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RogerEbert.com Contributor, Renowned Film and Television Journalist Richard Roeper Joins the NBC News 5 Team
April 7, 2026
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Motor City, I Swear, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story
September 7, 2025
Festivals & Awards
Anora’s Real-Life Fairytale: Five-Oscar Victory for Indie Film
March 3, 2025
Chaz's Journal
It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness (book by Chaz Ebert, with Foreword by Tamron Hall)
December 21, 2024
Tributes
Nothing Left to Prove: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
November 4, 2024
Chaz's Journal
Centenarian Icons Celebrated During Wellness Warrior Weekend
November 1, 2024
Tributes
Conversation Piece: Phil Donahue (1935-2024)
August 20, 2024
Features
The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
May 2, 2024
Features
The True Triumph of Robert Downey Jr.’s Second Act
February 27, 2024
Interviews
Owning My Power: Danielle Brooks on The Color Purple
December 27, 2023
Festivals & Awards
2024 Awards Season Kickoff: Palm Springs, Variety Honorees, Golden Globes, Governors Awards
December 20, 2023
Features
A Report from the Color Purple Special Screening with Oprah Winfrey
December 18, 2023
Chaz's Journal
The Year of Black Men in Cinema: Chaz Ebert’s Top Ten(-ish) Films of 2023
December 5, 2023
Tributes
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
April 26, 2023
Festivals & Awards
23rd Annual Black Reel Awards to Celebrate its 2023 Honorees on February 6th
January 18, 2023
Festivals & Awards
Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner Become First Black Hosts of the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards
December 19, 2022
Festivals & Awards
20 Films We Can’t Wait to See in Toronto
September 4, 2022
Festivals & Awards
Bring the Governors Awards Back to the Oscars
January 19, 2022
Tributes
An Eternal Influence: Anne Rice: 1941-2021
December 14, 2021
Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
June 10, 2021
Black Writers Week
Profiles in Courage: Erica Ford
June 4, 2021
Interviews
A Very Elemental Film: David Oyelowo on The Water Man
May 1, 2021
Festivals & Awards
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise to Screen February 11th and Director Rita Coburn to Host Workshop on February 13th as Part of No Malice Film Contest
February 9, 2021
Festivals & Awards
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and the Ebert Foundation Sponsor the No Malice Film Contest for Children and Young Adults Across Illinois to Promote Racial Healing
January 27, 2021
Features
Toni Morrison: 1931-2019
August 7, 2019
Festivals & Awards
DOC10 2019 Preview: Hail Satan?, One Child Nation and Seven More Highlights
April 4, 2019
Chaz's Journal
Hooray for Historic Chicago Female African-American Mayoral Contenders Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot
March 12, 2019
Chaz's Journal
How the Image of Black Women Has (and Hasn’t) Changed in the Last Two Decades
March 6, 2019
Festivals & Awards
Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC
October 22, 2018
Festivals & Awards
PROJECT INVOLVE/Ebert Fellow Melissa Haizlip Wins Audience Award with her film Mr. SOUL! at AFI DOCS
June 21, 2018
Festivals & Awards
Mr. SOUL! to Screen at AFI DOCS on June 16th
June 15, 2018
Festivals & Awards
Steve James Named 2018 Guggenheim Honoree by American Film Institute
June 12, 2018
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2018 Guests: Part II
April 11, 2018
TV/Streaming
PBS Press Tour Spotlights Little Women
January 19, 2018
Features
2018 Winter Movie Preview: 25 Films We’re Excited About
January 15, 2018
Festivals & Awards
Time’s Up: A Report From the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
January 8, 2018
Festivals & Awards
Three Billboards, Lady Bird Win Big at 75th Golden Globes
January 8, 2018
Features
“A Wrinkle in Time,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and More at D23 Expo 2017
July 20, 2017
Features
Disney Legends, “Wreck-It Ralph 2,” “Coco” and More at D23 Expo 2017
July 20, 2017
Features
Emphatic and Abundant Love: The Work of Jonathan Demme
April 27, 2017
Chaz's Journal
2017 Gracie Award Winners to Be Honored on June 6th
March 28, 2017
TV/Streaming
Ava DuVernay Comes to TV with OWN’s “Queen Sugar”
September 1, 2016
Chaz's Journal
When Barack Met Michelle
August 22, 2016
Chaz's Journal
Roger’s Favorites: Kasi Lemmons, Patty Jenkins and Kimberly Peirce
April 4, 2016
Chaz's Journal
Chaz Ebert to Appear on Oprah’s “Where Are They Now?” on Oct. 10
October 8, 2015
Chaz's Journal
Paste Magazine Interview with Chaz Ebert
April 6, 2015
Festivals & Awards
“Birdman” Wins Big at Independent Spirit Awards
February 22, 2015
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners 2015: Best Picture
February 19, 2015
Festivals & Awards
The Roger Ebert Award to Honor Filmmaker at Indie Spirit Awards
February 17, 2015
Chaz's Journal
ESSENCE Presents Black Women in Hollywood Awards
February 16, 2015
Far Flungers
Film Independent Directors Close-Ups: Ava DuVernay
February 5, 2015
Festivals & Awards
Film Critics Honor the Best of 2014
January 17, 2015
Features
Thumbnails 1/12/15
January 12, 2015
Interviews
The Women of “Selma”: The Unsung Heroines of The Civil Rights Movement
January 9, 2015
Features
Dear Angelina: Thoughts on “Cleopatra”
December 22, 2014
Interviews
A Conversation with Director Ava DuVernay and Actor David Oyelowo
December 22, 2014
Features
The Individual Top Tens of 2014
December 17, 2014
Festivals & Awards
Awards Race Makes First Gear Shift This Week
December 9, 2014
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 5, 2014
December 5, 2014
Far Flungers
AFI Fest 2014: Ripped from the Headlines
November 18, 2014
Festivals & Awards
Location, Location, Location: The Middleburg Film Festival
November 3, 2014
Festivals & Awards
Urbanworld Film Festival 2014 Highlights
September 24, 2014
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2014: The Awards Season Impact of This Year’s Fest
September 17, 2014
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2014: The Cult of Personality with “Welcome to Me,” “While We’re Young”
September 7, 2014
Features
Films in Conversation: J. Hoberman’s Presentation of “White House Butler Down”
June 16, 2014
Features
Thumbnails 5/29/2014
May 28, 2014
Festivals & Awards
Watching the Oscars with My Mom
February 24, 2014
Far Flungers
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2014: Nice Work If You Can Get It
February 20, 2014
Festivals & Awards
Oscars: Sundancing Into Awards History Or Obscurity
January 28, 2014
Features
Top Ten Lists of 2013 From Our Contributors
December 30, 2013
Festivals & Awards
It Truly Is an Honor Just To Be Nominated
December 23, 2013
Chaz's Journal
Which Movies Would Roger Choose?
December 23, 2013
Festivals & Awards
Critic Awards Begin to Shape the Oscar Race
December 16, 2013
Interviews
Alex Gibney discusses “The Armstrong Lie”
November 5, 2013
Features
Acting right around White folks: on “12 Years a Slave” and “respectability politics”
October 18, 2013
Chaz's Journal
Four Black Actors Vie for the Best Actor Oscar
September 8, 2013
Features
“History is the Backdrop”: Lee Daniels discusses “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
August 14, 2013
Tom Shales At Large
Late-Night: Later Than You Think
February 11, 2013
Roger Ebert
Oprah takes it to another level
December 19, 2012
Roger Ebert
How I gave Oprah her start
December 19, 2012
Roger Ebert
It’s time to save Field’s
December 19, 2012
Roger Ebert
The Best 10 Movies of 1998
December 19, 2012
Roger Ebert
Moviegoers take pleasure in fantasy
December 19, 2012
Roger Ebert
‘Thelma & Louise’ lets women rebel
December 19, 2012
Scanners
Bill Maher attempts to corroborate his theory that Americans are stupid by behaving like one
December 14, 2012
Far Flungers
Gary Winick: A valediction forbidding mourning
December 14, 2012
Far Flungers
“Don’t mess Malcolm up”
December 14, 2012
Far Flungers
The cinema of scarred hearts
December 14, 2012
TV/Streaming
“Hey, Boo”: The private life of To Kill a Mockingbird
December 14, 2012
TV/Streaming
Chaz Bono: On Being and Becomingness
December 14, 2012
Roger Ebert
TIFF #11: A precious winner
December 14, 2012
Roger Ebert
I feel good! I knew that I would!
December 14, 2012
Roger Ebert
Bless me Father, for I have sinned
December 14, 2012
Roger Ebert
Ebert Presents at the Movies
December 14, 2012
Festivals & Awards
CIFF in better form than ever, hosting Chabrol, Wadja, Oliveira…
December 14, 2012
Festivals & Awards
A girl named Precious goes from nobody to the toast of Toronto
December 14, 2012
Festivals & Awards
‘Baby’ stages late-round Oscar rally
December 14, 2012
Interviews
Oprah wouldn’t take nothin’ for her journey now
December 14, 2012
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