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Venice 2026: The Basics of Philosophy, Diane in the Loop, Look Back
Festivals & Awards
Telluride 2026: Alpha Gang, The Liberation, The Idiots
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2026: Ink, Moragheb, Too Much Sugar
Interviews
It’s Time to Grow Up: Joe Swanberg and Cory Michael Smith on “The Sun Never Sets”
Features
“Chad Powers” Remains a Ludicrous, Warm-Hearted Show in Season 2
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Poh Si Teng on “American Doctor”
Interviews
Be Smart About the Way You Change: Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice on “Finding Emily”
TV/Streaming
“Dark Matter” Reinvents Itself With an Outstanding Second Season
Tributes
Live Wire: Michael Wright, 1956-2026
Video Games
“Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy” Shifts Tone of Cinematic Franchise
Interviews
Shabana Amzi on Her Career, Vulnerability, and “Batwara 1947”
Features
We Were Warned: On “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” at 35
Interviews
Liminal Spaces, Transitional States: Alexander Ullom on “It Ends”
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival 2026: 17 Urgent Hollywood Blacklist Films
Festivals & Awards
Locarno 2026: I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming, Hearing, Bruton
Chaz's Journal
Regina Taylor to Perform “Exhibit” at Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Features
Prophecy is Ragged and Dirty: David Cronenberg’s “Crash” Turns 30
TV/Streaming
Season 4 of Prime Video’s “Reacher” Might Be the Best Yet
MZS
Memories of Helen: The Heroic Despair of “John Wick”
TV/Streaming
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Finds More Comedic Highs in Confident 18th Season
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Julia Hart on “Don’t Say Good Luck”
Features
The People from the Sea: How “The Odyssey” is About America
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2026: Ferine, The Eyes, The Mutation
Interviews
Desire Is the Catalyst: Gregg Araki on “I Want Your Sex”
Tributes
Raise Your Hopeful Voice: Glen Hansard (1970-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Everything for Someone: San Diego Comic-Con 2026 Part 2
MZS
Get on the Train: “NYC in Transit” Launches at Film Forum
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
Features
A Home Away from Home: Goodbye to the Lake Street Screening Room
Interviews
Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” Turns Up the Soapy Drama in Serviceable Second Season
Interviews
Closer to Trees: Hirokazu Kore-eda on “Sheep in the Box”
Chaz's Journal
Flashback: Chaz Ebert on Watching a Christopher Nolan Movie During the Pandemic
Festivals & Awards
Freaks, Samurais, and Vampires: Our 10 Most Anticipated of Fantasia 2026
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s Aggressively Wholesome “Little House on the Prairie” Plays It Safe
Interviews
This Is Not Art, This Is Life: Ross McElwee on “Remake” and “Sherman’s March”
TV/Streaming
Peacock’s “The Five-Star Weekend” Is Way More Than Pedestrian Housewife Melodrama
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: The Guest, Dao, The Match
Features
Through the Window: 10 Times That Foreign Directors Have Looked at America
Roger Ebert
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
Festivals & Awards
Annecy 2026: The City of Animation
Interviews
The Honor of an Absolute Lifetime: Rod Lurie on “Lucky Strike”
Interviews
The Element of Risk: Olivia Wilde on “The Invite”
Festivals & Awards
Filmspotting Fest Returns to Chicago This Weekend
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Documentaries
Black Writers Week
Hard Knocks and Rebirth in the Bayou: Alfre Woodard in “Passion Fish”
Black Writers Week
Uncomfortable Truths: “Set It Off,” “Girl 6,” and “Naked Acts” at 30
Black Writers Week
The Urban Environment: A Conversation with Tatsu Aoki, Avant-Garde Filmmaker
Black Writers Week
When Sci-fi Was Horny: “Logan’s Run” at 50
Black Writers Week
Radical Whimsy: Exploring the Creative Mind of Boots Riley
TV/Streaming
Paramount+’s “The Agency” Expands Its Scope With An Exhilarating Second Season
Black Writers Week
Cinematic Albums of the 2020s: Music That Feels Like a Movie
Black Writers Week
I Am Telling You: Dreamgirls at 20
Black Writers Week
Film Criticism’s Crisis in the Letterboxd Era
TV/Streaming
Captivating Third Season of “House of the Dragon” Is More Complex Than Ever
Black Writers Week
250 Years Later and Blacks Are Still Politically and Racially Enslaved
Black Writers Week
To Make People Aware of Something is Great: A Conversation with Maya Cade
Festivals & Awards
Bentonville Film Festival 2026 Preview
Features
Roger Ebert’s Best and Worst Alien Movies
TV/Streaming
Overlong Summer Romance “Every Year After” Is More Fizzle Than Sizzle
Interviews
Humor Is a Weapon: A Conversation with John Waters
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Milagros Mumenthaler on “The Currents”
Festivals & Awards
60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Elephants in the Fog, Yesterday, The Eye Didn’t Sleep, A Girl’s Story
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Everytime, Ben’Imana, Titanic Ocean
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Cannes 2026: Dua, Flesh and Fuel, Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #7: Festival Dispatch with Jason Gorber
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Cannes 2026 Video #6: Club Kid, Paper Tiger, Clarissa
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Cannes 2026: Avedon, Visitation
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Cannes 2026: The Meltdown, La Frappe, I’ll Be Gone in June
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Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden, Think Good
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Ken Russell’s The Devils, Pan’s Labyrinth, Moonlighting
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Nagi Notes, Ashes
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is Big on Romance, Music, and Spice
Festivals & Awards
Notes from the Red Carpet of the 2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
An Essential Showcase in a Difficult Time: Cannes Film Festival 2026 Preview
TV/Streaming
Michael Sheen and David Tennant’s Emotional Connection Grounds a Bittersweet “Good Omens” Finale
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #1: The 79th Cannes Film Festival Begins!
TV/Streaming
“The Terror: Devil in Silver” Fails to Earn a Spot on the Medal Podium
TV/Streaming
BritBox’s Delightful “The Other Bennet Sister” Is a Romance About Learning to Love Yourself
Festivals & Awards
Milwaukee Film Festival 2026: Making Waves, With Movies, Along the Shores of Lake Michigan
Features
“The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek” is a Serviceably Grim Nordic Noir Thriller
The Unloved
The Unloved, Part 149: Oh… Rosalinda!!
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s Lush, Ambitious “The House of the Spirits” Does Right By Isabel Allende’s Masterpiece
Features
Male Directors Can’t Stop Making Movies About Female Pop Stars
Ebertfest
Love’s in Need of Love Today: Reflections on EbertFest, Cinema, and Empathy
TV/Streaming
Season 2 of Netflix’s “Running Point” Is An Easy Layup
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Kevin” Won’t Help With the Existential Felines
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sophy Romvari on “Blue Heron”
TV/Streaming
Peacock’s “The Miniature Wife” is Big on Feelings, and That’s Not Nothing
TV/Streaming
Season 2 of “Your Friends & Neighbors” Serves Another Course of Hamm-Flavored Suburban Malaise
TV/Streaming
Hulu’s “The Testaments” Returns to Gilead For Another Timely Tale About Privilege and Complicity
Festivals & Awards
“Help Me To Find Kokumo”: A Guide To Beyond Chicago
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide March 2026: Anaconda, The Housemaid, Killers of the Flower Moon, More
Interviews
Shuffling and Whittling and Experimenting: Austin Keeling and Lam T. Nguyen on Editing the Told-on-Screens Film “Mercy”
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: baby/girls, Manhood, Drift
TV/Streaming
Lisa Kudrow Makes An Extremely Welcome “Comeback” to HBO
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Chili Finger, Kill Me, Family Movie
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