The settlement of a lawsuit against the creators of an unauthorized AI ripoff of George Carlin offers a glimmer of hope for artists sick of being exploited by tech companies
Andrew Scott steps into the shoes of Tom Ripley for this Steven Zaillian Netflix mini-series, and offers a new, accomplished take on the classic Patricia Highsmith character.
Roger Ebert transitioned 11 years ago today. We are looking back at eleven of his reviews from the year 2011.
Vera Drew’s subversive superhero satire is just the latest movie that had to navigate a sea of lawyers to get to the big screen.
The director of Poetry and Burning gets a retrospective at the Metrograph starting this weekend. Don’t miss it.
The pandemic robbed a lot of good movies of a chance to be seen in theaters. Why not give them another chance?
An interview with the director of the acclaimed new film starring Josh O’Connor.
Our short film series spotlights a timely film that takes place in an immigration office.
The 78-year-old renaissance man has worked with terrific filmmakers across his career. And yet his movies always have his personal stamp, always feeling like they’re emanating from his essence.
A tribute to one of the best.
There may be humans in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, but Adam Wingard understands what people want in his mega-sequel.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes The Book of Clarence, The Iron Claw, Wonka, The Color Purple, and Criterion editions of Saint Omer and To Die For.
Reports from three students of the University of Illinois College of Media who went to True/False under the Roger Ebert Fellows program.
Colin Farrell stars in Apple’s new detective series that’s not quite what it first seems to be.
The author of Smart Baseball spends his downtime writing film reviews. In honor of Opening Day, he explains why everyone needs to watch Sugar, why Trouble With the Curve is so terrible, and what makes for a good baseball movie.
There’s a different kind of pleasure in watching an old master at work.
Twenty years ago, Tom Hanks starred in what is widely considered the Coen brothers worst film. It’s a good time to look back at how The Ladykillers (as well as two other films released that year) fits into the star’s career.
Giancarlo Esposito is back on AMC with a new crime drama that doesn’t give one of the best actors of his generation an adequate platform.
In his new comedy Lousy Carter, the Numb3rs star plays a miserable middle-aged man with six months to live. He talks about battling loneliness, his memories of Heath Ledger, and why he decided to start telling stories about his Hollywood misadventures on Twitter.
