The whole thing is completely nonsensical, even by the standards of what one might reasonably expect from a Fantasy Island movie.
Too inoffensive to be hated and too wretched to be enjoyable.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about three IndieCollect restorations—"F.T.A.", "Nationtime-Gary" and "The Story of a Three-Day Pass"—having their world premiere at this weekend's HFPA Restoration Summit.
Chaz Ebert reveals her Top Ten (PLUS) Films of 2019.
An article about three IndieCollect restorations—"F.T.A.", "Nationtime-Gary" and "The Story of a Three-Day Pass"—having their world premiere at this weekend's HFPA Restoration Summit.
Scout Tafoya celebrates William Lustig's Vigilante in his latest video essay about maligned masterpieces.
Theo Angelopoulos’ Landscape in the Mist is a work of art that comes from the feelings, the dreams, the sorrows, and the flashes of life…
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho pens a letter to Roger about Michael Apted's 63 Up.
A special edition of Thumbnails highlighting articles about our writers at RogerEbert.com.
A TV review of Hulu's High Fidelity.
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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