
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2023
A guide to the latest and greatest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Evil Dead Rise, Avatar: The Way of Water, John Wick: Chapter 4, and a 4K release of The Rules of the Game.
A guide to the latest and greatest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Evil Dead Rise, Avatar: The Way of Water, John Wick: Chapter 4, and a 4K release of The Rules of the Game.
The latest monthly column on new streaming and Blu-ray releases includes Elvis, Thor: Love & Thunder, and Criterion releases of Blow Out, Exotica and Sound of Metal.
The latest on Blu-ray and DVD, including Death on the Nile, Cyrano, and 4K releases of The Apartment, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and 'Round Midnight.
Matt writes: On March 15th, the 2021 Oscar nominees were announced, and though David Fincher's "Mank" scored the most nominations, the clear frontrunner in the Best Picture category is Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland," followed closely behind by Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari."
A tribute to the late director and cinema historian, Bertrand Tavernier.
Pierre Rissient passed away on May 6th, 2018 at the age of 81. We send our condolences to his friends and family and reprint this article by Roger in his memory.
An update of the article dedicating Ebertfest 2018 to Roger Ebert and Mary Frances Fagan. And recognizing Ebertfest Volunteers Leonard Doyle, and Sherren (Sherry) Slade.
The newest and greatest on Blu-ray and streaming services, including "John Wick: Chapter 2," "The LEGO Batman Movie," and three Criterion releases!
An interview with filmmaker and critic Bertrand Tavernier about his new film, "My Journey Through French Cinema."
Matt writes: Movie lovers sorely missing a new book featuring the work of Roger Ebert are now in luck. The fourth installment of Ebert's celebrated book series, The Great Movies, is now on sale, compiling the critic's final 62 essays on indispensable films that he considered truly great.
Meredith Brody recaps the films she saw, of past and present, at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
A preview of the films playing at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
A celebration of actresses Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg in anticipation of an upcoming series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC.
A guide to the latest Blu-ray, VOD, and streaming options, including "Fifty Shades of Grey," "American Sniper," and "Blackhat".
A report on the Lumière presentation from this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Streaming on Netflix Instant
Sumptuous light, favorably bathed across richly-drawn characters and their worlds, have long been signifiers of a Patrice Leconte film, yet while such environments exist in the auteur's 1996 comedy-drama, "Ridicule," the words produced within them hold much more prominence.
"Of few deaths can it be said that they end an era, but hers does. No other actress commanded more attention for longer, for her work, her beauty, her private life, and a series of health problems that brought her near death more than once." - Roger, from Elizabeth Taylor, a star in her own category