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Interviews
I Was Compelled to Revisit: Rory Kennedy on “Freefall: A Reckoning For Boeing”
Features
How I Spent Another Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
MZS
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” On the Exact Day When It’s Set
TV/Streaming
USA Network’s “Anna Pigeon” Is a Satisfying TV Throwback
TV/Streaming
Season Two of “Diarra from Detroit” is Nancy Drew for Grown-Ups
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
Features
A Home Away from Home: Goodbye to the Lake Street Screening Room
Video Games
Relive the Launch That Changed Gaming in “Halo: Campaign Evolved”
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”
Interviews
Closer to Trees: Hirokazu Kore-eda on “Sheep in the Box”
Chaz's Journal
Chicago, Home of Great Music and Newspapers
Chaz's Journal
Celebrating the Life of George E. Johnson, Sr. (1927-2026), a Friend and Builder of Black Possibility
TV/Streaming
“Ride or Die”: Two Best Friends, Too Many Lies, and a Good Reason to Get a Fake Passport
Interviews
This Is Not Art, This Is Life: Ross McElwee on “Remake” and “Sherman’s March”
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: Rose, Black Money for White Nights, Paris Paris
Interviews
A Leaning Tower of Camp: John Early on “Maddie’s Secret”
Festivals & Awards
2026 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Preview: 10 Films We Can’t Wait to See
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
TV/Streaming
Season 2 of “X-Men ‘97” Is The Team, And The Superhero Genre, At Its Best
Festivals & Awards
Filmspotting Fest Returns to Chicago This Weekend
Black Writers Week
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Baby Boy” at 25
Black Writers Week
Uncomfortable Truths: “Set It Off,” “Girl 6,” and “Naked Acts” at 30
Black Writers Week
When Sci-fi Was Horny: “Logan’s Run” at 50
Tributes
Once More, With Feeling: Anthony Head (1954-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #11: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Her Private Hell, Hope
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
Books
Documentary Now! 4th Edition is an Incredible Companion to Beloved Show
TV/Streaming
Comedy Is King On Season Two of Hulu’s “Deli Boys”
Video Games
Throwback “Mina the Hollower” is One of the Best Games of 2026
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Table of Contents
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Low Expectations, Death Has No Master, The Station
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #10: Reflecting on the Awards
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #9: Critics Roundtable
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #8: Dua, I’ll Be Gone in June, La Gradiva
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: A Man of His Time, Moulin, Coward
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #7: Festival Dispatch with Jason Gorber
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Minotaur, Red Rocks
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #6: Club Kid, Paper Tiger, Clarissa
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Club Kid, Marie Madeleine
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #5: Festival Dispatch with Ben Kenigsberg
Festivals & Awards
This Year’s Ebert Fellows Reflect on the 2026 True/False Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #4: Festival Dispatch with Zachary Lee
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: John Lennon: The Last Interview, La Libertad Doble
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden, Think Good
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #3: Nagi Notes, Camp Miasma, Werner Herzog
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Nagi Notes, Ashes
TV/Streaming
“Dutton Ranch” Keeps the Barn Doors Open for the “Yellowstone” Franchise
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #2: A Look Back at Day One of the Fest
Features
A Fond Farewell to Our Critic Monica Castillo
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #1: The 79th Cannes Film Festival Begins!
TV/Streaming
Peacock Takes Us Back to Miami for “M.I.A” Vice and Vengeance
Interviews
You Can’t Stay Here: Adam Scott and Damian McCarthy on “Hokum”
Ebertfest
Love’s in Need of Love Today: Reflections on EbertFest, Cinema, and Empathy
TV/Streaming
Season 2 of Netflix’s “Running Point” Is An Easy Layup
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Kevin” Won’t Help With the Existential Felines
Interviews
The Best Version of the Thing: Steven Soderbergh on “The Christophers”
Festivals & Awards
Chicago Critics Film Festival Lineup Announced, including Guests Olivia Wilde, Joe Swanberg, Dawn Porter, More
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Big Mistakes” Starts Off Feeling Small but Settles into Its Best Self
The Unloved
The Unloved, Part 148: High-Rise
Festivals & Awards
“Help Me To Find Kokumo”: A Guide To Beyond Chicago
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2025: Beast Race (Corrida Dos Bichos), Campeón Gabacho, Grind
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Jury Duty” Acquits Itself Nicely With Its Followup, “Company Retreat”
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: The Sun Never Sets, A Safe Distance, Seahorse
Festivals & Awards
Highlights of the 2026 True/False Film Festival Include “Tropical Park,” “Bucks Harbor,” “Landscapes of Memory”
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “One Piece” Sails Into the Grand Line with a Swashbuckling Season 2
Women Writers Week
Milestones of 1956: Looking Back at Hollywood 70 Years Ago
Women Writers Week
HBO’s “Rooster” is Almost an Endearing Comedy
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide February 2026: “Predator: Badlands,” “Song Song Blue,” “A Little Prayer,” More
Festivals & Awards
Berlinale 2026: A Politicized Festival with Great Political Cinema
Chaz's Journal
Chaz Ebert Remembers Reverend Jesse Jackson: Oct 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Strip Law” Should Stay in the Animated Desert
Tributes
The Eye of a Camera: Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Remembering the Forgotten Movies of the 2026 Oscar Season
Festivals & Awards
Short Films in Focus: The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts
TV/Streaming
Can “Bridgerton”‘s New Cinderella in Silver Rekindle the Fairytale in Season 4?
DVD/Blu-Ray
Jonathan Glazer’s “Birth” is Resurrected in a Haunting Criterion 4K Release
Features
The Archaic Mother’s Embrace: How “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and “Die My Love” Reframe the Monstrous
TV/Streaming
“Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials” Will Send Your Snooze Button Into Overdrive
Features
A Tribute to Former FCC Chair and Media Champion Newton Minow
Interviews
Craziness and Contradiction: Kirill Serebrennikov on “Limonov: The Ballad”
TV/Streaming
“A Thousand Blows” Lands Another One-Two Punch of Victorian Intrigue in Season 2
Features
It’s Stephen King’s World: How the Writer Became the King of Hollywood Again in 2025
Features
The Great Craft of 2025
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Interviews
A Multifaceted Conversation About Faith: Rian Johnson on “Wake Up Dead Man”
Features
The Ten Best Films of 2025
Chaz's Journal
Join Chaz Ebert at the Critic’s Cut 2025 Event at FACETS
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: Off the Face of the Earth (with Michael Pantozzi)
TV/Streaming
Starz Returns to Form With Brutal and Brilliant Spin-Off “Spartacus: House of Ashur”
Festivals & Awards
Reflections on the 2025 Tailinn Black Nights Film Festival
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide November 2025: “Familiar Touch,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Splitsville”
Roger Ebert
Actors Superbly Channel Siskel and Ebert Onstage in Chicago
Roger Ebert
My Dinner with Gene & Roger
Festivals & Awards
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: “Demon Pond” and Japanese Yokai Culture
Roger Ebert
Their Show Cracked Open the World: Siskel & Ebert Memories
Features
Right Now, It’s Important: An Ode to S.E. Hinton’s Teenagers
Roger Ebert
