Dark Waters
A legal thriller in the tradition of The Verdict and The Insider.
Kimberly Peirce
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Half the Picture (2018)
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Herself
Susan Wloszczyna -
Carrie (2013)
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Director
Matt Zoller Seitz -
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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Directed 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.
Boys Don't Cry at 20: Reflecting on an Indispensable Work of Queer Art
A look at the 20th anniversary of Boys Don't Cry.
Netflix’s Brilliant ‘Dear White People’ Avoids Sophomore Slump
A review of season two of Netflix's Dear White People.
Better Than the Oscars?
An article about the 2017 Governors Awards ceremony.
Amazon’s “I Love Dick” Challenges Artistic Preconceptions
A review of Amazon's "I Love Dick," starring Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon.
SXSW 2017: Janicza Bravo on "Lemon"
An interview with writer/director Janicza Bravo about her SXSW comedy, "Lemon."
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Peyton Kennedy on "American Fable"; Dale Robinette's iconic "La La Land" photo; Hollywood diversity report; "I Am Not Your Negro" and white film critics; ReFrame tackles gender inequality.
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Michael Gibson on Musicality; "Six" outshines award contenders; "Logan" is a great superhero story; Transgender doll based on Jazz Jennings; "Brown Girls" offers voice to queer women of color.
Sundance 2017 Announces Premieres, Midnight Films and More
Premieres, Midnights, Special Events and more have been announced for next month's Sundance Film Festival.
If Only They Knew She Had the Power: Brian De Palma's "Carrie" Turns 40
A celebration of Brian De Palma's "Carrie" on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and a new Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Shout! Factory.
Roger's Favorites: Kasi Lemmons, Patty Jenkins and Kimberly Peirce
Roger's Favorites: directors Kasi Lemmons, Patty Jenkins and Kimberly Peirce.
AFI Docs 2015: “Radical Grace,” “The Armor of Light,” “Larry Kramer in Love & Anger”
A report on "Radical Grace," "The Armor of Light" and "Larry Kramer in Love & Anger" at AFI Docs 2015.
Chaz Ebert to Host Panel on Empathy on the Big Screen at Cannes
Chaz Ebert will participate in a panel on empathy at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17th.
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Is feature filmmaking dead?; Gripes with "This Is Where I Leave You"; Remembering Peter von Bagh; "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in black-and-white; B. Ruby Rich on "Life Itself."
Who Represents? On "Laurence Anyways" and Trans Characters in Film
Vex Poet on "Laurence Anyways" and the complicated question of who gets to speak for the trans community.
Brian De Palma on "Passion," passion and film
May contain spoilers
Brian De Palma talks about his new film "Passion," his long career and seeing one of his most famous films, "Carrie," get a remake.
Dear Hollywood: Hiring women directors could rescue the superhero movie. Love, half the human race.
Susan Wloszczyna wonders if women at the helm might be just the thing to revitalize the foundering, repetitive comic-book movie genre.
The Hollywood studio mentality in one paragraph
Kimberly Peirce.
The first time I interviewed Martin Short (one of my "SCTV" idols) in 1987, he told me an anecdote about his experiences in Hollywood. A typical encounter with studio executives would begin with something like, "Wow! We love you! You did this and you did that and we think you're great!" Followed, almost immediately, by, "And now that we've hired you, don't do that stuff anymore because that's not what we want from you. Just do it our way."
Here's director Kimberly Peirce on why nearly ten years elapsed between her last feature, "Boys Don't Cry," and her latest one, "Stop Loss": ... After "Boys Don't Cry," Hollywood came and offered me some very expensive projects, some very good stuff.... I had one project that I got almost to fruition, "Silent Star," about the unsolved murder of [the silent movie director] William Desmond Taylor in the 1920s. It was wonderful - the story of how Hollywood was built on an unsolved murder and a cover-up. We had it cast and ready to go, and the studio ran the numbers and they said, "We want to make it for x amount of money." And I said, Uh, all right. But then they said, "We don't want to spend that much, we want to spend 10 million dollars less." I said, Well, I don't know if that's a good idea, but I'll go ahead and make the adjustments I can. And they said, "Well, we don't want to see the version of the movie that we're prepared to pay for. We want to see the version we're not willing to pay for."Perfectly circular bureaucratic logic -- so beautiful in its impeccable shape that Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller must be laughing so hard they're crying....
Indies in the spotlight
PARK CITY, Utah -- Sundance has become the nation's most important film festival through an unbeatable combination: inconvenient location, lousy weather, overcrowded screening facilities, municipal hostility, and a 10-day lineup of films that in some cases will never be heard of again.
'Election,' 'Boys Don't Cry' take Spirit
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - "Election," "Boys Don't Cry" and "Being John Malkovich" were multiple award winners Saturday at the 15th annual Independent Spirit Awards - but 79-year-old Richard Farnsworth stole the show while winning as best male lead for his work in "The Straight Story."
The Best 10 Movies of 1999
Roger Ebert's Best of the 1990s
