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Everything for Someone: San Diego Comic-Con 2026 Part 2
Interviews
This Is Not Art, This Is Life: Ross McElwee on “Remake” and “Sherman’s March”
Features
Fifty Years After the Bicentennial, A Declaration of Independence for American Filmmakers
Roger Ebert
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
Tributes
Something Lasting and Unforgettable: Robert Duvall (1931-2026)
Festivals & Awards
“Train Dreams” Wins Big at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards
Interviews
Lightning in a Bottle: Angus MacLachlan on “A Little Prayer”
Features
The 17 Best Movies About Radio, Ranked
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Interviews
It’s A Process: Kelly Reichardt on “The Mastermind” and Josh O’Connor’s Timeless Mug
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sierra Falconer on “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)”
MZS
Josh Larsen on the Return of Cinema Interruptus
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30 Minutes On: “Nashville”
TV/Streaming
The Best TV of 2025 (So Far)
Far Flungers
“Cookie’s Fortune”: A Little Southern Comedy
Interviews
Ambient Comedy: Carson Lund on “Eephus”
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
Features
14 Underrated Movies of 2024
Festivals & Awards
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
Interviews
Breakfast Is Served—Again: Alan Rudolph on the reissue of “Breakfast of Champions”
Tributes
The World Isn’t As Funny Now: Teri Garr (1944-2024)
Features
The Steady, Inevitable Decline: Sideways at 20
Features
The Tarantino Dozen
Features
“Risky Business” Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the ’80s
Features
I’ve Got A Way With Young People: 25 Years of Dick
Features
Shelley Duvall’s Five Best Performances
Tributes
Transplendent: Shelley Duvall (1949-2024)
Tributes
“This Is The Life, Isn’t It?” Martin Mull: 1943-2024
MZS
The Legacy of David Bordwell; or, The Memorial Service as Network Narrative
MZS
Part of the Solution: Matthew Modine on Acting, Empathy, and Hard Miles
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2024 Announces Full Lineup, With Guests Including Eric Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Larry Karaszewski, and More
Interviews
Wagner Moura Is Still Holding On To Hope
Features
The 10 Best Movies Made for Under $50,000
Features
The True Triumph of Robert Downey Jr.’s Second Act
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: February 2024
Features
A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm
Features
The Great Craft of 2023
Features
Short Films in Focus: Big Touch
Interviews
Their Show Was the Gateway: Matt Singer on His New Book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Tributes
Iron Lungs and Overwhelming Charisma: Michael Gambon (1940-2023)
Far Flungers
Magnolia: One Day in the Valley
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2023
Interviews
Tapping Into the Infinite: Alexandre O. Philippe on Lynch/Oz
Tributes
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Tributes
The Consummate Collaborator: Bill Butler (1921-2023)
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2022: White Noise, Showing Up, Triangle of Sadness
Tributes
Louise Fletcher (1934-2022)
Interviews
Fight the Power: Cyril Schäublin on Unrest
Interviews
Growth in Discomfort: Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall on Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Tributes
James Caan: 1940-2022
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2022: Most Wonderful by Nathaniel Missildine
Tributes
The American Dream, Period: Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022)
Features
7 Movies to Watch on the 50th Anniversary of Watergate
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind, Moonage Daydream
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness, R.M.N., Three Thousand Years of Longing
Tributes
He Made Everything Better: Fred Ward (1942-2022)
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Official Selection Line-Up Overview with Digressions You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Festivals & Awards
The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards Honored Acclaimed Films Overlooked by the Academy
Tributes
A Fearless Critic: Michael Wilmington (1946-2022)
Tributes
The Mystery Was the Point: On the Life of Dean Stockwell (1936-2021)
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: September 2021
Festivals & Awards
Daughters of the Dust to be Presented by Chaz Ebert as Part of the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Chicago Favorites Series
Interviews
Winning is Easy: Producer Griffin Dunne on the 2006 Hidden Gem, Game 6
Features
Stripes Turns 40: Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Documentary Features
Festivals & Awards
Doc10 Festival 2021: Three Highlights of a Powerful Year
Tributes
Ned Beatty: 1937-2021
Interviews
Unboxing the Artist: Suzanne Desrocher-Romero on Restoring George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park
MZS
The Cruelest Month, Part 4: A Leave of Presence
Festivals & Awards
Nomadland, I May Destroy You Take Top Honors at 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Roger Ebert
In Memory of Roger Ebert: Films About Connection
Tributes
George Segal: 1934-2021
Tributes
Giuseppe Rotunno: 1923-2021
Interviews
It Was Great To Play An Actual Cartoon!: Fifteen Minutes With Paul Dooley on Popeye
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Touring Masterworks: Adam Nayman Discusses His New Book on Paul Thomas Anderson
Interviews
Gang of Three: A Conversation with Godfrey Cheshire, Matt Zoller Seitz, and Armond White
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2020: Malmkrog, Days, I Carry You With Me
Features
Book Excerpt: The Press Gang by Godfrey Cheshire, Matt Zoller Seitz, Armond White
Interviews
A Beautiful Circle: Sydney Sweeney and Otmara Marrero on Clementine
Far Flungers
An Invitation to An Unforgettable Wedding in Rachel Getting Married
Features
Buck Henry: 1930-2020
Features
Danny Aiello: 1933-2019
Features
Robert Evans: 1930-2019
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2019: A New Spirit for ’75! by Ethan Warren
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2019: First Cow, Fire Will Come, Endless Night, Martin Eden
Features
Music Box Memories: A Legendary Theatre Celebrates 90 Years
MZS
Son of the father: Peter Fonda, 1940-2019
Interviews
From Blue Velvet to Top Gun: J. Hoberman on Movie Culture in the Reagan Era
Interviews
Tom Skerritt on the 40th Anniversary of Alien, Collaborating with Ridley Scott and More
Features
Happiness and Artifice: The Performances of Julianne Moore
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2019 Reveals Full Line-Up Honoring Scott Wilson, Richard Roeper and Jonathan Demme
Interviews
Christian Petzold on Transit, Kafka, His Love for Den of Thieves and More
TV/Streaming
The Best Current Source for Streaming Classic Movies is … Amazon Prime?
Interviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum on His New Book Collection, Cinematic Encounters
MZS
The Big Five-Oh: A Moviegoing Remembrance
TV/Streaming
A Film About a Bunch of People in Virgil, Texas: True Stories Gets the Criterion Treatment
Features
Matt Fagerholm’s Top Ten Films of 2018
Festivals & Awards
2018 IDA Documentary Awards Honor “Minding the Gap,” “Mr. SOUL!” and More
TV/Streaming
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Maintains its Wonder in Season Two
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