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Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2026: Tender Loving Care, Bucking Fastard, A Long Winter
7 days ago
Tributes
Visible and Powerful: Gloria Steinem (1934-2026)
September 3, 2026
The Unloved
The Unloved, Part 153: This Is My Life
September 1, 2026
Interviews
Sheer Force of Ambition: David Kittredge on “Exorcist II” and “Boorman and the Devil”
August 25, 2026
Features
We Were Warned: On “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” at 35
August 24, 2026
Features
Movies Aren’t Therapy: “Mike Mills” on Parents, Children, and Filmmaking
July 29, 2026
Festivals & Awards
KVIFF 2026: The Guest, Dao, The Match
July 6, 2026
Features
Retreating From The Elephant: The Perpetually Impending Demise of Indie Cinema
June 29, 2026
Interviews
The Element of Risk: Olivia Wilde on “The Invite”
June 25, 2026
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Documentaries
June 23, 2026
Tributes
The King of TV Comedy: James Burrows (1940-2026)
June 22, 2026
Features
Roger Ebert’s Best and Worst Alien Movies
June 11, 2026
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
May 29, 2026
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean, Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
May 22, 2026
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #5: Festival Dispatch with Ben Kenigsberg
May 18, 2026
Features
A Fond Farewell to Our Critic Monica Castillo
May 11, 2026
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s Animated “Stranger Things: Tales from ’85” is an Insulting Waste of Time
April 23, 2026
Festivals & Awards
“Help Me To Find Kokumo”: A Guide To Beyond Chicago
March 30, 2026
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Brian, Basic, Seekers of Infinite Love
March 20, 2026
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s “Jury Duty” Acquits Itself Nicely With Its Followup, “Company Retreat”
March 19, 2026
Festivals & Awards
12 Films We Can’t Wait to See at the SXSW Film Festival
March 12, 2026
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners: The 98th Academy Awards
March 11, 2026
Women Writers Week
Milestones of 1956: Looking Back at Hollywood 70 Years Ago
March 6, 2026
Women Writers Week
“Hush” is the Best Horror Movie You Probably Haven’t Seen
March 2, 2026
Women Writers Week
Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy
March 2, 2026
Interviews
It All Starts With the Meditation App: Bart Layton on “Crime 101”
February 11, 2026
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: The Best Summer, Saccharine, Rock Springs
February 1, 2026
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide January 2026: “One Battle After Another,” “Tron: Ares,” “Wicked: For Good,” More
January 30, 2026
Features
The 17 Best Movies About Radio, Ranked
January 20, 2026
Features
A Tribute to Former FCC Chair and Media Champion Newton Minow
January 15, 2026
Festivals & Awards
“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
January 12, 2026
TV/Streaming
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
January 5, 2026
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide December 2025: “Black Phone 2,” “Bugonia,” “Good Fortune,” More
December 30, 2025
Features
It’s Stephen King’s World: How the Writer Became the King of Hollywood Again in 2025
December 30, 2025
TV/Streaming
“Stranger Things” Hurtles to Its Series Finale with Second Volume of Fifth Season
December 25, 2025
Features
The Great Performances of 2025
December 17, 2025
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
December 17, 2025
Features
Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2025
December 11, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
December 10, 2025
Tributes
Joy in Racing to Keep Up: Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
December 2, 2025
TV/Streaming
“Stranger Things” Sets Up Its Endgame with Quartet of New Episodes
November 26, 2025
Interviews
A Source of Inspiration: Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård on “Sentimental Value”
November 17, 2025
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “IT: Welcome to Derry” Feels too Much Like a Sideshow in the Stephen King Circus
October 22, 2025
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Rebecca Miller on “Mr. Scorsese”
October 1, 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
September 30, 2025
TV/Streaming
Hulu’s “Chad Powers” Wastes Talents of Glen Powell
September 26, 2025
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Erupcja, Junk World, The Napa Boys
September 14, 2025
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Bad Apples, Eternity, Sacrifice
September 9, 2025
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Hamlet, Rose of Nevada, No Other Choice
September 6, 2025
Interviews
You’re Enough, Just So You Know: Jay Duplass and Michael Strassner on “The Baltimorons”
September 4, 2025
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
September 2, 2025
Short Films in Focus
Short Films in Focus: Joe Hunting on “The Reality of Hope”
September 2, 2025
Interviews
Healers and Nurturers: Ethan Hawke on the Artists of “Blue Moon” and “Highway 99: A Double Album”
September 1, 2025
Features
How I Spent My Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
August 28, 2025
Interviews
British Banter Envy: Jay Roach and Tony McNamara on “The Roses”
August 27, 2025
Features
Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Can’t Lose: The Enduring Legacy of “Friday Night Lights”
August 21, 2025
Chaz's Journal
Guillermo del Toro to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2025 TIFF Tribute Awards
August 1, 2025
TV/Streaming
Second Season of Peacock’s “Twisted Metal” is Faster and Funnier
July 31, 2025
TV/Streaming
“King of the Hill” Slides Right Back into Confidently Funny Rhythms
July 25, 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
DVD/Blu-Ray Guide July 2025: “A Minecraft Movie,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “The Legend of Ochi,” More
July 23, 2025
Tributes
American Badass: Michael Madsen (1957-2025)
July 4, 2025
TV/Streaming
The Best TV of 2025 (So Far)
July 3, 2025
Tributes
Light the Fuse: Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025)
June 30, 2025
Features
We’re All In This Together: “Brazil” at 40
June 27, 2025
Features
The Rite to Save a Life
June 19, 2025
Features
On the Renewed and Continuing Necessity of “Exterminate All the Brutes”
June 18, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2025: The Narrative Features
June 18, 2025
Interviews
Dancing With Death: Mike Flanagan on “The Life of Chuck”
June 5, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: The Chronology of Water, Urchin
May 18, 2025
TV/Streaming
“Black Mirror” is Back to Bum You Out with One of Its Stronger Seasons
April 10, 2025
Interviews
Revisiting the Bunker: Michael Shannon on “Eric LaRue”
April 4, 2025
Interviews
Ambient Comedy: Carson Lund on “Eephus”
March 19, 2025
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Fu*cktoys, $Positions, Idiotka
March 18, 2025
Features
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
March 17, 2025
Interviews
Can’t Stop the Vilanch: Legendary Comedy Writer Spills on the Creation of His Career’s Guiltiest Pleasures
March 17, 2025
Features
He Never Made the Same Choice Twice: 10 of Our Favorite Gene Hackman Performances
March 3, 2025
Tributes
I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
February 28, 2025
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
February 28, 2025
Features
A Salute to the Movies That Got Overlooked During Oscar Season
February 26, 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
February 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Wicked,” “Nosferatu,” “Here,” “Heretic,” More
February 26, 2025
Features
30 Minutes On: “Watership Down”
February 20, 2025
TV/Streaming
NBC’s “The Americas” is a Gorgeous but Shallow Look at the Natural World
February 20, 2025
Interviews
Talkin’ About His Generation: New Book Chronicles the Making of Millennial Touchstone “Superbad”
February 18, 2025
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “The White Lotus” Remains Worth the Trip in Brilliant Third Season
February 11, 2025
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: February 2025
February 3, 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
January 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Hundreds of Beavers,” “Smile 2,” “Venom: The Last Dance,” and More
January 31, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2025: The Librarians, Middletown, Speak.
January 30, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Ten Shocking Omissions from the 2025 Oscar Nominations
January 23, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Beachside Mingling at a Poignant Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch
January 5, 2025
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