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Interviews
The Element of Risk: Olivia Wilde on “The Invite”
Black Writers Week
What is the State of the Black Movie Star?
The Unloved
The Unloved, Part 150: Laggies
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Low Expectations, Death Has No Master, The Station
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean, Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “The Boroughs” Offers a Clever Spin on the “Stranger Things” Formula
TV/Streaming
Laughs Come Consistently in NBC’s Clever “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins”
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
TV/Streaming
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Features
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Features
The Great Performances of 2025
Features
The Ten Best Films of 2025
Interviews
It’s Epic to Live a Normal Life: Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley on “Train Dreams”
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 25: The Currents, Gavagai, Is This Thing On?
TV/Streaming
CBS Wants Your Sitcom Time to Be Spent at the “DMV”
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Unidentified, The Fence
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Wasteman, Winter of the Crow, Charlie Harper
Features
Time for Kick-Off: The 11 Best Football Movies (and Where to Watch Them)
Chaz's Journal
Guillermo del Toro to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2025 TIFF Tribute Awards
Features
Meet the Writers: Cortlyn Kelly
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2025: Stellan Skarsgård on “Sentimental Value,” Ingmar Bergman, and Cinematic Empathy
Video Games
Explore the World of “Dune: Awakening”
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2025: Better Man, Black Bag, Mickey 17, More
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Left-Handed Girl, Sirât
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Two Prosecutors, Adam’s Sake, Promised Sky
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s Intense and Seductive “Pulse” is the Streamer’s Best Show in Years
Features
Will I Ever Take My Kids to the Movies?
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
Festivals & Awards
10 Great Performances from Sundance 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: Train Dreams; Sorry, Baby
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Nominations Predictions 2025
Interviews
The Trauma of Inevitability: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on “The Brutalist”
TV/Streaming
FOX’s “Going Dutch” Lacks Chemistry, Heart, and a Sense of Humor
DVD/Blu-Ray
December 2024 Blu-Ray Guide: “The Wild Robot,” “Conclave,” “Alien: Romulus,” More
Features
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
Features
The Great Performances of 2024, Part One
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “No Good Deed” Is a Fantastic Black Comedy About the Woes of Homebuying
Features
Criterion Releases Gorgeous Box Set for Their 40th Anniversary
TV/Streaming
Max’s “Dune: Prophecy” Fails to Capture the Magic of Villeneuve’s Films, Herbert’s Novels
Interviews
When You’re Angry, You’re Already Losing: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson on “Rumours”
Festivals & Awards
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2024: Mike Leigh Accepts the Ebert Director Award
Interviews
On the Trail: India Donaldson on Good One
Festivals & Awards
Mike Leigh to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Features
The Best Films of 2024 So Far
Black Writers Week
Understanding Grief in Rural Canada Through Hulu’s Under the Bridge
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Bridgett M. Davis
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2024: It’s Not Me, Filmlovers!, Misericordia
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2024: The Substance, Visiting Hours
Features
Five Years Later, Us is Jordan Peele’s Defining Puzzle
Interviews
No Matter How Big He Gets, David Dastmalchian Still Wants to Scare You
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
MZS
30 Minutes On: Dune Part Two
MZS
30 Minutes On: Dune Part One
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Be Nominated This Year
Features
Spit On A Griddle: The Return of Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart
TV/Streaming
In AMC’s Brilliant Monsieur Spade, Even the Detectives Come Hard-Boiled
Tributes
A Closing Prayer: Terence Davies (1945-2023)
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Festivals & Awards
Oscar-winner Spike Lee to Receive the 2023 TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sunday, September 10th
Black Writers Week
Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All and the Inescapable Desire to Belong
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2023: Room 999, Anita, In the Rearview
Far Flungers
The Oneness of All Things: On Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia
Interviews
Something Comes Out of Me That Has a Fatherly Quality: Paul Dooley on His New Book Movie Dad
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Phyllis Nagy on Call Jane
Festivals & Awards
58th Chicago International Film Festival Reveals Award Winners
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2022: Coma, Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Enys Men
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Carlota Pereda on Piggy
Festivals & Awards
Oscar-winner Sam Mendes to Receive the 2022 TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sunday, September 11th
Festivals & Awards
Roger Ebert’s Reviews of Oscar-winner Sam Mendes, Who Will Receive the 2022 TIFF Ebert Director Award
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: An Annotated Table of Contents
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Highlights of the Return of the Legendary Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness wins Palme d’Or
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Stars at Noon, Leila’s Brothers, Pacifiction
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: One Fine Morning, Brother and Sister, Mariupolis 2
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2022 Video #1: Opening Night Welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Final Cut
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival Preview 2022
Festivals & Awards
The 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival Welcomes Major Chicago Premieres
Festivals & Awards
