Let the Sunshine In
The film’s confidence comes in part from the acceptance of the things that can’t be known.
Sergio Leone
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
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Directed by
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
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Screenplay by
Roger Ebert -
For a Few Dollars More (1967)
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Directed by
Roger Ebert
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"Do You Know Anything About Witches?": "Suspiria" at 40
A celebration of Dario Argento's masterpiece and an interview with Jessica Harper.
Man on the Outside: The Films of Willem Dafoe
A look at the career of Willem Dafoe.
"It's Peckinpah-tastic!": On Edgar Wright's Feature Debut, "A Fistful of Fingers"
A look back at the first feature directed by "Baby Driver" filmmaker Edgar Wright.
Bleeding in the Middle of a Desert: Ana Lily Amirpour on “The Bad Batch”
An interview with Ana Lily Amirpour, writer/director of "The Bad Batch."
"Two Weeks in the Midday Sun" Reprinted with Foreword by Martin Scorsese
An article about the reissue of "Two Weeks in the Midday Sun."
Venice Film Festival: “The Bad Batch,” “One More Time with Feeling”
Glenn Kenny on new films from Ana Lily Amirpour and Andrew Dominik.
Like Going to Church: Joe Dante on "The Movie Orgy"
An interview with director Joe Dante about "The Movie Orgy" and his film series currently running at BAMcinématek.
Thumbnails 1/5/2016
Decline of middle-class films; Hunter S. Thompson's son speaks out; Tarantino's inner movie nerd must be stopped; Rob Schenck on guns and religion; Jean-Pierre Léaud on "The 400 Blows."
TV Landscape Expands with Amazon’s “Red Oaks,” Hulu’s “Casual”
A review of two good new shows: Hulu's "Casual" and Amazon's "Red Oaks".
30 Minutes on: "The Killer"
Debut of a new feature wherein Matt writes for exactly 30 minutes about a movie and then publishes whatever he's got. First up: John Woo's "The Killer."
"I'm Just Here For The Gasoline": An Overview Of The "Mad Max" Saga
An overview of the Mad Max movies as we head toward Fury Road.
Venerable, never: Richard T. Jameson Remembers Richard Corliss
A remembrance of Richard Corliss by Richard T. Jameson, who wrote for Film Comment under Corliss, then later was his editor.
The Unloved, Part Fifteen: "The Lone Ranger" & "Heaven's Gate"
This month's Unloved looks at two films deemed disasters: Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" and Gore Verbinski's "The Lone Ranger"
Book Excerpt: "Mise en scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood to New Media Art" by Adrian Martin
An excerpt from Adrian's Martin's Mise en scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood to New Media Art.
Blu-ray: The Year in Review, OR Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide: A “Choose Your Own Adventure” Deciders Feature
A recap and guide to the most interesting Blu-rays of 2014.
Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Boxed Sets and Stellar Releases
A holiday gift guide compiling RogerEbert.com's reviews of Blu-ray/DVD releases and boxed sets and a few more books from 2014.
Stars Align at 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Interviews with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, F. Murray Abraham and others at the 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Film is What You Use to Make Movies
What do the Quentin Tarantino and Interstellar stories say about the growing divisions between celluloid lovers and digital projection?
“America” the Beautiful: Treat Williams and William Forsythe Remember Sergio Leone and “Once Upon a Time In America”
Catching up with Treat Williams and William Forsythe on the NYFF screening of and Blu-ray release of "Once Upon a Time in America."
Eli Wallach: 1915-2014
An obituary for actor Eli Wallach.
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: May 2014
May 2014 Blu-rays of note.
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: December 24
A survey of selected films available now on Blu-ray.
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Triceratops never existed; Coppola and DePalma betwixt passions; 8 books every educated person should read; the Syrian rebel problem; The Last Temptation of Christ revisited; Herzog + Morris.
#183 September 4, 2013
Sheila writes: The glamorous days of air travel were already on their way out by the time I first stepped foot on an airplane (Aer Lingus, 1980) so I have always been fascinated by glimpses of what traveling by plane used to be like: the linens, the cocktail glasses, the curtains, the elegance! I came across a piece about a man, Anthony Toth, who had such a sense of nostalgia for those bygone days that he built a partial replica of a Pan Am 747 in a warehouse in Redondo Beach, where he lives. At first, the replica was in his garage, but then he realized he needed to build an upper level, so he moved the entire thing to a warehouse, where it still sits today. The local press picked up on the story, and it created such interest that you can now visit and have dinner, Pan Am style.
Django Unchain my heart (and set me free)
Quentin Tarantino has found his actor in Christoph Waltz -- someone who can speak Tarantinian fluently and still make it his own. When Waltz uses a self-consciously ostentatious word like "ascertain" (as in, "I was simply trying to ascertain..." -- the kind of verbiage QT is as likely to put in the mouth of a lowlife crook as a German dentist, or a Francophile plantation slavemaster, for that matter), it sounds right. As someone to whom Tarantino's dialog often sounds cliche-ridden and cutesy, it's a pleasure to hear Waltz saying the words in character rather than simply as a mouthpiece for the writer-director.
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