Great Movies
Chaz's Journal
Our Favorite Roger Reviews: Lincoln
A reprint of Roger Ebert's review of Lincoln, with an introduction from Erin Mast.
A reprint of Roger Ebert's review of Lincoln, with an introduction from Erin Mast.
A reprint of Great Movies essay on Saturday Night Fever, with an introduction from Eric Pierson.
A reprint of Roger Ebert's review of Love Jones, with an introduction from Kahil El'Zabar.
A reprint of Roger Ebert's review of Daughters of the Dust, with an introduction from Rita Coburn.
An introduction to our month of celebrating the contributions of Roger Ebert.
An announcement of titles, including a few new titles, for the editors at RogerEbert.com.
A review of Age of Cage by Keith Phipps with quotes from Roger Ebert about the work of Nicolas Cage.
Matt writes: Celebrated filmmakers George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg spoke with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in 1990 about what they perceived to be the future of movies. This fascinating episode of "Siskel & Ebert" is filled with insights that proved to be quite prophetic and is a must-watch for any true film buff.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Belfast, West Side Story, and Nightmare Alley.
An annotated table of contents spotlighting all the writers contributing to Women Writers Week 2022 at RogerEbert.com.
Matt writes: The College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently announced that the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies will officially launch this year, with programming to begin in Fall 2022.
An article about the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies at the College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
An article about the February 15th, 2022 episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast featuring RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert.
Matt writes: This past weekend, we lost the beloved comedy director Ivan Reitman, who passed away on February 12th at age 75. His death makes the palpable sense of loss in his son's recent blockbuster, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," feel all the more poignant.
A dispatch from Sundance on three premieres, including films starring Julianne Moore, Bill Nighy, and Elizabeth Banks.
Matt writes: We have lost so many legends in the early days of 2022, none of which were more towering than Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6th at age 94. He made history as the first Black performer to receive a Best Actor Oscar for 1963's "Lilies of the Field," yet that is merely one of the essential titles in his filmography. In 1967 alone, he starred in three bonafide classics—"In the Heat of the Night," "To Sir, With Love" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"—the last of which received four stars from Roger Ebert upon its initial release. Yet my personal favorite film of his was Daniel Petrie's 1961 screen version of Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece, "A Raisin in the Sun," in which Poitier delivers a climactic monologue that is one for the ages.
On two dozen of our favorite performances of 2021.
