The World Won’t Stop Burning: The Films That Paved “Fury Road”
A feature on the films that connect The Road Warrior to Fury Road, the films influenced by the former which, in turn, influenced the latter.
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Dee Rees On Colorism and Creating Queer Spaces For Black Women In “Bessie”
An interview with the director of Pariah and Bessie.
Cannes 2015: “Mon Roi,” “Zvizdan,” “Louder Than Bombs”
A Cannes report on new films by Maiwenn and Joachim Trier.
Cannes 2015: Let There Be Lumière
A report on the Lumière presentation from this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2015 Panel: “What Does Empathy Look Like on the Big Screen?”
At a panel hosted by Chaz Ebert, journalists and film industry members shared their thoughts on empathy.
Cannes 2015: “Disorder,” “A Perfect Day,” “Arabian Nights: Volume 1”
Ben Kenigsberg goes looking for alternative fare at Cannes—and finds Hollywood wannabes.
Cannes 2015: “Carol,” “Nahid”
A review of the Cannes premieres of the latest from Todd Haynes and Ida Panahandeh.
Cannes 2015: Points of No Return: An interview with Radu Muntean and Alexandru Baciu of “One Floor Below”
An interview with the writer and director of “One Floor Below”.
Prashant Bhargava: 1973-2015
An obituary of filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, director of Patang and special guest of Ebertfest in 2012.
Cannes 2015: “My Golden Days,” “By Sidney Lumet,” “Irrational Man”
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Arnaud Desplechin’s lovable coming-of-age prequel “My Golden Days.”
Chaz Ebert and Shatterglass Films to Make Emmett Till Movie
Chaz Ebert and Shatterglass Films announced they will be making a narrative feature film about Emmett Till.
Cannes 2015: “The Sea of Trees”
Barbara Scharres reports from Cannes 2015 on a disastrous screening of Gus Van Sant’s “The Sea of Trees.”
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Woody Allen on the meaninglessness of everything; The greatness of “Walk Hard”; Dean Cundey on “The Thing”; R.I.P. B.B. King; Literature should be “triggering.”
Cannes 2015: “The Lobster,” “Irrational Man”
A Cannes report on the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos and Woody Allen.
Cannes 2015: “Son of Saul,” “An,” “One Floor Below”
A Cannes dispatch on new films from Laszlo Nemes, Naomi Kawase, and Radu Muntean.
Cannes 2015: “An,” “One Floor Below”
A dispatch from Cannes on Naomi Kawase’s “An” and Radu Muntean’s “One Floor Below”.
Cannes 2015: “In the Shadow of Women,” “Son of Saul,” the Orson Welles centennial
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Philippe Garrel’s “In the Shadow of Women,” which opened Directors’ Fortnight.
Video: Billy Baxter’s Diary of the Cannes Film Festival
A video of Billy Baxter’s 1980 documentary of the Cannes Film Festival, hosted by Rex Reed.
The enemies within the work of Andrew Niccol
A piece on the themes of Andrew Niccol’s work in light of the release of Good Kill this weekend.
