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Tributes
Raise Your Hopeful Voice: Glen Hansard (1970-2026)
Interviews
He’s Just That Guy: Jeffrey Wright on “Basquiat”
Festivals & Awards
Milwaukee Film Festival 2026: Making Waves, With Movies, Along the Shores of Lake Michigan
Features
Male Directors Can’t Stop Making Movies About Female Pop Stars
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2026: Crash Land, The Fox, Love Language
Women Writers Week
Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy
Black Writers Week
Celebrating Black Cinema: Shawn Edwards on the Black Movie Hall of Fame
Books
Book Excerpt: STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, Edited by B.C. Wallin
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Is The Best Fantasy Adaptation of the Decade
Festivals & Awards
Glitz and Glamour: A Report from the 2026 Palm Springs Festival Gala
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
Roger Ebert
Their Show Cracked Open the World: Siskel & Ebert Memories
TV/Streaming
“Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” is a Tough but Important Watch
Tributes
You Play Well: Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s “Boots” is a Trite Coming-of-Age Tale with a Hollow Corps
TV/Streaming
Sterlin Harjo Aims High, Does Not Miss with FX’s “The Lowdown”
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Mile End Kicks, Maddie’s Secret, Poetic License
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Festivals & Awards
SDCC 2025: Celebrating ALL the Popular Arts
TV/Streaming
MGM+ Adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Institute” Won’t Keep Students Awake
TV/Streaming
From “Bosch” to “Ballard”: New Spinoff Tackles LA’s Cold Cases
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: May 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray
April 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Heart Eyes,” “One of Them Days,” More
DVD/Blu-Ray
March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
Features
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
Features
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
TV/Streaming
HBO’s “The White Lotus” Remains Worth the Trip in Brilliant Third Season
DVD/Blu-Ray
January 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Hundreds of Beavers,” “Smile 2,” “Venom: The Last Dance,” and More
TV/Streaming
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” Brings Marvel’s Web-Slinger Down to Street Level
TV/Streaming
FOX’s “Going Dutch” Lacks Chemistry, Heart, and a Sense of Humor
Features
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
Interviews
Breakfast Is Served—Again: Alan Rudolph on the reissue of “Breakfast of Champions”
Festivals & Awards
NYFF: Stranger Eyes, Harvest, Who By Fire
Festivals & Awards
Wrapping Up My Experiences at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
MZS
Let The Dead Sleep: On “Alien Romulus” and Digital Resurrection
Festivals & Awards
10 Films to Thrill You at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
The Ouray Film Festival Creates Encouraging Space for Art
Features
The 10 Best Fourth of July Releases of the 21st Century
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: June 2024
Black Writers Week
The Growing Exploration of Masculinity and Vulnerability in Media
Black Writers Week
Juneteenth Film Festival Returns For A Powerful Second Year
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: May 2024
Features
The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
MZS
Part of the Solution: Matthew Modine on Acting, Empathy, and Hard Miles
Features
How The Ladykillers Kicked Off Tom Hanks’ Weirdest Year Two Decades Ago
Features
When Paul Simon Bombed at the Movies
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2024: Omni Loop, Desert Road, Things Will Be Different
Features
She Knew: The Women of Science Fiction Who Predicted the Future
Chaz's Journal
Welcome to Chicago, Michał Oleszczyk!
TV/Streaming
Apple TV+ Gets A Bit Too Silly With The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Features
The True Triumph of Robert Downey Jr.’s Second Act
Chaz's Journal
Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music
Features
A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm
TV/Streaming
Prime Video’s Update of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Crackles with Wit and Creative Energy
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2024: I Saw the TV Glow, Thelma, Freaky Tales
Festivals & Awards
20 Films We Can’t Wait to See at Sundance 2024
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Series of 2023
Festivals & Awards
2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition
Interviews
A Comedy of Ourselves: Emerald Fennell on Saltburn
TV/Streaming
As The Crown’s Final Season Begins, the Netflix Hit Slips Fully into Melodrama
TV/Streaming
Paramount+’s Western Expanse Broadens With the Riveting Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: October 2023
Video Games
Spider-Man 2 Swings into Action with Incredible Gameplay and Clever Storytelling
Features
How Bunty Aur Babli Updated the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
Interviews
Triage Is a Huge Part of Filmmaking: Laura Moss on Birth/Rebirth
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fran Rubel Kuzui on Tokyo Pop
Festivals & Awards
XL Film Festival Runs August 18-20
Black Writers Week
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Celebrating Graduates of 2023
Tributes
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Tributes
Child of Graceland: Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023)
Festivals & Awards
Variety Hosts Ten Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards Brunch
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: December 2022
TV/Streaming
The 25 Best TV Series of 2022
TV/Streaming
Despite Terrific Performances, The Crown is Getting Wobbly
Interviews
I Won’t Know If I’m Coming or Going: Rodrigo García on Nine Lives and His Latest Film, Raymond & Ray
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2022: A Compassionate Spy, Sick
Chaz's Journal
Five Movies to See OIT (Only in Theaters)
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room June 2022: Most Wonderful by Nathaniel Missildine
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at Tribeca 2022: The Narrative Features
Interviews
Even More Magical Than We Thought: Kristin Marguerite Doidge on Her New Biography of Nora Ephron
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2022: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind, Moonage Daydream
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival Preview 2022
TV/Streaming
HBO’s The Staircase is a Masterful, Stark True Crime Epic
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2022
Features
Death Game: A Grindhouse Classic Returns to Theaters
Chaz's Journal
Two Thumbs Up to Roger Ebert and the Movies
Features
It’s Time to Appreciate the Age of Cage
Tributes
Josephine Minow (1926-2022)
TV/Streaming
Peacock’s Bel-Air Fights to Take the TV Throne
Interviews
Your Heart’s Just Bleeding Everywhere: Clifton Collins, Jr. on Jockey
Chaz's Journal
My Happy Place: Thanksgiving Edition Updates
Festivals & Awards
2021 Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview
Interviews
A Lucky Film Buff: Leonard Maltin Reflects on His Life
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Belfast, Colin in Black and White
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup
Features
M. Night Shyamalan, Super Storyteller
Chaz's Journal
