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Regina Taylor to Perform “Exhibit” at Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
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KVIFF 2026: Wrap-up and Awards
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2026 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Preview: 10 Films We Can’t Wait to See
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Karlovy Vary Announces 2026 Award Winners
Black Writers Week
Hard Knocks and Rebirth in the Bayou: Alfre Woodard in “Passion Fish”
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60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries
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Michael Sheen and David Tennant’s Emotional Connection Grounds a Bittersweet “Good Omens” Finale
Women Writers Week
“The Bronze” at 10: How a Washed-Up Gymnast Became a Cult Antihero
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For You, It’s Always the Past: Kogonada and Benjamin Loeb on “zi”
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Sundance 2026: BURN, zi, How to Divorce During the War
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2026 Sundance Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
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Peacock’s “Ponies” Offers Unbridled Spy Intrigue For Its Two Female Leads
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“Sinners,” “Bel-Air” Lead NAACP Image Award Nominees
Features
40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
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Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Line-Up
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Transformative Third Season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Dazzles and Delights
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Season 2 of Peacock’s “Poker Face” Deals Natasha Lyonne Another Hand of Devilishly Delightful Mysteries
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From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
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Don’t Miss IndieCollect’s RescueFest This Weekend
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Justin Baldoni Wants You to Believe
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The 10 Best Documentary Love Stories
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Sausage Party: Foodtopia Goes Bad Long Before It’s Over
Black Writers Week
What is the Dune of Your Dreams: Holding Time and Space for Quinta, Ego, Maya, Kristen, Michelle, and Renée
Black Writers Week
Have An Original Screenplay? Write it as a Novel!
Black Writers Week
How Women of Color Are Shifting the Narrative
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The People’s Joker and Six Other Films That Were Stuck in Legal Limbo
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2024: Sing Sing, Bob Trevino Likes It, Hood Witch
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Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen Stumbles Through the Door from Film to TV
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The Second Season of Will Trent Premieres as Charming as Ever
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Roger Ebert on the Films of Martin Scorsese
Tributes
Iron Lungs and Overwhelming Charisma: Michael Gambon (1940-2023)
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Arrow Releases Stunning 4K Special Edition of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo
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David Tennant, Michael Sheen Continue to Elevate Quality of Good Omens 2
TV/Streaming
Apple TV+’s Murder Comedy The Afterparty Embraces a Playful, Imperfect Formula
Tributes
Everything Is Fate: Julian Sands (1958-2023)
Chaz's Journal
Martin Scorsese was Roger Ebert’s Favorite Director
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Netflix’s Mulligan Tries to Find Comedy in Post Apocalyptic Cartoon
Chaz's Journal
The HistoryMakers and its Founder, Julieanna Richardson, to be Featured on 60 Minutes This Sunday, February 19th
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The 25 Best TV Series of 2022
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Sharp Second Season of The White Lotus Hopes Viewers Will Take Return Trip
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Home Entertainment Guide: August 2022
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New Combat Landscape is Examined in Inconsistent The Undeclared War
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The 4th AAFCA TV Honors to Be Held on Saturday, August 20th
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Celebrate Roger’s 80th Birthday with 2014 Google+ Hangout Event
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15 African-American Filmmakers and Roger Ebert’s Birthday Retrospective Reviews
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American Black Film Festival 2022 Begins In-Person Today, June 15th, Through June 19th and Virtually June 20th Through June 30th
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Embodiments of Time: Kogonada on After Yang
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Clever Comedy Ensemble Elevates Creative The Afterparty on Apple TV+
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The Gilded Age Sends Downton Abbey To the Past and Across the Pond
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Home Entertainment Guide: January 2022
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The HistoryMakers Program, Entertainment Makers: On Screen and Behind the Scenes, Streams Today, January 13th, at 8pm CT
Tributes
The Mystery Was the Point: On the Life of Dean Stockwell (1936-2021)
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Home Entertainment Guide: October 2021
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Creative Final Season of Dear White People is For the Fans
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021: The Survivor, Montana Story, Lakewood
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TIFF 2021: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Belfast, Colin in Black and White
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TIFF 2021 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
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Tim Robinson’s I Think You Should Leave Returns with More Clever Absurdity
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Bringing Out the Dead: A Pandemic Dialogue
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A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Narrative Features
Black Writers Week
Welcome to Black Writers Week
Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
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RogerEbert.com Hosts Inaugural Black Writers Week to Showcase Film and TV Critics, Equity Thought Leaders and Groundbreakers in Diverse Fields
Black Writers Week
Black Writers Week 2021: Table of Contents
Black Writers Week
Profiles in Courage: Julieanna Richardson
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Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Adds Patton Oswalt’s Voice to the Superhero Universe
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SXSW 2021: Lily Topples the World, Subjects of Desire, The Hunt for Planet B
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Beyond the Lines: Joan Micklin Silver, 1935-2020
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Sundance 2021 Announces Virtual Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
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Celebrate The HistoryMakers 20@2020: 20 Days and 20 Nights Streams Online Through December 20th
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The 2020 Frontrunners For Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
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Home Entertainment Guide: August 20, 2020
Tributes
Olivia de Havilland: 1916-2020
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Sing Along with the Endearing Little Voice
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Upholding Black Voices: An Annotated Table of Contents
Chaz's Journal
The HistoryMakers Launches its WomanMakers Initiative With $1 Million Gift from Ursula Burns
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Watch the Academy Awards and the Film Independent Spirit Awards This Weekend
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Joker Leads Oscar Nominations
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The Whole of Ourselves: Tim Blake Nelson and Karan Kendrick on Just Mercy
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Anna Karina: 1940-2019
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Home Entertainment Guide: December 12, 2019
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Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood Leads Chicago Critics Nominations
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Chaz Ebert Named 2019 Laureate of the Beethoven Spirit Award at 10th Annual Beethoven Birthday Bash
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Sundance 2020 Announces Competition, Midnight, Premiere Titles and More
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Please Watch Netflix’s Dear White People
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Thumbnails Special Edition: Our Cannes 2019 Coverage
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Michael Sheen, David Tennant Carry Amazon’s Good Omens
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Cannes 2019: Quentin Tarantino Brings Hollywood to Cannes
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: May 9, 2019
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A Look Back at the 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival
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HBO Lays Claim to Best Comedy Hour of the Year with Barry and Veep
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The Individual Top Tens of 2018
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30 Minutes On: “A Private War”
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Life During Wartime: Matthew Heineman on A Private War
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Gareth Evans on the Brutal Violence and Practical Effects of Apostle
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Taylor Sheridan’s Ambitious Yellowstone is Expansive, Unruly
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2018 Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview
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