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Blog Posts That Mention Brooks
Interviews
Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
Features
Satirizing and Saluting: Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie” At 50
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is Big on Romance, Music, and Spice
Festivals & Awards
S. Epatha Merkerson, Danielle Brooks, More To Be Honored at 2026 Annual Black Women Film Network Summit
Women Writers Week
Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: If I Go Will They Miss Me, Night Nurse, Jaripeo
Festivals & Awards
2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
TV/Streaming
School Spinoff “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” Boldly Goes Through Growing Pains
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
The Unloved
The Unloved, Part 145: I’ll Do Anything
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
Tributes
You Play Well: Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
Features
What Really Matters is What You Like: “High Fidelity” at 25
DVD/Blu-Ray
Criterion’s “The Wes Anderson Archive” is the Blu-ray Box Set of the Year
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Bad Apples, Eternity, Sacrifice
TV/Streaming
Effective Second Season of “Peacemaker” Proves the Future of the DCU’s TV Slate is Bright
Festivals & Awards
SDCC 2025: Celebrating ALL the Popular Arts
DVD/Blu-Ray
DVD/Blu-Ray Guide July 2025: “A Minecraft Movie,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “The Legend of Ochi,” More
Features
It’s One Louder: “This is Spinal Tap” Turns 41
Interviews
Rescuing a Movie About Angels From the Devil Himself: Kevin Smith on “Dogma”
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Big Blocks of Fun: A Minecraft Movie
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “The Residence” Spins White House Chaos into Cozy Mystery
Interviews
“Out of My Mind” Director Amber Sealey on Casting Authenticity and Breaking Barriers
Tributes
I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Lurker; Free Leonard Peltier; Oh, Hi
TV/Streaming
Apple TV+ Misses the Mark With Conspiracy Thriller “Prime Target”
Tributes
Have a Great Day: David Lynch (1946-2025)
Features
14 Underrated Movies of 2024
TV/Streaming
Sony’s “Frank Capra at Columbia” 4K Box Set Encapsulates One of America’s Great Filmmakers
Festivals & Awards
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
MZS
A Prophet is Without Honor in His Own Country; or, The Curious Case of Clint Eastwood
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His Own Way: John Amos (1940-2024)
Interviews
Pull the String: Larry Karaszewski Remembers “Ed Wood” at 30
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memories for a Lifetime
Features
Experience the Star Trek Movies in 70mm at Out of this World L.A. Event
TV/Streaming
Albert Brooks Enriches Criterion Collection with “Real Life” and “Mother”
Features
No Dream Is Ever Just a Dream: Eyes Wide Shut Turns 25
Tributes
“This Is The Life, Isn’t It?” Martin Mull: 1943-2024
Black Writers Week
Juneteenth Film Festival Returns For A Powerful Second Year
Black Writers Week
Have An Original Screenplay? Write it as a Novel!
Black Writers Week
How Women of Color Are Shifting the Narrative
MZS
A Man Goes to the Movies: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Lists
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2024
Festivals & Awards
Oscars 2024: The View from the Room
Festivals & Awards
A Great Movie Year Deserved a Better Oscars
Features
Working with Complete Fantasy: On the Legacy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Features
A (Not So) Brief History of Silent Film Influences on Pop Music
Tributes
Comedy is Defiance: Richard Lewis (1947-2024)
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
Chaz's Journal
Welcome to Chicago, Michał Oleszczyk!
Chaz's Journal
The Enduring Laughs—and Life—of Harold Ramis
MZS
The Throwaway Scene That Gives Blazing Saddles Its Warm Heart
MZS
Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like Coyote vs Acme Should Be a Crime
Interviews
The Perfection of the Human Soul: The Cast of Groundhog Day Celebrates Harold Ramis
Festivals & Awards
Nine Major Omissions from the 2024 Oscar Nominations
Festivals & Awards
The 96th Academy Award Nominations Are Announced, Led by Oppenheimer
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Be Nominated This Year
Festivals & Awards
The 15th Annual AAFCA Awards Announces Award Recipients
Interviews
Owning My Power: Danielle Brooks on The Color Purple
Festivals & Awards
2024 Awards Season Kickoff: Palm Springs, Variety Honorees, Golden Globes, Governors Awards
Features
A Report from the Color Purple Special Screening with Oprah Winfrey
Features
The Individual Top Tens of 2023
Festivals & Awards
The Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television Honoring Black, Latino, and AAPI Achievements in 2023
Chaz's Journal
R.I.P. Icon Norman Lear, Thank You for Your Century of Inspiration
Chaz's Journal
The Year of Black Men in Cinema: Chaz Ebert’s Top Ten(-ish) Films of 2023
Festivals & Awards
2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2023: Poor Things, Maestro, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Killer
TV/Streaming
Laurel and Hardy: Year One is Another Fine Blu-ray from Flicker Alley
Black Writers Week
From Despair to Hope: A Costly Phantom Mercury Contamination Scare in the Scarboro Community
Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2023
Black Writers Week
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Celebrating Graduates of 2023
TV/Streaming
Peacock’s Droll Bupkis Wants Us to Take Pete Davidson Seriously
Interviews
Quietly Revolutionary: Abby Ryder Fortson and Kelly Fremon Craig on Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Interviews
The Rewards are Endless: Scott Ryan on His New Book, Lost Highway: The Fist of Love
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room March 2023: Something Wild: The Other Half of You by Christian Craig
TV/Streaming
Stellar Acting Keeps Season Two of Perry Mason Afloat
Interviews
Moths to the Flame: Damien Chazelle on Babylon
Features
Clint Worthington’s Overlooked Films of 2022
Chaz's Journal
Happy 100th Birthday to Norman Lear!
TV/Streaming
Neil Patrick Harris Gets His Gay Groove Back in Darren Star’s Frothy Sitcom Uncoupled
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2022: Country Gold, The Harbinger, Glorious
Interviews
We’re Only as Good as Our Generation: Ethan Hawke on The Last Movie Stars
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2022
Interviews
The Space Left on the Screen is For You to Fill: Scott Ryan on Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared
Interviews
A True Artiste: Lloyd Kaufman on His Career and His Final Film
Tributes
William Hurt: 1950-2022
TV/Streaming
HBO Max’s Peacemaker Continues Twisted Saga of Suicide Squad
Tributes
The Connection to Old Hollywood: Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
Festivals & Awards
Critics Choice Awards Celebration of Black Cinema & Television to Honor Will Smith, Ruth Negga and More on December 6th
Tributes
You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim): Patricia J. Sobczynski, 1941-2021
Video Games
Death Stranding Returns in Flashy Director’s Cut
Features
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive: Cinema’s Postmodern Samurai
Features
Laughing Until It Hurts: An American Werewolf in London at 40
Features
You Need to Feed The Eyes For Your Dreams: The Cinema of Leos Carax
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Narrative Features
Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2021
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