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Looking Back at Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning
Alan Parker: 1944-2020
A Slice of American History: Tika Sumpter & Parker Sawyers on “Southside with You”
You Have to Kill the Judge: Parker Posey on “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen and Christopher Guest
South Parkers speak out at last
Jennifer Jason Leigh meets ‘Mrs. Parker’
What to Watch on Netflix: May 2025
April 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Heart Eyes,” “One of Them Days,” More
March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
HBO’s “The White Lotus” Remains Worth the Trip in Brilliant Third Season
January 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Hundreds of Beavers,” “Smile 2,” “Venom: The Last Dance,” and More
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” Brings Marvel’s Web-Slinger Down to Street Level
FOX’s “Going Dutch” Lacks Chemistry, Heart, and a Sense of Humor
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
Breakfast Is Served—Again: Alan Rudolph on the reissue of “Breakfast of Champions”
NYFF: Stranger Eyes, Harvest, Who By Fire
Wrapping Up My Experiences at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
Let The Dead Sleep: On “Alien Romulus” and Digital Resurrection
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
The Ouray Film Festival Creates Encouraging Space for Art
The 10 Best Fourth of July Releases of the 21st Century
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2024
The Growing Exploration of Masculinity and Vulnerability in Media
Juneteenth Film Festival Returns For A Powerful Second Year
Home Entertainment Guide: May 2024
The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
Part of the Solution: Matthew Modine on Acting, Empathy, and Hard Miles
How The Ladykillers Kicked Off Tom Hanks’ Weirdest Year Two Decades Ago
When Paul Simon Bombed at the Movies
SXSW 2024: Omni Loop, Desert Road, Things Will Be Different
She Knew: The Women of Science Fiction Who Predicted the Future
Welcome to Chicago, Michał Oleszczyk!
Apple TV+ Gets A Bit Too Silly With The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The True Triumph of Robert Downey Jr.’s Second Act
Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music
A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm
Prime Video’s Update of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Crackles with Wit and Creative Energy
Sundance 2024: I Saw the TV Glow, Thelma, Freaky Tales
20 Films We Can’t Wait to See at Sundance 2024
The 25 Best TV Series of 2023
2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition
A Comedy of Ourselves: Emerald Fennell on Saltburn
As The Crown’s Final Season Begins, the Netflix Hit Slips Fully into Melodrama
Paramount+’s Western Expanse Broadens With the Riveting Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Home Entertainment Guide: October 2023
Spider-Man 2 Swings into Action with Incredible Gameplay and Clever Storytelling
How Bunty Aur Babli Updated the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
Triage Is a Huge Part of Filmmaking: Laura Moss on Birth/Rebirth
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fran Rubel Kuzui on Tokyo Pop
XL Film Festival Runs August 18-20
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Celebrating Graduates of 2023
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Child of Graceland: Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023)
Variety Hosts Ten Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards Brunch
Home Entertainment Guide: December 2022
The 25 Best TV Series of 2022
Despite Terrific Performances, The Crown is Getting Wobbly
I Won’t Know If I’m Coming or Going: Rodrigo García on Nine Lives and His Latest Film, Raymond & Ray
CIFF 2022: A Compassionate Spy, Sick
Five Movies to See OIT (Only in Theaters)
Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2022: Most Wonderful by Nathaniel Missildine
A Look Back at Tribeca 2022: The Narrative Features
Even More Magical Than We Thought: Kristin Marguerite Doidge on Her New Biography of Nora Ephron
Cannes 2022: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind, Moonage Daydream
Cannes Film Festival Preview 2022
HBO’s The Staircase is a Masterful, Stark True Crime Epic
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2022
Death Game: A Grindhouse Classic Returns to Theaters
Two Thumbs Up to Roger Ebert and the Movies
It’s Time to Appreciate the Age of Cage
Josephine Minow (1926-2022)
Peacock’s Bel-Air Fights to Take the TV Throne
Your Heart’s Just Bleeding Everywhere: Clifton Collins, Jr. on Jockey
My Happy Place: Thanksgiving Edition Updates
2021 Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview
A Lucky Film Buff: Leonard Maltin Reflects on His Life
TIFF 2021: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Belfast, Colin in Black and White
TIFF 2021 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup
M. Night Shyamalan, Super Storyteller
Thumbnails Special Edition: The Legacy of Siskel & Ebert
Cannes 2021: Where is Anne Frank, Stillwater, Lamb
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Narrative Features
The Whole Parade: On the Incomparable Career of Nicolas Cage
Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman, Responses to the Film, and More
United States of Al Tests the Limits of Good Representation
The Bonus Situation: Yaphet Kotto, 1939-2021
19 Films That Celebrate the Art of Female Friendship
Book Excerpt: Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction’s Most Idiosyncratic Film Franchise by Sarah Welch-Larson
Sundance 2021: Cusp, Street Gang, Philly D.A.
Sundance 2021: Jockey, Wild Indian, Superior
The 2020 Frontrunners for Best Director
Sundance 2021 Announces Virtual Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
From Spidey to Souls: The PS5 Launch Games
My Happy Place VI: Thanksgiving
