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