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Skill and Dedication: Nelson Pressley on Fonda on Film: The Political Movies of Jane Fonda
The Whole of Ourselves: Tim Blake Nelson and Karan Kendrick on Just Mercy
Art Makes You Evolve: Stanley Nelson on Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Opening Friday, October 4th, at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center
Bright Wall/Dark Room April 2017: “Flesh & Emptiness, or 42 Ways of Looking at Paul Verhoeven” by Brad Nelson
Stanley Nelson to Receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award
Hip-Hop Attitude: Stanley Nelson on “Vanguard of the Revolution”
AFI Docs 2015: Stanley Nelson, “Prophet’s Prey,” “Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation”
Primal screens: What Nelson Carvajal’s new video essay says about television
Nelson Mandela, 1918–2013
Charles Nelson Reilly, R.I.P.
Cannes 2026: Iron Boy, Tangles, Lucy Lost
Home Entertainment Guide April 2026: Send Help, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Highest 2 Lowest, More
Women Writers Week 2026: Table of Contents
Short Films in Focus: The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts
Sundance 2026: The Disciple, Jane Elliott Against the World, Troublemaker
The 17 Best Movies About Radio, Ranked
2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
The Thrills Can’t Be Stopped in “Hijack” Season 2
“A Thousand Blows” Lands Another One-Two Punch of Victorian Intrigue in Season 2
40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Panahi & Kiarostami: Two Masters
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
“Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” is a Tough but Important Watch
Sterlin Harjo Aims High, Does Not Miss with FX’s “The Lowdown”
TIFF 2025: Erupcja, Junk World, The Napa Boys
Healers and Nurturers: Ethan Hawke on the Artists of “Blue Moon” and “Highway 99: A Double Album”
Time for Kick-Off: The 11 Best Football Movies (and Where to Watch Them)
KVIFF 2025: Awards and Wrap-Up
June 2025 Blu-Ray/Streaming Guide: “Drop,” “The Nice Guys,” “Dark City,” More
The 20 Best Films of 2025 So Far
59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
Lookin’s Free: Joe Don Baker (1936-2025)
April 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Heart Eyes,” “One of Them Days,” More
Female Filmmakers in Focus: The Films of Euzhan Palcy
What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
“Daredevil: Born Again” is an Imperfect Interrogation of Our Current Moment
January 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Hundreds of Beavers,” “Smile 2,” “Venom: The Last Dance,” and More
Sundance 2025: Come See Me In The Good Light, Move Ya Body, Deaf President Now!
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Ambitious Program
Home Entertainment Guide: November 2024
Black Harvest Film Festival 2024: Black Table, Rising Up at Night, The Weekend, Jimmy
Bird on a Wire: Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)
Home Entertainment Guide: September 2024
TIFF 2024: Men of War, Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan & Sara, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2024
There Will be No Questions: The Parallax View, the Ultimate Conspiracy Thriller, Turns 50
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack Hits Different in the Spotify Era
Willie Mays: The Greatest to Ever Play
You Ready To Be the King?: Fresh Turns 30
The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spinoff Stuck In Limbo
Give a FECK!: Chaz Ebert on Her New Book About Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Abiding Nowhere, Pepe, No Other Land
Short Films in Focus: The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Sundance 2024: Tendaberry, Kneecap, Seeking Mavis Beacon
Goodbye to a TV Pioneer: Norman Lear (1922-2023)
Chaz Ebert Celebrates 25 Years of Ebertfest While Honored at University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala
Bright Wall/Dark Room August 2023: My Money is Still in Your Pocket by Sarah Welch-Larson
He Did It All: William Friedkin (1935-2023)
No Moment was Wasted: Highlights at the 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
The Transformative Power of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle
10 Major Snubs and Surprises from the 2023 Oscar Nominations
Sundance 2023: Fantastic Machine, Milithusando, The Eternal Memory
2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Competition Films, Premiere Titles, Midnight Selections, and More
Ebertfest Film Festival 2023 Passes On Sale December 12th
Netflix’s Blockbuster is a Cute, Forgettable Sitcom
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities Boasts a Master’s Standards
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2022
American Black Film Festival 2022 Begins In-Person Today, June 15th, Through June 19th and Virtually June 20th Through June 30th
Our Favorite Roger Reviews: Lincoln
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2022
SXSW 2022 Interview: Director Linda Goldstein Knowlton on Split at the Root
Home Entertainment Guide: December 2021, The Criterion Collection
Book Excerpt: Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II by Christian Blauvelt
I Believe in Individuals: Barry Gifford and Lili Taylor on Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
Criterion’s Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films is the Story of a Cinematic Legend
TIFF 2021: A Torontonian’s Take on a Tumultuous TIFF
TIFF 2021: The Rescue, Attica, Hold Your Fire
TIFF 2021 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Out Upon the World’s Stage: Lincoln as History and Tragedy
Joy: My Memories of Ebertfest
Book Excerpt: Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper by Scout Tafoya
Sundance 2021: President, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, Flee
Leslie Odom Jr., Aldis Hodge, Eli Goree, and Kingsley Ben-Adir on the Brotherhood of One Night in Miami
Sundance 2021 Announces Virtual Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
How Misery Predicted Toxic Fandom
Change How the Game is Played: On the Power of Labor and the Timeliness of High Flying Bird
In Honor of Representative John Lewis, The Conscience of Congress: A Thumbnails Special Edition
Revisiting My 2017 Article, My Daughter Loves Country Music, In Light of Mickey Guyton’s song, Black Like Me
Sing Along with the Endearing Little Voice
Joel Schumacher: 1939-2020
Upholding Black Voices: An Annotated Table of Contents
Celebrating the Risk-Taking Greatness of Disney’s Dinosaur, 20 Years Later
Max von Sydow: 1929-2020
When the Worlds of Film Criticism and Acting Collide to Inform and Educate Audiences
Bright Wall/Dark Room February 2020: Trash, Art, and Book Club: A Toast to Our Aging Icons by Carrie Courogen
Ebertfest Film Festival 2020 Passes On Sale November 1st
