Great Movies
Tributes
Goodbye to a Chicago Legend: Sergio Mims (1955-2022)
A tribute to Sergio Mims from members of the Chicago Film Critics Association and writers of RogerEbert.com.
A tribute to Sergio Mims from members of the Chicago Film Critics Association and writers of RogerEbert.com.
A nightmare movie ruled by nightmare logic, and gorgeous from start to finish.
The most comprehensive guide imaginable for the first three Star Wars films.
One of the most audacious American films from the 1960s is now available via the Criterion Collection.
Meredith Brody recaps the films she saw, of past and present, at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
A preview of the films playing at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
An article on sexy silent film classics.
The film that Fox packaged with "Star Wars" to get theaters to play a little space opera no one had heard of was "The Other Side of Midnight." Jessica Ritchey looks back at a surefire hit that became a trivia answer.
Aging heroes won't give up the gun; Why sex scenes for over-60s are taboo; Trump's resemblance to Citizen Kane; Last films of Fritz Lang; RIP Wes Craven.
The June 2015 edition of Unloved looks at Joseph Losey's M.
On the wealth of new books and materials about Orson Welles on his 100th birthday.
Two visions of Metropolis; Movies with women in main roles make more money; Domestic violence in The Long Goodbye; An interview with Thelma Schoonmaker; Dissecting male violence and beginning a conversation that needs to be had.
We're counting down twelve great movie scenes set around Christmas. Here is the first batch, with #12 through #9.
Ian Grey visits Sherlock Holmes, and deduces why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective is perfectly suited to episode television—and endlessly re-inventable.
Lou Godfrey reflects on his memories of his mother and their movie-going.
"Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era" is a remarkable collection of reviews and essays from critic Peter Rainer. This essay on film noir and neo-noir is excerpted from the book.
Sheila writes: San Francisco-based Jenny Parks is a scientific illustrator, who specializes in drawing wildlife, animals, dinosaurs. She also loves science fiction and cats. The bio on her website states: "Somehow, she found herself with a bit of internet fame with the illustration ‘Doctor Mew’, and has been baffled ever since. With a BFA in illustration from the California College of the Arts, and a graduate degree in Science Illustration from UC Santa Cruz, she now resides in San Francisco as a freelance illustrator, fulfilling her destiny to make a living drawing cute, fuzzy things." Her "Catvengers" series has been linked to all over the place, and I find them whimsical and hilarious. Behold Jenny Parks' Cat-Hulk. See more of her cat series by clicking the "Cats" tab on her site.
