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“The Terror: Devil in Silver” Fails to Earn a Spot on the Medal Podium
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“Invincible” Season 4 Is A Thrilling Examination Of Violence and Grief
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40 Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2026
Roger Ebert
From Chicago to the World: On the 50th Anniversary of Siskel & Ebert
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: Mile End Kicks, Maddie’s Secret, Poetic License
Features
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
Festivals & Awards
Navigating Sundance as a First Timer
MZS
A Prophet is Without Honor in His Own Country; or, The Curious Case of Clint Eastwood
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Home Entertainment Guide: September 2024
Tributes
A Force For Good: Richard Simmons (1948-2024)
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MGM+’s Messy The Emperor of Ocean Park Rules Over Convoluted Empire
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Book Excerpt: Hollywood Pride by Alonso Duralde
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Palm Royale is Pretty and Shallow, Which At Least Matches its Characters
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Home Entertainment Guide: February 2024
Festivals & Awards
Berlin Film Festival 2024: The Roundup: Punishment, Last Swim, Through The Rocks And Clouds
Features
10 Music Documentaries You Should See After The Greatest Night in Pop
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Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a Phenomenal Stand-Alone Anime Addition
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Invincible Packs a Wallop in Mighty Second Season
Video Games
Mortal Kombat 1 Continues Legacy of Landmark Fighting Game
Festivals & Awards
XL Film Festival & Summit 2023: Highlights of an Ambitious New Event
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2022: King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones, Art and Pep, The Big Payback
Festivals & Awards
Preview of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2022: Country Gold, The Harbinger, Glorious
Festivals & Awards
10 Films We Can’t Wait to See at the 2022 Fantasia Festival
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Prime Video’s Night Sky is a Sentimental but Hollow Sci-fi Series
Tributes
Ivan Reitman: 1946-2022
Festivals & Awards
The 2022 Oscar Nominees: A Full List
Features
Bardcore Noir: Joel Coen, Shakespeare and The Tragedy of Macbeth
Interviews
All the Voices in the Conversation: Uzo Aduba on National Champions
Interviews
I Believe in Individuals: Barry Gifford and Lili Taylor on Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
Festivals & Awards
The Films That Could Shake Up the Oscar Race
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at Tribeca 2021: The Documentary Features
Black Writers Week
Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2021
Black Writers Week
Profiles in Courage: Erica Ford
Features
Book Excerpt: Films of Endearment by Michael Koresky
TV/Streaming
Steven Yeun Breathes Life into the Animated Superhero Series Invincible
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2021: Sound of Violence, Jakob’s Wife, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2021: 12 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Chaz's Journal
Celebrate The HistoryMakers 20@2020: 20 Days and 20 Nights Streams Online Through December 20th
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Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 3 Streaming Today, November 5th, 2020
Tributes
Rhonda Fleming: 1923-2020
Chaz's Journal
Lighting the Torches of Others: A Celebration of Gloria Steinem
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Home Entertainment Guide: February 20, 2020
Festivals & Awards
The Best Films of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2020: On the Record, Into the Deep, Assassins
Features
Thumbnails Special Edition: In Praise of Our Writers at RogerEbert.com
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2020 Announces Competition, Midnight, Premiere Titles and More
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AMC’s The Terror: Infamy Weaves Ghost Story Through Tragic Chapter in Human History
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Veronica Mars Returns to Hulu in Rare Successful TV Reboot
Features
The Musical History Behind the James Bond Gun Barrel Sequences
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Stanley Donen: 1924-2019
Features
“A Simple Plan” isn’t your typical Sam Raimi movie, and that’s why it’s his best
Interviews
Telling Their Stories: Stephan James and KiKi Layne on If Beale Street Could Talk
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2018: Loro, The Front Runner
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The Purge Empire Expands to Cable TV with Mediocre Series
Chaz's Journal
My Telluride Film Festival Diary 2008
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: August 2, 2018
Festivals & Awards
If I Had an Emmy Ballot 2018
Features
Tom Wolfe: 1931-2018
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Prestigious, Expensive Adaptation of The Terror Debuts on AMC
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Interview: Chicago Filmmaker Michael Glover Smith on Mercury in Retrograde
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J.K. Simmons Rocks Dual Role in Starz’s Counterpart
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The RogerEbert.com Interviews of 2017
Features
Thumbnails 9/14/17
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: July 13, 2017
Interviews
Amy Heckerling on “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Clueless” and more
Festivals & Awards
Predictions for the 89th Academy Awards
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 19, 2017
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2016: “Voyage of Time,” “My Art”
Features
2016 Fall Movie Preview: 50 Movies That’ll Prove Film Isn’t Dead
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: September 1, 2016
Interviews
Making the Specific Feel Universal: Lorene Scafaria on “The Meddler”
Chaz's Journal
My Sundance Trifecta 2016
MZS
30 Minutes on: “Whiplash”
Festivals & Awards
Golden Globe Presenters Announced for Jan. 10th Telecast
Festivals & Awards
Previewing and Predicting the 73rd Golden Globe Awards
Interviews
Whatever’s Different: Patrick Wilson on “Bone Tomahawk”
Features
Thumbnails 9/24/15
Interviews
If You Don’t Read This Interview, We’ll Kill This Dog
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Thumbnails 8/3/15
Chaz's Journal
Who’s Who In Reviews: Glenn Kenny
Festivals & Awards
Two-and-a-Half-Star Reviews of 2015
Features
2015 Summer Movie Preview: A Four-Month, Blockbuster Festival
Far Flungers
“Goodbye Solo”
TV/Streaming
When You Can See the Oscar Winners on Blu-ray
Festivals & Awards
Observations of an Awards Season Skeptic, Part 4: Green Card Blues
Festivals & Awards
“Birdman,” “Budapest,” Lady Gaga Win Big at Oscars 2015
Festivals & Awards
“Birdman” Wins Big at Independent Spirit Awards
Festivals & Awards
Observations of an Awards Season Skeptic, Part Three: The Low Spark of Pre-Oscars Oscar Fatigue
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners 2015: Table of Contents
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners 2015: Best Supporting Actor
Far Flungers
Film Independent: Damien Chazelle
Festivals & Awards
A Conversation About Sundance 2015
Features
Thumbnails 2/5/15
Festivals & Awards
“Life Itself” to be Honored at AAFCA Awards Gala
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Sundance 2015: The Best Performances
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Sundance 2015: “The Stanford Prison Experiment”
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