2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
A look back on the highlights from this year’s festival, which centers on Black voices in front of and behind the camera.
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In Memoriam: Alain Delon
A peerless movie star. Given a good part, and he had them many times, he was an exceptional actor as well.
Conversation Piece: Phil Donahue (1935-2024)
A tribute to the trailblazing daytime talk show host, who passed away this week.
Locarno Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, Toxic, Drowning Dry, When the Phone Rang
Our final Locarno dispatch features four premieres, including Hong Sang-soo’s latest.
Book Excerpt: A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda by Carrie Rickey
An excerpt from Carrie Rickey’s new book about the legendary French director.
Subjective Reality: Larry Fessenden on Crumb Catcher, Blackout, and Glass Eye Pix
An interview with the actor, writer, and filmmaker about the latest frightfest from his production company, Glass Eye Pix.
The Most Vital Actress of Her Generation: A Goodbye to Gena Rowlands
A few of the RogerEbert.com writers say goodbye to one of the best to ever do it.
Locarno Film Festival 2024: Eight Postcards from Utopia and Sleep #2
Our latest dispatch from Locarno, including two new films from Radu Jude.
A Woman Without Peers: Gena Rowlands (1930-2024)
A tribute to one of the best actresses of all time.
The Needle Drop Sessions: Pump Up the Volume & Untamed Heart
Two writers and friends look at movie soundtracks that changed their lives, both coincidentally starring Christian Slater.
Locarno Film Festival 2024: Youth (Hard Times), Transamazonia, Moon
Our first dispatch from Locarno, including the newest project from Wang Bing.
Thumbnails 8/15/24: Six Must-Reads You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
Some interesting recent articles that you might have missed, including an interview with the director of the controversial new film, It Ends with Us.
One Big Fortune: Remembering Corey Yuen
Remembering the venerated Hong Kong action director upon the recent revelation of his death in 2022.
The Party is Over in City of God: The Fight Rages On
A follow-up to the award-winning City of God lacks the thrust of the original.
Apple TV+’s Bad Monkey Struggles to Find Its Voice
Vince Vaughn stars in the latest from the creator of Scrubs and Shrinking, coming to Apple TV.
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
An interview with the filmmakers behind Netflix’s new documentary Daughters.
The Box Office is Everything: In Praise of the Window at the Front of the Theater
The physical box office is the place where the movie theater meets the world beyond.
Michael Brown and Michael Oliver on Editing Welcome to Wrexham
An interview with Emmy-nominated editors of “Welcome to Wrexham,” Michael Brown and Michael Oliver
The Texture of Night: How Collateral Revolutionized Movies
Michael Mann’s 2004 thriller fully embraced digital filmmaking on a scale rarely seen before.
The Fairy Tale Shoes: Interview With the Cast and Crew of Cuckoo
Tilman Singer and stars Hunter Schaefer and Dan Stevens discuss the disparate strands of NEON’s latest off-kilter thriller.
