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TV/Streaming
British Comedy “Alice & Steve” Leaps Over the Age Gap
Video Games
Capcom’s “Pragmata” is the Next Great Dad Game
TV/Streaming
AMC’s “The Audacity” Keeps Aiming for Big-Tech Mockery, But Mostly Bums Us Out
TV/Streaming
Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” Takes Bold New Leaps in Space and Scope in Its Fifth Season
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole” Feels A Bit Overstuffed
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide February 2026: “Predator: Badlands,” “Song Song Blue,” “A Little Prayer,” More
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Strip Law” Should Stay in the Animated Desert
TV/Streaming
ABC’s “Scrubs” Returns to Network TV as if It Never Clocked Out
Festivals & Awards
“Train Dreams” Wins Big at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: I Want Your Sex, The Incomer, Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
Festivals & Awards
RogerEbert.com Covers Awards Season
Features
2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions in the Major Categories
TV/Streaming
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Features
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Features
The Great Performances of 2025
Festivals & Awards
“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” Lead Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees
Features
The Ten Best Films of 2025
Festivals & Awards
Palm Springs Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
Interviews
It’s Epic to Live a Normal Life: Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley on “Train Dreams”
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2025: The Bend in the River, Summer Tour, This is Not a Drill
Features
The 20 Best Films of 2025 So Far
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: The Plague, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Amrum
Features
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk Sinners
TV/Streaming
“The Last of Us” Returns with a Devastating, Riveting Second Season
Interviews
Ambient Comedy: Carson Lund on “Eephus”
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
Features
People Have Theories: “Picnic at Hanging Rock” at 50
Features
Screwball in Vermont: “Baby Boom”
TV/Streaming
NBC’s “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” Fails to Grow Much of Interest
Features
In Praise of Excess: Queer Maximalism in the Films of Joel Schumacher
Festivals & Awards
10 Great Performances from Sundance 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Table of Contents
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Train Dreams; Sorry, Baby
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Mad Bills to Pay, Rains Over Babel, Serious People
Features
Meet the Writers: Zachary Lee
DVD/Blu-Ray
December 2024 Blu-Ray Guide: “The Wild Robot,” “Conclave,” “Alien: Romulus,” More
Festivals & Awards
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
TV/Streaming
FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” Loses Some Of Its Bite In Season Six
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2024: Daniela Forever, Can I Get a Witness?, Ick
Video Games
Sony’s “Astro Bot” is a Joyous Gaming Experience
Features
“Risky Business” Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the ’80s
MZS
I Saw the Sixth Sense Knowing the Big Twist, and Loved It Anyway
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2024: Confession, Tatsumi, Vulcanizadora
Features
The 10 Best Documentary Love Stories
Festivals & Awards
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
Features
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack Hits Different in the Spotify Era
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: 8 Highlights from This Year’s Event
Interviews
It’s Physical Work: Barry Jenkins on The Underground Railroad
Features
The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Bridgett M. Davis
MZS
The Legacy of David Bordwell; or, The Memorial Service as Network Narrative
TV/Streaming
Initially Promising Dark Matter Sinks Under Weight of Prestige TV Bloat
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2024
MZS
Why Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Remains Unforgettable
Festivals & Awards
Which Cannes Film Will Win the Palme d’Or? Let’s Rank Their Chances
Interviews
Wagner Moura Is Still Holding On To Hope
MZS
The Joy of Watching the Greats Continue to Be Great Well Into Their 80s and 90s
Features
How The Ladykillers Kicked Off Tom Hanks’ Weirdest Year Two Decades Ago
Tributes
I Need Your Magic: M. Emmett Walsh (1935-2024)
Features
Like and Survive: Horror Cinema’s Anti-love Affair with Podcasting
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: January 2024
Interviews
The Perfection of the Human Soul: The Cast of Groundhog Day Celebrates Harold Ramis
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2024: Devo, Eno, Dig! XX
Video Games
The Last of Us, Part II Remastered is a Special Edition Release of Great Game
Features
The Great Performances of 2023
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Series of 2023
Interviews
All Is Not Calm: John Woo on Silent Night
TV/Streaming
FX’s Fargo Gets Back on Its Feet In Its Assured Fifth Season
TV/Streaming
Second Sight Releases Stellar 4K Versions of Crimes of the Future, It Follows
Features
The Best Films of 2023 … So Far
Festivals & Awards
10th Chicago Critics Film Fest Features Past Lives, Blackberry, Sanctuary, Theater Camp, and Many More
TV/Streaming
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Figures It Out in Smart Final Season
TV/Streaming
Joel McHale Returns to TV Comedy in Promising Animal Control
Interviews
Comfortably Naked: Dave Franco and Alison Brie on Somebody I Used to Know
Festivals & Awards
10 Major Snubs and Surprises from the 2023 Oscar Nominations
TV/Streaming
HBO Confidently Adapts Breakthrough Video Game The Last of Us
Festivals & Awards
2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Competition Films, Premiere Titles, Midnight Selections, and More
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2022: A Couple, Bones and All, Master Gardener
Video Games
The Last of Us, Part 1 Rebuilds Landmark Game from the Ground Up
Interviews
Growth in Discomfort: Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall on Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2022
Interviews
You Get Hurt or You Get Injured: J.J. Perry on Day Shift
Black Writers Week
Loot Wastes the Talents of Maya Rudolph
TV/Streaming
Obi-Wan Kenobi is Fun but Incredibly Familiar
Interviews
A Celebration of Friendship: Andrew Ahn and Nick Adams on Fire Island
Tributes
He Made Everything Better: Fred Ward (1942-2022)
Festivals & Awards
Roger’s Top Ten Lists: Best Films of the 1990s
Festivals & Awards
Meet the Guests of Ebertfest 2022
Chaz's Journal
Women Writers Week 2022: Table of Contents
Chaz's Journal
The Annotated Table of Contents and Bios for Women Writers Week 2022
TV/Streaming
NBC’s The Thing About Pam Should Have Been a Feature Film
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