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Cannes #4: A good film, a bad film, and a friend
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A Salute to the Movies That Got Overlooked During Oscar Season
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Happy New Year from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com
The Great Performances of 2024, Part One
My Night at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Television
The Best Films of 2024
London Film Festival 2024 Highlights
London Film Festival 2024 Preview
New York Film Festival 2024: Preview and Thoughts on “The Brutalist,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race
Wrapping Up My Experiences at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
Ridiculously Imaginative, Grounded, and Poetic: Director Marc Turtletaub on Jules
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Meet the Guests of Ebertfest 2022
I Believe in Individuals: Barry Gifford and Lili Taylor on Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2021
How the Next Oscars Could Mirror 1997
Virtual Ebert Symposium 2020 Will Kick off October 8th, Explore the Evolving Media Landscape
Book Excerpt: Roads to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American Dreams
Cannes Flashback: Cannes Premieres of Life Itself, Foxcatcher and The Homesman
Lulu Wang on The Farewell, How Horror Movies Influenced Her True-Life Dramedy and More
45 Movies to see at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
The New York Film Festival 2018 Preview
CIFF 2018: Preview of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Real-Life Heroes and Star-Driven Films at 2018 Telluride Film Festival
My Telluride Film Festival Diary 2008
Celebrating Michael Kutza: Founder of Chicago International Film Festival to be Honored at July 14th Gala
Michael Kutza, Retiring Founder of Cinema/Chicago, to be Honored at July 14th Gala
We Have Been Them: Roger Ebert’s Reviews About Empathy
Interview: Chicago Filmmaker Michael Glover Smith on Mercury in Retrograde
The Journey of a Remarkable Artist: The Career of Gary Oldman
Backbone of the Business: Lesley Manville on Phantom Thread
The Great Performances of 2017
Venice Film Festival 2017: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “My Generation”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: August 24, 2017
A musical soul: Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017
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A Friend of Mine: Tom Hiddleston on “I Saw the Light”
A Promise Unfulfilled: “My Beautiful Laundrette”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: July 23, 2015
You Have to Kill the Judge: Parker Posey on “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen and Christopher Guest
Return to the Riviera: Our 2015 Cannes Coverage
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Predictions for the 87th Annual Academy Awards Nominations
Golden Globe Predictions and Where “Selma” Stands in the Awards Race
The Individual Top Tens of 2014
Eddie Redmayne on Playing Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”
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Location, Location, Location: The Middleburg Film Festival
A Single Consciousness: The Cinema of Terence Davies
NYFF 2014: My Favorite Year
TIFF 2014: The Awards Season Impact of This Year’s Fest
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TIFF 2014: Trio of Biopics Stand Out From the Crowd
The 41st Annual Telluride Film Festival Preview
Cannes 2014: a debate
Cannes Wrap-Up: All of Our 2014 Coverage
Cannes Wrap-up: 2014 Video Reports
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Winter Sleep” takes Palme d’Or
Cannes: The 2014 Palme de Whiskers
Video: Cannes Premieres of “Life Itself,” “Foxcatcher,” and “The Homesman”
The Best of the d’Ors
Video: Cannes Film Festival Opens with Star-Studded Events
Cannes 2014 Coverage: Table of Contents
Cannes 2014, Day Two: “Mr. Turner,” “That Lovely Girl,” “Party Girl”
As Cannes opens, so does a Steak ‘n Shake
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Cannes 2014 Preview: Legendary Directors Lead Impressive Festival Line-up
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Women Writers Week: Table of Contents
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