“American Promise”: A Review by Briana A. Williams
As part of our partnership with Columbia Links and the Chicago Urban
League, student Briana A. Williams reviews “American Promise”.
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“American Promise” A review by Kaylah Harrington
As part of our partnership with Columbia Links and the Chicago Urban League, student Kaylah Harrington reviews “American Promise”.
RogerEbert.com partners with Chicago Urban League to mentor young critics during Black History Month
RogerEbert.com is proud to help mentor Chicago high school students who aspire to be critics and journalists.
Thumbnails 2/7/2014
Joe Dallesandro; “Blazing Saddles” at 40; women and revenge; women and Scorsese.
Thumbnails 2/5/2014
Post-Beatles Beatles movies; heroin and creativity; Terry Gilliam’s life in 8 movies; Hannibal’s food stylist.
On Seeing “Life Itself” at a Special Advance Screening
Søren Hough of MovieFail.com talks about his experience seeing “Life Itself at a special screening for contributors to the Indiegogo campaign that helped fund the movie.
Strength and compassion: a note to drug abuse concern trolls, concerning Philip Seymour Hoffman
Some notes on Philip Seymour Hoffman, addiction, and compassion.
Magnolia Pictures acquires “Life Itself”
“Life Itself” gets a theatrical release from Magnolia Pictures.
Guild Awards Keep the Best Picture a Horserace
The Producers Guild, the Writers Guild and the Directors Guild have all weighed in. How good are they as predictors of the Oscars?
Thumbnails 2/4/2014
A plea for “sanity” in discussing Allen/Farrow; Phillip Roth on why he’s not going back to fiction; Russell Brand on addiction; The Tonight Show‘s forgotten host.
RogerEbert.com welcomes new Assistant Editor
RogerEbert.com welcomes a new member to the editorial team.
Thumbnails 2/3/2014
R.I.P., Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Eduardo Coutinho; the Allen-Farrow thing, catalogued and linked; Kristin Scott Thomas’ ambivalence; Chuck Jones, honored.
Stay, little Valentine: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014
Matt Zoller Seitz on why Philip Seymour Hoffmann mattered.
Broken Screens: Eduardo Coutinho, 1933–2014
A remembrance of documentary filmmaker
Eduardo Coutinho.
Selected writings on Philip Seymour Hoffman
Reviews of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s films and an interview with him about “Capote”
The Unloved, Part 3: The Hudsucker Proxy
Scout Tafoya’s The Unloved, an appreciation of fascinating movies that were critically reviled on first release, continues with a look at 1994’s The Hudsucker Proxy.
Goodnight, my excellent good master: Maximilian Schell, 1930-2014
Actor Jim Beaver remembers the great actor Maximillian Schell.
“Man of Steel”, Feet of Clay
Gerardo Valero reflects on “Man of Steel” and the challenges of making a good Superman movie.
