Cannes 2024 Video #3: Megalopolis, Kinds of Kindness, Oh Canada, Bird, Wild Diamond
In today’s video dispatch, Isaac Feldberg joins Chaz to talk about the first batch of films reviewed at Cannes.
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Cannes 2024: The Substance, Visiting Hours
“The Substance,” a body-horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, hit Cannes at just the right time.
Jack Flack Always Escapes: Dabney Coleman (1932-2024)
A tribute to the 9 to 5 and Cloak and Dagger actor, and his six decades of playing bad bosses and comic oafs.
Chaz Ebert and Esteemed Panelists Discuss Purpose-Driven Filmmaking at Cannes Film Festival
The panel will discuss the trend toward purpose-driven filmmaking in today’s industry and how that is impacted by the diversity of filmmakers, film genres, and the changes in funding in the filmmaking system.
Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest Honored By Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation’s Toast of Tourism
The award honors her work with Ebertfest and its impact on the broader community of Champaign-Urbana.
The World’s Biggest Jewelry Box: Kristin Joseff on Hollywood’s Favorite Jeweler, Joseff of Hollywood
Interview with Kristin Joseff of Joseff of Hollywood about jewelry in the movies.
Cannes 2024: Emilia Pérez, Three Kilometers to the End of the World, Caught by the Tides
Jacques Audiard is one of the last directors you’d expect to make an original musical starring Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez.
I Will Be Happy if I Can Say I’ve Done My Best: Eye Surgeon Dr. Ming Wang on Sight
Interview with Dr. Ming Wang, who inspired the movie Sight.
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious, long-awaited opus is his “Chi-raq.”
Cannes 2024: Kinds of Kindness; Oh, Canada; Scénarios
Anyone who sees “Kind of Kindness” expecting “Poor Things 2” is in for a nasty shock.
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis, Bird, The Damned, Meeting with Pol Pot
Francis Ford Coppola’s ridiculously long-in-the-making opus is unwieldy but hardly unwatchable.
The Ebert Fellows Go to Ebertfest 2024
A report from this year’s Ebertfest from the Ebert Fellows.
Cannes 2024 Video #2: The Festival Takes Off
Our second video from Cannes on the climate, the jury, and more.
Two More Weeks in the Midday Sun
Reflecting on Roger’s 1987 book about his travails at the Cannes Film Festival.
Book Excerpt: Hollywood Pride by Alonso Duralde
An excerpt from a great new book by Alonso Duralde.
Cannes 2024: The Girl with the Needle, Wild Diamond
The first two competition films had a lot in common, despite being set a century apart.
Netflix’s Bridgerton Makes Some Improvements to its Popular Formula
Bridgerton is back! And a few things have changed for the hit Netflix show.
Cannes 2024: The Second Act, Abel Gance’s Napoleon
This year’s Cannes Film Festival opened with a restoration of a silent classic and a meta farce about moviemaking.
Roger Corman’s Greatest Legacy Was Giving So Many People Their Big Break
A brief (yet still incredibly long) list of people who were given their first big break in the film business by the late Roger Corman.
