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Blog Posts That Mention Jackson
Interviews
Liminal Spaces, Transitional States: Alexander Ullom on “It Ends”
Chaz's Journal
Regina Taylor to Perform “Exhibit” at Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Chaz's Journal
Miracle on the Golf Course
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
Chaz's Journal
Chicago, Home of Great Music and Newspapers
Black Writers Week
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Baby Boy” at 25
Black Writers Week
Cinematic Albums of the 2020s: Music That Feels Like a Movie
Black Writers Week
Film Criticism’s Crisis in the Letterboxd Era
Chaz's Journal
The Night I Danced On Stage With Michael Jackson
TV/Streaming
“Dutton Ranch” Keeps the Barn Doors Open for the “Yellowstone” Franchise
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #2: A Look Back at Day One of the Fest
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: The Electric Kiss
Features
A Fond Farewell to Our Critic Monica Castillo
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #1: The 79th Cannes Film Festival Begins!
TV/Streaming
Peacock Takes Us Back to Miami for “M.I.A” Vice and Vengeance
DVD/Blu-Ray
Criterion Venerates Three Essential Works of ’90s Black Cinema with “John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy”
Women Writers Week
A New Cup of Tea: The Best Murder Mysteries You Haven’t Seen
Women Writers Week
Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy
Chaz's Journal
Chaz Ebert Remembers Reverend Jesse Jackson: Oct 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
Tributes
Keep on Dreaming: Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)
Tributes
The Eye of a Camera: Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Remembering the Forgotten Movies of the 2026 Oscar Season
Tributes
We Give It Absolutely Everything: James Van Der Beek (1977-2026)
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: The Lake, Nuisance Bear, Seized, Public Access
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide January 2026: “One Battle After Another,” “Tron: Ares,” “Wicked: For Good,” More
Features
The Archaic Mother’s Embrace: How “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and “Die My Love” Reframe the Monstrous
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: The Shitheads, The History of Concrete, The Invite
Festivals & Awards
2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Interviews
Remote-Droppers and Jeff Bridges: Nick Digilio on His Book About 40 Years Reviewing Movies
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
Chaz's Journal
Happy New Year 2026 from Chaz Ebert and Everyone at RogerEbert.com
Features
The Great Craft of 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
Festivals & Awards
RescueFest Opens with Restoration of Steve Buscemi’s Wonderful “Trees Lounge”
Tributes
What I Know is What I Am: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
Interviews
You’re Living Intrusive Thoughts: Jennifer Lawrence and Lynne Ramsay on “Die My Love”
Interviews
Adaptation is About Subtraction: James Vanderbilt on “Nuremberg”
Chaz's Journal
Two Thumbs Up to Siskel & Ebert’s 50th Anniversary: “Eve’s Bayou” Kicks Off Film Series
Festivals & Awards
A Preview of the 2025 Black Harvest Film Festival
Interviews
The Most Movie Moment: Aiyana-Lee on Getting a Surprise DM from Spike Lee and Filming Her First-Ever Movie Scene with Denzel Washington
TV/Streaming
Hotel Costiera Serves Up a Cozy, Slightly Watered Down Heist Cocktail
TV/Streaming
Season 3 of “Tulsa King” Features Boomers, Bullets, and Bourbon, Oh My
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: A Canadian Viewpoint on the Toronto International Film Festival at 50
TV/Streaming
Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” Piles On More Oscar Winners As The Show Loses Steam
Interviews
11 Baseball Movies that Hit it Out of the Park from Make Me Commissioner’s Jane Leavy
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Eternal Return, Nuremberg, Carolina Caroline
Interviews
You’re Enough, Just So You Know: Jay Duplass and Michael Strassner on “The Baltimorons”
Features
Meet the Writers: Peyton Robinson
Festivals & Awards
San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Aliens and Activations
Features
Meet the Writers: Cortlyn Kelly
Features
Music to Make A Man Fly: The Power of John Williams’ Theme to “Superman”
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s Third Season of “Squid Game” Limps Its Way To Its Bleak, Cynical Finish Line
DVD/Blu-Ray
June 2025 Blu-Ray/Streaming Guide: “Drop,” “The Nice Guys,” “Dark City,” More
Features
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2025: The Narrative Features
Tributes
I Love You For Who You Are: Sly Stone (1943-2025)
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2025: Better Man, Black Bag, Mickey 17, More
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Resurrection, Honey Don’t!
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Die My Love, Pillion, Miroirs No. 3
DVD/Blu-Ray
April 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Heart Eyes,” “One of Them Days,” More
TV/Streaming
“The Last of Us” Returns with a Devastating, Riveting Second Season
DVD/Blu-Ray
March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
Features
Brenda Robinson, Acting President of Film Independent, Set to Preside Over 40th Spirit Awards; Aidy Bryant Cheerfully Returns as Host
MZS
Life, the Movie: Why Documentary Filmmaking Should Return to, You Know, Documenting Stuff
Tributes
Roger Ebert (and More) on David Lynch
Interviews
The Trauma of Inevitability: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on “The Brutalist”
Chaz's Journal
Happy New Year from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com
DVD/Blu-Ray
December 2024 Blu-Ray Guide: “The Wild Robot,” “Conclave,” “Alien: Romulus,” More
Features
The Great Craft of 2024
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Series of 2024
Festivals & Awards
Don’t Miss IndieCollect’s RescueFest This Weekend
TV/Streaming
Ted Danson Stars in Lovely, Moving “A Man on the Inside”
Festivals & Awards
Black Harvest Film Festival 2024 Preview
Tributes
Nothing Left to Prove: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
Interviews
Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler on the Power of “The Piano Lesson”
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2024: Compensation, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Save the Children
Features
Silence As Salvation: The Quiet Femmes of Modern Horror
Festivals & Awards
New York Film Festival 2024: Preview and Thoughts on “The Brutalist,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Festivals & Awards
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race
TV/Streaming
Peacock’s “Fight Night” Largely Entertains But Pulls A Few Punches
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, September 5
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2024: Memories for a Lifetime
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Terminator Zero” Takes Too Long to Develop Its Own Identity
Festivals & Awards
SDCC 2024: Activations, Apes and Other Animals
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s The Decameron Sinks to New Lows
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2024: Chainsaws Were Singing, Dark Match, Scared Shitless
Interviews
Levan Akin on Making Films His Way, the Queer Art That Shaped Him, and His Touching New Drama Crossing
Festivals & Awards
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Receiver” Should Work for NFL Fans Despite a Predictable Playbook
Features
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack Hits Different in the Spotify Era
TV/Streaming
Flying to the Moon: Ten Films About the Apollo Program
Tributes
The Hard Way, Or My Way? RIP Bill Cobbs (1934-2024)
Black Writers Week
Marvel’s Black Villain Era
Black Writers Week
The Growing Exploration of Masculinity and Vulnerability in Media
Black Writers Week
You Ready To Be the King?: Fresh Turns 30
Black Writers Week
