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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
Features
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
Black Writers Week
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Baby Boy” at 25
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Full Phil, Sanguine (Species), Jim Queen
TV/Streaming
MGM+’s Cult Hit “From” Wanders Through Frustrating Yet Addictive Fourth Season
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners: The 98th Academy Awards
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide February 2026: “Predator: Badlands,” “Song Song Blue,” “A Little Prayer,” More
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: The Weight, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, See You When I See You
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide January 2026: “One Battle After Another,” “Tron: Ares,” “Wicked: For Good,” More
Festivals & Awards
RogerEbert.com Covers Awards Season
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners” Sets Record with 16 Oscar Nominations
Festivals & Awards
2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Features
2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions in the Major Categories
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
Festivals & Awards
Glitz and Glamour: A Report from the 2026 Palm Springs Festival Gala
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide December 2025: “Black Phone 2,” “Bugonia,” “Good Fortune,” More
Features
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Tributes
How Come They Don’t Fly Away?: James Ransone (1979-2025)
Features
The Great Craft of 2025
Features
The Great Performances of 2025
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Features
Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
Festivals & Awards
“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” Lead Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees
Features
The Ten Best Films of 2025
Features
The Real Monsters: How True Crime Has Shaped the Horror TV Genre
Tributes
You Play Well: Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Rebecca Miller on “Mr. Scorsese”
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2025: The 63rd New York Film Festival Centers Film and Poetry
TV/Streaming
Sterlin Harjo Aims High, Does Not Miss with FX’s “The Lowdown”
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Table of Contents
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Christy, Couture, Steal Away
Interviews
Healers and Nurturers: Ethan Hawke on the Artists of “Blue Moon” and “Highway 99: A Double Album”
Festivals & Awards
SDCC 2025: Celebrating ALL the Popular Arts
TV/Streaming
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Bears the Franchise Flagship Proudly in Season 3
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: July 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
June 2025 Blu-Ray/Streaming Guide: “Drop,” “The Nice Guys,” “Dark City,” More
Features
How Ving Rhames Became the True Heart of the Mission: Impossible Franchise
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Resurrection, Honey Don’t!
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2025 Video #4: Brian Tallerico on Mission Impossible, The Phoenician Scheme, My Father’s Shadow, Secret Agent
Festivals & Awards
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview
Festivals & Awards
The Florida Film Festival: An Oasis for Creative Souls
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025 Announces Lineup with New Films by Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson and More
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Fantasy Life, Brother Verses Brother
Features
Will I Ever Take My Kids to the Movies?
Features
Screwball in Vermont: “Baby Boom”
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake), Plainclothes
Features
Meet the Writers: Zachary Lee
MZS
What’s gone can never be replaced: thoughts on Los Angeles, disasters, and the present moment
DVD/Blu-Ray
December 2024 Blu-Ray Guide: “The Wild Robot,” “Conclave,” “Alien: Romulus,” More
Features
14 Underrated Movies of 2024
Features
The Great Craft of 2024
Chaz's Journal
My Night at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Television
Features
The Best Films of 2024
Interviews
Plant the Tree: RaMell Ross, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on “Nickel Boys”
TV/Streaming
Sharp, Propulsive “The Agency” Should Appeal to Fans of Spy Fiction
Festivals & Awards
Black Harvest Film Festival 2024 Preview
Festivals & Awards
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race
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
Features
Seven Samurai Continues Its Ride Through Cinema’s Past and Future
Features
The Best Films of 2024 So Far
Interviews
Living Through Words: Ethan Hawke on His Career, Poetry, and Wildcat
MZS
The Legacy of David Bordwell; or, The Memorial Service as Network Narrative
Interviews
Always a Rebel: Alessandro Nivola on The Big Cigar
Features
The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
MZS
No Therapy: The Primordial Commitment of The Northman
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2024
Festivals & Awards
Which Cannes Film Will Win the Palme d’Or? Let’s Rank Their Chances
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
Chaz's Journal
Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Our Managing Editor Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: January 2024
Festivals & Awards
Nine Major Omissions from the 2024 Oscar Nominations
Festivals & Awards
The 96th Academy Award Nominations Are Announced, Led by Oppenheimer
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Series of 2023
Features
Saltburn and Subverting the Passing Narrative
TV/Streaming
FX’s Fargo Gets Back on Its Feet In Its Assured Fifth Season
Festivals & Awards
59th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Award-Winners
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: A Canadian Looks Back at a Tumultuous Fest
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: Wildcat, Gonzo Girl, Orlando My Political Biography
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2023 Highlights
Festivals & Awards
No Moment was Wasted: Highlights at the 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
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