The House That Jack Built
Ultimately, it’s more of an inconsistent cry into the void than the conversation starter it could have been.
John Hughes
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Vacation (2015)
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Just Visiting (2001)
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Reach the Rock (1998)
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Home Alone 3 (1997)
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Flubber (1997)
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101 Dalmatians (1996)
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Dennis The Menace (1993)
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Curly Sue (1991)
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Dutch (1991)
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Home Alone (1990)
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
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Uncle Buck (1989)
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She's Having a Baby (1988)
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
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Weird Science (1985)
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
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Nate and Hayes (1983)
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Mr. Mom (1983)
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National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
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Roger Ebert
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The C-Section in American Movies
A piece on the representation of the C-section in American movies.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 4, 2018
A packed column on the latest on streaming, DVD, and Blu-ray, including American Made, Brad's Status, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Stronger, The Mountain Between Us, and more!
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 2, 2017
The latest on Blu-ray and DVD includes Personal Shopper, War for the Planet of the Apes, Spider-man: Homecoming, and Annabelle: Creation.
Genuine Satisfaction: Stephen Cone on “Princess Cyd”
An interview with Stephen Cone, writer/director of "Princess Cyd."
Thumbnails 6/15/17
An appreciation of "The Blackcoat's Daughter"; A letter to my mother; "Happy Campers" deserves classic status; Relevance of "The House is Black"; In praise of "Old Enough."
Time and Mortality: "Donnie Darko" Turns 15
Looking back at "Donnie Darko" on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.
The Consummate Everyman: Goodbye to Bill Paxton
The RogerEbert.com staff says goodbye to Bill Paxton.
Making Something Out Of Nothing: Will Speck and Josh Gordon on “Office Christmas Party”
An interview with Will Speck and Josh Gordon, co-directors of "Office Christmas Party."
NYFF 2016 Recap
A recap of highlights of the 2016 New York Film Festival.
On The Road Again: “Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy” Comes to Criterion Blu-Ray
A look at "Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy," a new Criterion release featuring "Alice in the Cities," "Wrong Move" and "Kings of the Road."
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: April 21, 2016
A guide to the latest on Blu-ray, including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" and "Only Angels Have Wings" (the first time those two movies have ever been in a sentence together).
A Family's Mosaic: Joachim Trier on "Louder Than Bombs"
An interview with co-writer/director Joachim Trier about "Louder Than Bombs."
FX’s “Baskets” Finds Zach Galifianakis in Fine Form
A review of FX's new comedy, "Baskets."
If You Don't Read This Interview, We'll Kill This Dog
An interview with "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon" director Douglas Tirola.
Personal Expression: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon on “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
An interview with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, director of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
“The Breakfast Club”, 30 Years Later: A Conversation Across Generations
A film teacher looks back on "The Breakfast Club," partly through the eyes of her students.
Sundance 2015 Interview: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon of "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
An interview with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, director of the Grand Jury Prize-winning "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl."
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: March 4, 2014
Recent releases on Blu-ray.
Visual Pleasure and Voodoo Demographics: A Reflection on Women and Film
Critic Carrie Rickey traces the evolution of women on film and behind the camera over the course of her career writing about film.
In Memory of Joel
Contributor Susan Wloszczyna remembers her stepson and the role movies played in her relationship with him.
#178 July 31, 2013
Marie writes: As the dog days of summer slowly creep towards September and Toronto starts getting ready for TIFF 2013, bringing with it the promise of unique and interesting foreign films, it brought to mind an old favorite, namely The Red Balloon; a thirty-four minute short which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient red balloon. Filmed in the Menilmontant neighborhood of Paris and directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon went on to win numerous awards and has since become a much-beloved Children's Classic.
She doesn't give a damn about her bad reputation: Why "The To Do List" is revolutionary
"The To Do List" may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy about a young girl’s strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic sexual aggressor.
Drive: An under-the-hood manual
When I saw, and immediately wrote about, Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive," I knew almost nothing about it except the title and that Ryan Gosling was in it. I remembered that it had received acclaim at Cannes back in May (I did not recall that Refn had won the best director prize) and, as it turns out, I hadn't seen any of Refn's previous films -- although "Bronson" and "Valhalla Rising" had been recommended to me by friends. Since then, I've been reading up on "Drive" and have discovered so many fascinating little tidbits (many of which confirm my first impressions) that I decided to put together this little primer.
I recommend that you refrain from reading this until you've seen the movie, though.
Cited influences include: Grimm's Fairy Tales, John Hughes ("Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink"), Sergio Leone, Alejandro Jodorowsky...
On the title font:
Refn: Me and Mat Newman, who edits all my movies, we stole that in the editing table from "Risky Business."
-- from an interview with Scott Tobias at The A.V. Club
