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Home Entertainment Guide: August 2024
National Cinema Day to Offer $4 Movie Tickets on Sunday, August 27th
The 2024 Sundance Press Inclusion Initiative Application Open Now Through Friday, August 25th
XL Film Festival Runs August 18-20
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2022: Innerspace: When I Look In Your Eye by Frank Falisi
The 4th AAFCA TV Honors to Be Held on Saturday, August 20th
AAFCA TV Honors 2021 to Stream This Saturday, August 28th
Melissa Haizlip’s Mr. Soul! to Premiere on HBO Max on August 22nd
FACETS to Reopen on September 17th, Hold Industry/Press Open House on August 24th
Geena Davis and Wendy Guerrero Preview the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival, Running August 3-8
Cinema Femme’s Black Female Filmmaker Renaissance Panel to Stream Live on August 8th
Cinema Femme’s Inaugural Short Film Festival, Running August 6th-9th, to Host Virtual Events with Karyn Kusama, Jennifer Reeder and Others
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2019: A Treadmill to Nowhere By Julia Selinger
True/False 2019: Caballerango, American Factory, The Hottest August, Finding Frances
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2018: Women, Aliens, and Dangerous Things: Female Bodies in Alien 3 by Sarah Welch
Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Hold Annual Grants Banquet on August 9th
All Ages Welcome at Free Screenings of Eighth Grade on August 8th
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2017: “And That’s How it Happens: Life, Death and ‘Big Fish'” by Katherine Webb
HFPA Annual Grants Banquet Set for August 2nd
Roger Ebert to be Inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame on August 19th
Ebertfest 2017: “De-Lovely,” “Pleasantville,” “Varieté,” “July and Half of August”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: August 18, 2016
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2016: “Sacred Texts and Ruined Childhoods: On Aronofsky’s ‘Noah'” by Lauren Wilford
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: August 4, 2016
Bright Wall/Dark Room Excerpt August 2015: “Paris License” by Karina Wolf
HFPA Annual Grants Banquet Set for August 13th
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: August 14, 2014
A lonely day in August
Cannes 2025: A Private Life, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue”
Karen Jankel, Daughter of Author Michael Bond, Tells Stories of London’s Lovable Paddington Bear
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
10 Great Performances from Sundance 2025
Ten Shocking Omissions from the 2025 Oscar Nominations
It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness (book by Chaz Ebert, with Foreword by Tamron Hall)
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
Black Harvest Film Festival 2024: A Reflection of a City on the Rise
“She Just Had an Accident”: “Seed of Chucky” at 20
A Voice from the Great Unconscious: Tony Todd (1954-2024)
Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler on the Power of “The Piano Lesson”
The Private is Public: On the 10th Anniversary of “Nightcrawler”
CIFF 2024: On the Legacy and Importance of The Spook Who Sat by the Door
His Own Way: John Amos (1940-2024)
Saying Goodbye to Michael Loewenstein, Set Designer for Siskel & Ebert at the Movies
Everything the Light Touches: James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
The Telluride Tea: My Diary of the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, September 5
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memories for a Lifetime
Albert Brooks Enriches Criterion Collection with “Real Life” and “Mother”
The Ambition of “Star Wars Outlaws” Overwhelms Its Flaws
Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” is Less Cozy, Still Fun
13 Films Illuminate Locarno Film Festival’s Columbia Pictures Retrospective
2024 XL Film Festival & Summit – Highlights of its Sophomore Year
Conversation Piece: Phil Donahue (1935-2024)
The Party is Over in City of God: The Fight Rages On
Apple TV+’s Bad Monkey Struggles to Find Its Voice
On the Trail: India Donaldson on Good One
SDCC 2024: Activations, Apes and Other Animals
Interview with Next Avenue: Chaz Ebert Wants You To Give a FECK
With Season 3, HBO’s Industry Remains One of the Best Shows of the Decade
Justin Baldoni Wants You to Believe
Losers Win: Guardians of the Galaxy Turns 10
Prime Video Has What Batman Fans Need in Caped Crusader
SDCC 2024: Back Bigger and Better
Retrospective: Jean-Pierre Melville and the Cinematic Hitman
The 10 Most Intriguing Titles at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Fantasia 2024: Bookworm, Shelby Oaks, The Count of Monte Cristo
Levan Akin on Making Films His Way, the Queer Art That Shaped Him, and His Touching New Drama Crossing
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
The Gene Siskel Film Center Celebrates the First and Last of Famous Filmmakers with their Entrances & Exits Series
“This Is The Life, Isn’t It?” Martin Mull: 1943-2024
Leaving A Mark Behind: Kevin Costner on Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
The Hard Way, Or My Way? RIP Bill Cobbs (1934-2024)
Willie Mays: The Greatest to Ever Play
