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Being Charlie
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
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Happy Feet Two
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Terminator Salvation
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TV/Streaming
Season 4 of Prime Video’s “Reacher” Might Be the Best Yet
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Julia Hart on “Don’t Say Good Luck”
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Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
Chaz's Journal
Chicago, Home of Great Music and Newspapers
Features
Black Protagonists Are Transforming Modern Horror Television for the Better
Interviews
He’s Just That Guy: Jeffrey Wright on “Basquiat”
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: The Guest, Dao, The Match
TV/Streaming
Apple TV’s “Silo” Falters in Transitional Third Season
Black Writers Week
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Baby Boy” at 25
Black Writers Week
J. Christopher Hamilton on Culture, Capital, and Creative Leverage
Black Writers Week
Through My Lens: The Accidental Archivist of ‘90s Howard University
Black Writers Week
Film Criticism’s Crisis in the Letterboxd Era
Black Writers Week
250 Years Later and Blacks Are Still Politically and Racially Enslaved
Festivals & Awards
Bentonville Film Festival 2026 Preview
Features
The Horror of AI in “Obsession” & “Backrooms”
Features
The 20 Best Films of 2026 So Far
Interviews
Humor Is a Weapon: A Conversation with John Waters
Interviews
Hearing a Movie: Daniel Roher on “Tuner”
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean, Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: A Man of His Time, Moulin, Coward
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “The Boroughs” Offers a Clever Spin on the “Stranger Things” Formula
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Minotaur, Red Rocks
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Club Kid, Marie Madeleine
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is Big on Romance, Music, and Spice
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
Netflix’s Animated “Stranger Things: Tales from ’85” is an Insulting Waste of Time
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Beef” Returns with a Season as Twisted and Hysterical as the First
Video Games
Capcom’s “Pragmata” is the Next Great Dad Game
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: Trapped (with Sam Cutler-Kreutz)
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Crash Land, The Fox, Love Language
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Brian, Basic, Seekers of Infinite Love
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Imposters, Sender, Monitor
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Chili Finger, Kill Me, Family Movie
Festivals & Awards
At This Year’s Oscars, The Show Must Go On
Interviews
We Broke the Loop: Ian Tuason and Nina Kiri on “undertone”
Women Writers Week
Monstrous Women: From Medusa to the Bride and Rumi Too
Women Writers Week
Across 50 Seasons, “Survivor” Reflects Evolving Views of American Women
Women Writers Week
Reflections on Nuremberg: Lessons on Evil
Women Writers Week
“RJ Decker” Successfully Brings Whimsy to Network Procedural
Women Writers Week
Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy
TV/Streaming
Twisty, Funny HBO’s “DTF St. Louis” is an Addictive Watch
Features
Christy Lemire Bids a Fond Farewell to RogerEbert.com
Books
Book Excerpt: STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, Edited by B.C. Wallin
Tributes
The Belle of Absurdity: Catherine O’Hara (1954-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: When a Witness Recants, Time and Water, Antiheroine
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: Joybubbles, Soul Patrol, Who Killed Alex Odeh?
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: Birds of War, One in a Million, Silenced
Festivals & Awards
The 8 Biggest Snubs of the 2026 Oscar Nominations
Features
A Tribute to Former FCC Chair and Media Champion Newton Minow
TV/Streaming
“Stranger Things” Hurtles to Its Series Finale with Second Volume of Fifth Season
Features
The 10 Best Horror Films of 2025
Tributes
As You Wish: Rob Reiner (1947-2025)
Features
The Ten Best Films of 2025
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Tamara Kotevska on “The Tale of Silyan”
Roger Ebert
Their Show Cracked Open the World: Siskel & Ebert Memories
Interviews
A Source of Inspiration: Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård on “Sentimental Value”
Interviews
It’s Important for a Film to Wake an Audience Up: Ira Sachs on “Peter Hujar’s Day”
Far Flungers
No Other Land: Surviving a Crushing Machine
Festivals & Awards
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: Journey into Sato Tadao
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: 24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays With Morrie (with Scott Tinkham)
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2025: Silent Friend, Calle Malaga, Belén
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “IT: Welcome to Derry” Feels too Much Like a Sideshow in the Stephen King Circus
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2025: The Stranger, Franz, Kontinental ’25
Video Games
“Battlefield 6” Seeks to Reclaim the Front Line of Multiplayer Shooters
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2025: The 63rd Edition Comes to a Close
TV/Streaming
Tim Robinson Sits in a World of Paranoid Conspiracies in HBO’s “The Chair Company”
Interviews
An Ear for Writing For Women: Stan Zimmerman on Golden Girls, Rosanne, Gilmore Girls
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: The Tale of Silyan, Love+War, The Balloonists
Interviews
Cheese, Glue, and Skiffle: Spinal Tap & Marty DeBergi on “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Unidentified, The Fence
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: The Christophers, &Sons, Dead Man’s Wire, Tuner
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