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
Sundance 2026: Birds of War, One in a Million, Silenced
Marya E. Gates
Sundance 2026: I Want Your Sex, The Incomer, Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
Brian Tallerico
Lightning in a Bottle: Angus MacLachlan on “A Little Prayer”
Matt Zoller Seitz
FOX’s “Memory of a Killer” Can’t Remember Why It Exists
Brian Tallerico
The 17 Best Movies About Radio, Ranked
Nell Minow
2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Brian Tallerico
HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Is The Best Fantasy Adaptation of the Decade
Kaiya Shunyata
Glitz and Glamour: A Report from the 2026 Palm Springs Festival Gala
Katherine Tulich
Long Awaited Second Season of “The Night Manager” Is More Gripping Than Ever
Kaiya Shunyata
To Love Each Other: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on “Young Mothers”
Isaac Feldberg
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Rebecca Zlotowski on “A Private Life”
Marya E. Gates
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Brian Tallerico
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Brian Tallerico
Panahi & Kiarostami: Two Masters
Godfrey Cheshire
Home Entertainment Guide December 2025: “Black Phone 2,” “Bugonia,” “Good Fortune,” More
Brian Tallerico
It’s Stephen King’s World: How the Writer Became the King of Hollywood Again in 2025
Jourdain Searles
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Chaz Ebert
Ecstasy and Agony: Mona Fastvold on “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Isaac Feldberg
The Great Craft of 2025
The Editors
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
The Editors
As You Wish: Rob Reiner (1947-2025)
Brian Tallerico
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
Brian Tallerico
The Ten Best Films of 2025
The Editors
RescueFest Opens with Restoration of Steve Buscemi’s Wonderful “Trees Lounge”
The Editors
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Tamara Kotevska on “The Tale of Silyan”
Marya E. Gates
Join Chaz Ebert at the Critic’s Cut 2025 Event at FACETS
The Editors
Palm Springs Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
The Editors
Joy in Racing to Keep Up: Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
Brian Tallerico
Wong Kar-wai’s Gorgeous, Captivating “Blossoms Shanghai” Arrives on the Criterion Channel
Peter Sobczynski
I’m Just An Actor: Rebuilding Roles with Josh O’Connor
Zachary Lee
It’s The Funniest Shit: Hikari on ‘Rental Family’
Robert Daniels
Right Now, It’s Important: An Ode to S.E. Hinton’s Teenagers
Alisha Mughal
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: Journey into Sato Tadao
Katie Rife
HBO’s “The Seduction” Surprises without Sizzle
Sherin Nicole
Adaptation is About Subtraction: James Vanderbilt on “Nuremberg”
Nell Minow
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”
Marya E. Gates
A Preview of the 2025 Black Harvest Film Festival
Robert Daniels
“Silent Hill f” Sends Gamers to a New Destination in a Terrifying Universe
Brian Tallerico
CIFF 2025: One Golden Summer, Before the Call, Adult Children, Only Heaven Knows
Cortlyn Kelly
11 Times That D’Angelo Made a Movie Better with his Music
Craig D. Lindsey
The 11 Best Body-Swap Movies, Ranked
Nell Minow
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
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