half the human race.
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Roger Ebert will receive the Sundance Institute Vanguard Leadership Award
Disappointed in the brouhaha
Peering into the Darkness of the Labyrinth
Zero Dark Thirty: A hunch that paid off
A pretty good set of nominees
National Society of Film Critics falls for “Amour”
“Hurt Locker” wins 3 big ones from the major critics’ group
“Hurt Locker” sweeps the field in Chicago Film Critics’ Awards
Three critics’ groups vote on year’s best movies: Consensus forming?
“Avatar” wins Golden Globes
NY Crix add kudos to ‘Hurt Locker’
Special effects live up to hype in ‘Titanic’
The Best 10 Movies of 1995
Evolving Versions of Film Noir Explore Today’s Uneasy Feelings
Opinions: Are they really worth a damn?
Go, Manohla, go!
