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Friedman Movie Reviews
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The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by Diane Friedman
Short Films in Focus: Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers
The Florida Film Festival: An Oasis for Creative Souls
The Best Legal and Courtroom Dramas
Ebertfest Film Festival Over the Years
Broadway Legend: Chita Rivera (1933-2024)
Apple TV+’s Foundation Returns with Bloated War of the Worlds
A Look Back at Tribeca 2023
Ebertfest 2023 Recap: A Photo Journal
Ebertfest 2023: Frank Oz and Derek DelGaudio Screen In & Of Itself, Rita Coburn Spotlights Marian Anderson and More!
Ebertfest 2023 Announces Full Lineup Including Guests Lawrence Bender, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Morris and More
HBO’s Succession Pulls No Punches in Final Season
2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Competition Films, Premiere Titles, Midnight Selections, and More
Home Entertainment Guide: December 2021, Special Editions
Apple TV+’s Foundation is An Ambitious, Sprawling Sci-Fi Event
Reprint of Thumb and Thumber: Celebrating Twenty Years of Siskel & Ebert
Send It Back: How Roadrunner Fails Anthony Bourdain
Oscar Predictions 2021
Netflix’s Firefly Lane Will Keep Viewers Watching Despite Its Flaws
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2019 Oscar Winners Include Green Book, Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Ruth Carter, Spike Lee
Short Films in Focus: The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
The Favourite, Roma Lead 2019 Oscar Nominations
HBO’s Succession Audits Dysfunctional Family
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: May 12, 2017
Short Films in Focus: “Bacon & God’s Wrath”
NBC Strains to Turn “Emerald City” Into a “Game of Thrones” Clone
Herschell Gordon Lewis: 1929-2016
The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Table of Contents
Comedy Is Not Pretty: The Parade Of Not-Necessarily-Likable Genius In Kliph Nesteroff’s “The Comedians”
The Original Primal Storyteller: Sir Ben Kingsley on “Learning to Drive”
Ceilings Roughly 25 Feet High: Jason Schwartzman on “Listen Up Philip”
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Blu-ray Consumer Guide: May 2014
From The Duke to The Departed: RogerEbert.com Writers Share Memories of the Academy Awards
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The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Batch 3 of Four Endings
Thumbnails 8/29/2013
Happy birthday, “Blood Feast”: digging into the guts of the very first “splatter” film
‘South Park’ Held Hostage: Day 12
Why ‘Crash’? Some theories…
Hot Tickets: “Lovelace” and “Before Midnight”
Hey, Dude: Jeff Dowd downloads on the Sparo-at-the Yarrow
Readers’ choice as funniest movie title ‘Incredibly Strange’
The Great Box-Office Scam
Is Willy Wonka Wacko Jacko?
Good Morning, Muppets
Fight Club: I Am Jack’s Manic-Depression
‘The Da Vinci Code’: Faith in fiction?
Fight Club at Ten: A Love Story
“What’s bad for GM is good for America!”
Moral relativism & “A Mighty Heart” & July 4
Family Guy Mocks Sarah Palin’s Son Trig For Having Down Syndrome
South Parkers speak out at last
Sundance and five Sundance-style movies
The gathering storm
The best documentaries of 2011
Jury honors works with serious themes, viewers stay course
Gregory Peck conveyed courage of his convictions as he bravely tackled challenging roles
Windy: Atomic Bubble Gum
Corruption and greed in America
Movie Answer Man (05/05/2002)
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Movie Answer Man (04/14/1996)
