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Albert Brooks Enriches Criterion Collection with “Real Life” and “Mother”
Owning My Power: Danielle Brooks on The Color Purple
Book Review: Funny Man – Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks: “We can turn out a monster an hour during peak production periods.”
Albert Brooks defends his cinematic life
Richard Brooks: Looking for Mr. Goodscene
The Movie’s Silent, But Mel Brooks Isn’t
Mel Brooks: “It will have a plot.”
Big Blocks of Fun: A Minecraft Movie
Netflix’s “The Residence” Spins White House Chaos into Cozy Mystery
“Out of My Mind” Director Amber Sealey on Casting Authenticity and Breaking Barriers
I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
Sundance 2025: Lurker; Free Leonard Peltier; Oh, Hi
Apple TV+ Misses the Mark With Conspiracy Thriller “Prime Target”
Have a Great Day: David Lynch (1946-2025)
14 Underrated Movies of 2024
Sony’s “Frank Capra at Columbia” 4K Box Set Encapsulates One of America’s Great Filmmakers
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
A Prophet is Without Honor in His Own Country; or, The Curious Case of Clint Eastwood
His Own Way: John Amos (1940-2024)
Pull the String: Larry Karaszewski Remembers “Ed Wood” at 30
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memories for a Lifetime
Experience the Star Trek Movies in 70mm at Out of this World L.A. Event
No Dream Is Ever Just a Dream: Eyes Wide Shut Turns 25
“This Is The Life, Isn’t It?” Martin Mull: 1943-2024
Juneteenth Film Festival Returns For A Powerful Second Year
Have An Original Screenplay? Write it as a Novel!
How Women of Color Are Shifting the Narrative
A Man Goes to the Movies: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Lists
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2024
Oscars 2024: The View from the Room
A Great Movie Year Deserved a Better Oscars
Working with Complete Fantasy: On the Legacy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
A (Not So) Brief History of Silent Film Influences on Pop Music
Comedy is Defiance: Richard Lewis (1947-2024)
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
Welcome to Chicago, Michał Oleszczyk!
The Enduring Laughs—and Life—of Harold Ramis
The Throwaway Scene That Gives Blazing Saddles Its Warm Heart
Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like Coyote vs Acme Should Be a Crime
The Perfection of the Human Soul: The Cast of Groundhog Day Celebrates Harold Ramis
Nine Major Omissions from the 2024 Oscar Nominations
The 96th Academy Award Nominations Are Announced, Led by Oppenheimer
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Be Nominated This Year
The 15th Annual AAFCA Awards Announces Award Recipients
2024 Awards Season Kickoff: Palm Springs, Variety Honorees, Golden Globes, Governors Awards
A Report from the Color Purple Special Screening with Oprah Winfrey
The Individual Top Tens of 2023
The Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television Honoring Black, Latino, and AAPI Achievements in 2023
R.I.P. Icon Norman Lear, Thank You for Your Century of Inspiration
The Year of Black Men in Cinema: Chaz Ebert’s Top Ten(-ish) Films of 2023
2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition
Venice Film Festival 2023: Poor Things, Maestro, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Killer
Laurel and Hardy: Year One is Another Fine Blu-ray from Flicker Alley
From Despair to Hope: A Costly Phantom Mercury Contamination Scare in the Scarboro Community
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2023
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Celebrating Graduates of 2023
Peacock’s Droll Bupkis Wants Us to Take Pete Davidson Seriously
Quietly Revolutionary: Abby Ryder Fortson and Kelly Fremon Craig on Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
The Rewards are Endless: Scott Ryan on His New Book, Lost Highway: The Fist of Love
Bright Wall/Dark Room March 2023: Something Wild: The Other Half of You by Christian Craig
Stellar Acting Keeps Season Two of Perry Mason Afloat
Moths to the Flame: Damien Chazelle on Babylon
Clint Worthington’s Overlooked Films of 2022
Happy 100th Birthday to Norman Lear!
Neil Patrick Harris Gets His Gay Groove Back in Darren Star’s Frothy Sitcom Uncoupled
Fantasia 2022: Country Gold, The Harbinger, Glorious
We’re Only as Good as Our Generation: Ethan Hawke on The Last Movie Stars
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2022
The Space Left on the Screen is For You to Fill: Scott Ryan on Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared
A True Artiste: Lloyd Kaufman on His Career and His Final Film
William Hurt: 1950-2022
HBO Max’s Peacemaker Continues Twisted Saga of Suicide Squad
The Connection to Old Hollywood: Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
Critics Choice Awards Celebration of Black Cinema & Television to Honor Will Smith, Ruth Negga and More on December 6th
You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim): Patricia J. Sobczynski, 1941-2021
Death Stranding Returns in Flashy Director’s Cut
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive: Cinema’s Postmodern Samurai
Laughing Until It Hurts: An American Werewolf in London at 40
You Need to Feed The Eyes For Your Dreams: The Cinema of Leos Carax
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Narrative Features
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2021
The Bonus Situation: Yaphet Kotto, 1939-2021
Home Entertainment Guide: February 2021
Cloris Leachman: 1926-2021
Outlines: A Queer Reading of Some Silhouettes
Welcome to Judgment City: A Look Back at Defending Your Life
Home Entertainment Guide: October 2020
Thumbnails 9/18/20
Finding the Meaning of Tenet: On Watching the First COVID-19 Era Blockbuster
Break Open the Paradigm: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss on Boys State
Celebrating Living Legend Norman Lear on His 98th Birthday
Cinema Femme’s Black Female Filmmaker Renaissance Panel to Stream Live on August 8th
Home Entertainment Guide: July 23, 2020
Living Legends: A Salute to Norman Lear
Enter Laughing: Carl Reiner, 1922-2020
