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Satirizing and Saluting: Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie” At 50
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40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Features
50 Years Later, “Sholay” Remains a Captivating South Asian Epic
MZS
30 Minutes On: “Nashville”
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Leave One Day, The Gold Rush
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2025: A Look at the Cannes Classics Program
Festivals & Awards
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview
Festivals & Awards
Chicago Critics Film Festival Announces Full Schedule, Special Guests
Tributes
The Most Unsung Leading Man of His Generation: Val Kilmer (1959-2025)
Interviews
A Moral Compass: Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, and Tim Fehlbaum on “September 5”
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Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2024: All Hail the Screwball Queen by Olympia Kiriakou
Interviews
When You’re Angry, You’re Already Losing: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson on “Rumours”
MZS
The Artful Tenderness of A Quiet Place: Day One
Features
Girl Shy and the Birth of the Romantic Comedy
Festivals & Awards
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History
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A (Not So) Brief History of Silent Film Influences on Pop Music
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The True Triumph of Robert Downey Jr.’s Second Act
Festivals & Awards
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Meanwhile on Earth, La Cocina, Another End
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room September 2023: I Used to Float, Now I Just Fall Down by Lindsey Romain
Interviews
Dan Callahan on His New Book, Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra
Tributes
The Fire is Gone: Kenneth Anger (1927-2023)
TV/Streaming
Mrs. Davis Overflows with Fascinating Ideas Even as It Struggles to Tie Them Together
Features
The Lost Pioneers of the Early Film Era
Tributes
Only Remember Beautiful Moments: Carlos Saura (1932-2023)
Interviews
Something Comes Out of Me That Has a Fatherly Quality: Paul Dooley on His New Book Movie Dad
Features
Simon Abrams’ Overlooked Films of 2022
Tributes
Image is Happiness: Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
Features
Create the Legend: Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2022 Video #1: Opening Night Welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Final Cut
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Final Cut
Interviews
How History Moves Through a Life: Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton
Interviews
A Lucky Film Buff: Leonard Maltin Reflects on His Life
Features
A Tour Through the Brand New Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Belfast, Colin in Black and White
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Narrative Features
Tributes
The End of an Era: Norman Lloyd, 1914-2021
Tributes
Monte Hellman: 1932-2021
TV/Streaming
Joss Whedon Practically Plagiarizes Himself in the Uneven The Nevers
Interviews
Visions of Friendship: Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin on The Climb
Features
What Child Is This: The Enduring Legacy of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid
Interviews
When You Have a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail: Jim Cummings on The Wolf of Snow Hollow
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: June 25, 2020
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s The Letter for the King Written with Medieval Cliches
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: October 3, 2019
Festivals & Awards
Twelve Thumbs-Up Films from the Venice Film Festival
Features
The Story of Richard Williams and His Unfinished Fairy Tale, The Thief and the Cobbler
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room July 2019: Only I Know the Secrets: Breaking Down Under the Silver Lake by Ethan Warren
Features
Book Review: Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History
Empathy
A Different Perspective: Reviews About Empathy, Compassion and Kindness
Features
Stanley Donen: 1924-2019
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room February 2019: A Love Story and a Tragedy – Second Lives and Lost Time in Doctor Zhivago
Interviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum on His New Book Collection, Cinematic Encounters
Features
Rock and Roll Me: On Andrea Riseborough’s Spellbinding 2018 Performances
Interviews
They Are the Wellspring For Me: John C. Reilly on Stan & Ollie
TV/Streaming
Kino Lorber’s Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Box Set is a Treasure Trove of Silent Film History
Features
William Goldman: 1931-2018
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2018: Friedkin Uncut, The Great Buster
MZS
Always Leave ‘Em Laughing: Peter Bogdanovich on Buster Keaton, superheroes, television, and the effect of time on movies
Features
Neil Simon: 1927-2018
Interviews
Leonard Maltin on His New Book, Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
Festivals & Awards
Celebrating Michael Kutza: Founder of Chicago International Film Festival to be Honored at July 14th Gala
Chaz's Journal
On the Representation of Disabled Women in Cinema
Festivals & Awards
Preview of the 21st Chicago European Union Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Berlin 2018: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Optimism, L. Cohen
TV/Streaming
Star-Studded Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Could Be Your First TV Obsession of 2018
Festivals & Awards
AFI Fest 2017: “The Shape of Water” Panel with Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins and more
Features
A Tale of Two Chainsaws: Humor and Horror in the Films of Tobe Hooper
Features
An American Original: The RogerEbert.com Staff Remembers Jerry Lewis
Features
Jerry Lewis: 1926-2017
Festivals & Awards
Pens to Lens 2017: Flowerboys, Werebananas and Opposite Day
Features
Jeanne Moreau: 1928-2017
Chaz's Journal
The Most Influential Filmmakers of All Time
Chaz's Journal
Watching “1984” in Trump’s America
Chaz's Journal
Adventures in Cuba
MZS
The art of entertainment: Richard Schickel, 1933-2017
Interviews
A Supreme Artist: Pascal Mérigeau on “Jean Renoir: A Biography”
Features
Book Review: Taschen’s “Mad Men” Box-Set Revives the World of Don Draper
TV/Streaming
Tom Hardy Anchors FX’s Engaging “Taboo”
Chaz's Journal
Films to Get Us Through The Trump Presidency
Festivals & Awards
The Macau Film Festival 2016: “Vagabond,” “Personal Shopper” and More
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2016: “Sieranevada,” “Olli Mäki” are Festival Favorities
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2016 Preview: 35 Films to See
TV/Streaming
It’s Over the Ocean to Scranton, Pennsylvania: An Appreciation of “The In-Laws”
Features
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Meet the Writers: Monica Castillo
Festivals & Awards
Why the Oscars Need to Move Lifetime Achievement Back to the Telecast
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: February 18, 2016
Features
Jacques Rivette: 1928-2016
Features
Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg: Like Mother, Like Daughter
TV/Streaming
Great Cast, Sharp Writing Carry Amazon’s “Mad Dogs”
Festivals & Awards
Going Forward, Looking Back: Highlights from the 2015 Annual Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
Features
The Individual Top Tens of 2015
Festivals & Awards
Going Home For the First Time: A Return to Cuba
TV/Streaming
Flicker Alley’s Mind-Blowing New “Masterworks Of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920-1970”
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2015: “Nahid” Wins Roger Ebert Award, “A Childhood” Takes Top Prize
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