A Hidden Life
It’s one of the year’s best and most distinctive movies, though sure to be divisive, even alienating for some viewers, in the manner of nearly…
Joachim Trier
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Thelma (2017)
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Writer, Director
Sheila O'Malley -
Louder Than Bombs (2016)
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Director, Writer
Brian Tallerico -
Oslo, August 31 (2012)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Reprise (2008)
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Directed by, Written by
Roger Ebert
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
Seventh Row Publishes Beyond Empowertainment, a Critical Study of Feminism in Horror
An excerpt from Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist Horror and the Struggle for Female Agency, as published by Seventh Row.
Celebration of Life for Mary Frances Fagan to be Held April 14th
An update of the article dedicating Ebertfest 2018 to Roger Ebert and Mary Frances Fagan. And recognizing Ebertfest Volunteers Leonard Doyle, and Sherren (Sherry) Slade.
Ebertfest 2018 Will Be Dedicated to Roger Ebert and Mary Frances Fagan
An article about Ebertfest 2018 being dedicated to Roger Ebert and Mary Frances Fagan.
Thumbnails 12/21/17
Salma Hayek on Harvey Weinstein; Facebook silencing women; Museum of Endangered Sounds; Andrew Droz Palermo's "One & Two"; Appreciation of "S.W.A.T."
Video Interview: Joachim Trier on "Thelma"
A video interview with co-writer/director Joachim Trier about his icy sci-fi parable, "Thelma."
CIFF 2017 Preview: 45 Films to See
A list of films and special events to check out when attending this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
#311 September 19, 2017
Matt writes: The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival just wrapped this past weekend, and screened an enormous array of enticing titles set for release this awards season. Click here for our complete festival coverage, including dispatches from Chaz Ebert, Brian Tallerico, Tina Hassannia, Vikram Murthi and Nick Allen.
TIFF 2017: “Thelma,” “Disobedience”
On two new films about repression and sexuality from TIFF.
#308 August 8, 2017
Matt writes: One of the most praised films on RogerEbert.com this year has been David Lowery's audacious and unforgettable "A Ghost Story," reuniting the director with his "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" stars Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Brian Tallerico praised the picture upon his initial viewing of it at Sundance, and programmed it as the closing night selection at this year's Chicago Critics' Film Festival, where it played to a packed house. Tallerico later interviewed Lowery for the site, while Matt Zoller Seitz awarded the film four stars. Also worth a look is Noah Gittel's recent essay on Lowery and the "cinema of narrative displacement."
The Best Films of 2016 So Far
The year to date in cinema as seen by our contributors.
A Family's Mosaic: Joachim Trier on "Louder Than Bombs"
An interview with co-writer/director Joachim Trier about "Louder Than Bombs."
#272 March 9, 2016
Barbara Cannes 2015
A table of contents of Cannes 2015 coverage by Barbara Scharres.
Chaz Cannes 2015
The table of contents of Chaz Ebert's coverage of Cannes 2015.
The Cannes Blues
A report on the environment at Cannes and the art of queuing.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: May 21, 2015
A guide to the latest Blu-ray, VOD, and streaming options, including "Fifty Shades of Grey," "American Sniper," and "Blackhat".
Cannes 2015: "Mon Roi," "Zvizdan," "Louder Than Bombs"
A Cannes report on new films by Maiwenn and Joachim Trier.
Welcome to Cannes 2015
A curtain raiser for the 2015 iteration of the Cannes Film Festival.
Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview 2015
A preview of the Chicago Critics Film Festival, featuring "The End of the Tour," "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl," "The Overnight," "Digging For Fire," "Results," and much more!
Ebertfest Film Passes Go On Sale Today!
Mark your calendar for April 23–27, 2014 and get your pass while they last.
Days of Ebertfest: The 2013 schedule
PRESS RELEASE: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Terrence Malick's 1978 film "Days of Heaven" won an Oscar for best cinematography, and Roger Ebert likely found that no surprise. It is "above all one of the most beautiful films ever made," Ebert said in a 1997 review. So it's only appropriate that the film will open the 15th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival on April 17 in the big-screen, newly renovated Virginia Theater in downtown Champaign.
A lonely day in August
Sometimes movies provide the moments I empathize with even though I am completely different from their characters. I remember how I sympathetically reacted to one particular scene around the end of "The Hurt Locker" (2008) because I would also be at a loss in its hero's circumstance unless my family or others accompanied me. Several months after watching that movie, I thought about that scene after wandering alone around the aisles of a big supermarket in the suburban area of Des Plaines, Illinois for at least more than 20 minutes until I settled on a loaf of white bread and a bottle of marmalade after lots and lots of hesitation.
#115 May 16, 2012
Marie writes: Behold a truly inspired idea...Age 8: Eileen's pink creature It started with a simple idea: to make a recognizable comfort toy for her 4 year-old son Dani, based on one of his drawing. His school had asked the children to bring in a toy from home; an emergency measure in the event of a tantrum or crying fit. Fearing he might lose his favorite, Wendy Tsao decided to make Dani a new one. Using a drawing he often made as her guide, she improvised a plush toy snowman. Five years later, Wendy Tsao has her own thriving home-based craft business - Child's Own Studio - in which she transforms the imaginative drawings of children into plush and cloth dolls; each one handcrafted and one-of-a-kind. She receives requests from parents all over the world; there's 500 people on waiting list. Note: kudos to club member Sandy Kahn for submitting the piece.
Apocalypse von Trier; Miike in 3-D
Another much-anticipated film by one of the big names in this year's Cannes competition premiered this morning -- "Melancholia" by Lars von Trier. It's no secret that this apocalyptic science fiction drama ends with the destruction of the earth, since that is revealed in the first few minutes of the film. The character played by Charlotte Gainsbourg, neatly summarizes von Trier's dark pessimism with the line, "The earth is evil; we don't need to mourn for it." What is rather amazing is that a film about the destruction of all life (and von Trier posits that we are alone in the universe) could be so turgid.
That said, I think I rather prefer von Trier's wacko view of the cosmos in "Melancholia" to Terrence Malick's in "The Tree of Life." With the ingredients von Trier had to work with, it's surprising that he didn't make a better film. Following the various forms of desecration and transgression that are the hallmarks of "Antichrist," it's as if he felt the need to top himself with an even more outrageous concept, but forgot to figure out what the outrageous part would be.
"Melancholia" examines the relationship of two sisters, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) in the final days before the planet named Melancholia is due to collide with the earth. The story falls into two parts. The first is named for Justine, who is blonde, conventionally pretty, and mentally unstable. The second is named for Claire, who is Justine's opposite in every way, not only in her lean, dark-haired appearance, but in her down-to-earth competence in managing the stuff of life.
