Blog Posts That Mention James
The Day James Bond Movies Died
Gerardo Valero
Somehow, James Gunn Always Gets You: An Appreciation of “Creature Commandos”
Matt Zoller Seitz
No Box He Won’t Escape From: James Mangold on “A Complete Unknown”
Clint Worthington
James Gunn Launches His New DCU with Clever “Creature Commandos”
Rendy Jones
30 Years of “Hoop Dreams”: Steve James on Roger Ebert, Oscar Snubs, and Documentary Filmmaking
Noel Ransome
In the Ring: James Madio and Steve Loff on “The Featherweight”
Matt Zoller Seitz
Book Excerpt: LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series by Emily St. James & Noel Murray
The Editors
A Cinematic Partnership for the Ages: James Ivory and Director Stephen Soucy on Telling the Merchant Ivory Story
Monica Castillo
Everything the Light Touches: James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
Odie Henderson
True To Yourself: James Gray on James Gray’s New York
Isaac Feldberg
True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original
Brian Tallerico
James Caan: 1940-2022
Dan Callahan
Life Itself to Screen at FACETS on May 19th with Director Steve James in Attendance
The Editors
Defying Gravity: Dante Basco, Caroline Goodall, James V. Hart, Charlie Korsmo and More on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Hook
Matt Fagerholm
Oscar-Nominated Documentarian Steve James to Host Workshop on February 20th as Part of No Malice Film Contest
Chaz Ebert
Sometimes You Get Lucky: Composer James Newton Howard on News of the World
Clint Worthington
Book Review: The Lost Adventures of James Bond
Glenn Kenny
We Are Not a Monolith: JaNeika and JaSheika James on Their Book, Living Double
Chaz Ebert
Sundance 2020: Luis Miranda and John James on Siempre, Luis
Monica Castillo
The Legendary Edward James Olmos on Stand and Deliver, American Me, Battlestar Galactica and More
Aaron Aradillas
Steve James Among Presenters at Victory Garden Theater’s Chicago Stories Gala, Featuring Debut of My Play, The Great Debate
Chaz Ebert
The Musical History Behind the James Bond Gun Barrel Sequences
Charlie Brigden
Barry Jenkins on Adapting James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk, The Film’s Timeliness and more
Nell Minow
Telling Their Stories: Stephan James and KiKi Layne on If Beale Street Could Talk
Brian Tallerico
RIP Cinema: On James Dean’s Disappearance and French New Wave Legacy
Q.V. Hough
“You Were Expecting Someone Else?” Why a Non-White James Bond is the Franchise’s Logical Next Step
Kyle Turner
Steve James on Examining a High School’s Racial Disparities in America to Me
Allison Shoemaker
Steve James Named 2018 Guggenheim Honoree by American Film Institute
The Editors
A Great Anthropological Experience: Steve James and Laura Checkoway on Their Oscar-Nominated Documentaries
Matt Fagerholm
Congratulations to Steve James on Your Oscar Nomination
Chaz Ebert
“Stranger Things 2” Operates From the James Cameron Sequel Playbook
Brian Tallerico
James Ivory on the Return of “Heat and Dust”
Peter Sobczynski
James at 13
Matt Zoller Seitz
Sundance 2017: “The Incredible Jessica James” & “The Little Hours”
Brian Tallerico
Fanning the Flames of Awareness: James Redford on “Resilience”
Matt Fagerholm
Steve James Featured on Sam Fragoso’s Talk Easy Podcast
The Editors
Only connect: James Ivory on “Howards End”
Matt Zoller Seitz
TIFF 2016 Interview: Steve James on “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
Matt Fagerholm
Not Just Black and White: Stephan James on “Race”
Matt Fagerholm
James Franco Carries “11.22.63” Over Sluggish Midsection
Brian Tallerico
Movies Are My Medication: Josh Mond and Christopher Abbott on “James White”
Matt Fagerholm
James Horner’s Underrated Scores
Jessica Ritchey
The Unloved, Part 19: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Scout Tafoya
In Her Own Words: Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees on “Amy”
Matt Fagerholm
Painting with sound: the music of James Horner, 1953-2015
Matt Zoller Seitz
Obit for Imogene James
The Editors
Interview: James D. Cooper on “Lambert & Stamp”
Susan Wloszczyna
Sundance 2015: “James White”
Brian Tallerico
Sundance 2015 Interview: Christopher Abbott of “James White”
Sam Fragoso
Roger Ebert’s Perfect London Walk on Sunday, November 9th; Steve James in London Today, November 7th
The Editors
More Than a Superstar: “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown”
Brian Tallerico
Chaz Ebert and Steve James to Discuss “Life Itself” at Chicago Humanities Festival
The Editors
Chaz Ebert and Steve James to Appear at Chicago Humanities Festival
The Editors
The spark of life: James Shigeta, 1933-2014
Matt Zoller Seitz
James Garner: 1928-2014
Peter Sobczynski
Interview: From “Hoop Dreams” to “Life Itself” with Steve James
Odie Henderson
Join Chaz Ebert and Steve James for a Reddit AMA on “Life Itself”
The Editors
An Exclusive Clip From Steve James’ “Life Itself”
The Editors
James Gray on His Personal Vision For “The Immigrant”
Steve Erickson
Ebertfest Opens with Emotional Screening of Steve James’ “Life Itself”
Nell Minow
Ebertfest 2014 Is Bringing Oliver Stone, Steve James and Patton Oswalt
The Editors
“This is not only your film”: Steve James talks about his Roger Ebert documentary “Life Itself”
Matt Zoller Seitz
Enough said? Notes on James Gandolfini
Jemima Bucknell
James Cromwell talks about “Still Mine”
Peter Sobczynski
Don’t Stop Believing: A Fan’s Notes on the Passing of James Gandolfini
Matt Zoller Seitz
thumbnails 6/20/2013: James Gandolfini edition
Matt Zoller Seitz
Coming to America: A Conversation with James Gray
Michał Oleszczyk
Love & Money with James Toback
Michał Oleszczyk
Ten Questions for James “Pimp Daddy” Lipton
Roger Ebert
Thank you, James Cameron…
Jim Emerson
James Cameron’s great double feature
Wael Khairy
Growing up with James Bond
Gerardo Valero
Omer Mozaffar, a Pakistani Chicagoan, discusses James Cameron’s “Avatar”
Omer M. Mozaffar
The James Bond template
Gerardo Valero
Anthony James Ryan: In Memory
Roger Ebert
James Stewart, a tribute
Roger Ebert
Passions run deep for James Caan
Roger Ebert
Interview with James Coburn
Roger Ebert
James Mason: “The Boys from Brazil”
Roger Ebert
Interview with James Goldstone and Jennings Lang
Roger Ebert
James Wong Howe, Master of Lights
Roger Ebert
James T. Farrell: “My past is considered better than my future.”
Roger Ebert
The 20 Best Films of 2025 So Far
The Editors
Syfy’s “Revival” Resurrects the Small-Town Zombie Craze In Suitably Morbid Fashion
Clint Worthington
Cannes 2025 Video #9: Wrap Up
Chaz Ebert
59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
Isaac Feldberg
Netflix Unpacks One of Chicago’s Most Infamous Unsolved Mysteries in “Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders”
Richard Roeper
Movies That Deal with the Peculiarities of Being a Teenager: Bruce Handy on His New Book about Teen Movies
Nell Minow
Cannes 2025: Renoir, Sons of the Neon Night, Orwell: 2+2=5
Robert Daniels
The Red Carpets of the 2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Zachary Lee
Lookin’s Free: Joe Don Baker (1936-2025)
Scout Tafoya
The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival
Laura Emerick
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview
Brian Tallerico
April 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Heart Eyes,” “One of Them Days,” More
Brian Tallerico
Doc10 Launches 10th Anniversary Edition with Some of the Best Non-Fiction Films of 2025
Brian Tallerico
Defined In Isolation: Ryan Coogler on “Sinners”
Zachary Lee
The CW’s “Sherlock & Daughter” Appears to be Made for No One
Cristina Escobar
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