Blog Posts That Mention Directed
Steve Martin Is an Auteur Without Having Directed a Thing
Tim Grierson
Looking Back at the Films Directed by the Late John Singleton
Nick Allen
The Life of a Woman, Directed by Women: A Video Essay
Emma Piper-Burket
AFI Fest 2016: The First Film Noir Directed by a Woman, Ida Lupino’s “The Hitch-Hiker”
Jana Monji
Sony Pictures Classics Celebrates 25 Years of Female-Directed Films
Chaz Ebert
No Home Video: On Women-Directed Films
Tina Hassannia
Campaign directed against ‘Beautiful’ is ugly, unwarranted
Roger Ebert
Who directed this shot?
Jim Emerson
Directed by David Mamet
Jim Emerson
If David Lynch directed Michael Jackson’s life story
Jim Emerson
NYFF 25: The Currents, Gavagai, Is This Thing On?
Monica Castillo
The Darkest Samurai Film Ever Made: Toshio Matsumoto’s “Shura”
Wael Khairy
You Play Well: Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
Scout Tafoya
What Really Matters is What You Like: “High Fidelity” at 25
Richard Roeper
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Rebecca Miller on “Mr. Scorsese”
Marya E. Gates
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
Brian Tallerico
The Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia: Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025)
Brian Tallerico
NYFF 2025: The 63rd New York Film Festival Centers Film and Poetry
Godfrey Cheshire
The Golden Boy: 11 of Our Favorite Robert Redford Performances
The Editors
Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” Wins the TIFF People’s Choice Award
Brian Tallerico
TIFF 2025: Blue Heron, Amoeba, Meadowlarks
Brian Tallerico
TIFF 2025: Dust Bunny, The Furious, Normal
Brian Tallerico
TIFF 2025: Fuze, Glenrothan, The Last Viking
Jason Bailey
TIFF 2025: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Unidentified, The Fence
Brian Tallerico
TIFF 2025: Obsession, Honey Bunch, Whitetail
Brian Tallerico
Venice Film Festival 2025: Broken English, The Wizard of the Kremlin, No Other Choice, In the Hand of Dante
Glenn Kenny
Back to Duality: James Sweeney and Dylan O’Brien on “Twinless”
Isaac Feldberg
You’re Enough, Just So You Know: Jay Duplass and Michael Strassner on “The Baltimorons”
Isaac Feldberg
Something Wretched This Way Comes in the Second Half of “Wednesday” Season Two
Clint Worthington
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sierra Falconer on “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)”
Marya E. Gates
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Biennale College
Glenn Kenny
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, The Testament of Ann Lee, Father Mother Sister Brother
Glenn Kenny
Venice Film Festival 2025: Ghost Elephants, Jay Kelly, Bugonia, Cover-Up, After the Hunt
Glenn Kenny
Time for Kick-Off: The 11 Best Football Movies (and Where to Watch Them)
Richard Roeper
“When the World Broke Open: Katrina and its Afterlives” Launches at MOMA
Matt Zoller Seitz
British Banter Envy: Jay Roach and Tony McNamara on “The Roses”
Clint Worthington
The Most Significant Movie Ever Made
Peter Sobczynski
You Don’t Know What Your Time Is Like Until Later: Alex Russell on “Lurker”
Zachary Lee
Locarno Film Festival 2025: 14 Films Commemorating Postwar Britain
Robert Daniels
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Prejudice Across the Pond in “Pool of London” and “The Story of a Three-Day Pass”
Robert Daniels
Locarno Film Festival 2025: “Tabi to Hibi,” “Hair, Paper, Water…,” “Yakushima’s Illusion”
Robert Daniels
Hawaiian Shirts Are Great to Fight In: Bob Odenkirk on “Nobody 2”
Clint Worthington
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Blue Heron, Dracula, Legend Of The Happy Worker
Robert Daniels
USA’s “The Rainmaker” is a Traditional TV Legal Drama
Cristina Escobar
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Hind Meddeb on “Sudan, Remember Us”
Marya E. Gates
Apple TV+, Seth Rogen Continue Hot Streaks with Second Season of “Platonic”
Richard Roeper
San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Aliens and Activations
Jana Monji
Two Become One: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, and Michael Shanks on “Together”
Zachary Lee
Fantasia 2025: The Serpent’s Skin, The Well, Sweetness
Clint Worthington
One of Us: Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970-2025)
Brandon David Wilson
DVD/Blu-Ray Guide July 2025: “A Minecraft Movie,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “The Legend of Ochi,” More
Brian Tallerico
Fantasia 2025: Terrestrial, Hold the Fort, Good Boy
Clint Worthington
Book Excerpt: It Can’t Rain All the Time by Alisha Mughal
The Editors
KVIFF 2025: “Bidad” Director Soheil Beiraghi on Filming Undercover, Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Gen-Z Women
Isaac Feldberg
Introduction to the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Isaac Feldberg
Music to Make A Man Fly: The Power of John Williams’ Theme to “Superman”
Charlie Brigden
A Chicago Star: A Conversation with Michael Madsen
Nell Minow
American Badass: Michael Madsen (1957-2025)
Peter Sobczynski
I Am a Writer: “Wonder Boys” Turns 25
Paul Risker
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Victoria Mahoney on “The Old Guard 2”
Marya E. Gates
A Dispatch From the Bentonville Film Festival
Katherine Tulich
59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to Honor Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard
Isaac Feldberg
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Odie Henderson
Blood and Soap Bubbles on the Surface of Netflix’s “The Waterfront”
Sherin Nicole
“Zola,” “Anora,” and the DEI Mirage
Danielle Scruggs
Tribeca Film Festival 2025: The Narrative Features
Peter Sobczynski
Tribeca Film Festival 2025: The Documentaries
Peter Sobczynski
The 20 Best Films of 2025 So Far
The Editors
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Marva Nabili on “The Sealed Soil”
Marya E. Gates
Cannes 2025 Video #7: Critics’ Roundtable
Chaz Ebert
Home Entertainment Guide May 2025: Better Man, Black Bag, Mickey 17, More
Brian Tallerico
Cannes 2025: Eagles of the Republic, Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Ben Kenigsberg
Cannes 2025 Video #2: Isaac Feldberg on Eddington, Chronology of Water, Left-Handed Girl, and More
Chaz Ebert
Cannes 2025: The Little Sister, The Wave
Ben Kenigsberg
Cannes 2025: Left-Handed Girl, Sirât
Ben Kenigsberg
Restored and Rediscovered Festival Spotlights Organizations at the Forefront of Film Restoration
Monica Castillo
Cannes 2025: Two Prosecutors, Adam’s Sake, Promised Sky
Ben Kenigsberg
Cannes Film Festival 2025: A Look at the Cannes Classics Program
Scott Dummler
Season 2 of Peacock’s “Poker Face” Deals Natasha Lyonne Another Hand of Devilishly Delightful Mysteries
Clint Worthington
Wisdom of the Sages: Warren Buffet, Deborah Szekely, Buddy Guy, and Pope Francis Show Us the Way
Chaz Ebert
The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival
Laura Emerick
What to Watch on Netflix: May 2025
Brian Tallerico
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview
Brian Tallerico
The Dream Within the Fairy Tale: Emilie Blichfeldt on “The Ugly Stepsister”
Isaac Feldberg
“North of North” Carefully Balances Darkness and Charm
Nandini Balial
Chicago Critics Film Festival Announces Full Schedule, Special Guests
The Editors
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue”
Isaac Feldberg
Female Filmmakers in Focus: The Films of Euzhan Palcy
Marya E. Gates
What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
Brian Tallerico
March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
Brian Tallerico
Creating a Meta-Rom-Com: Karen Morey and Terence Chen on “Meet Cute in Manhattan”
Nell Minow
The Ebert Fellows on True/False 2025
The Editors
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fleur Fortuné on “The Assessment”
Marya E. Gates
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Fu*cktoys, $Positions, Idiotka
Matt Zoller Seitz
Finding a Way Home: André Holland Never Rests
Zachary Lee
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
Carla Renata
Brian Tyree Henry Does His Best to Carry Apple TV’s Explosive “Dope Thief”
Brian Tallerico
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
Matt Zoller Seitz
Short Films in Focus: David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz on “A Lien”
Collin Souter
Popular Reviews
The best movie reviews, in your inbox