Sidney
Self
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Spike Lee Movie Reviews
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Himself
Red Hook Summer
Mookie
Girl 6
Jimmy
Jungle Fever
Cyrus
Mo’ Better Blues
Giant
Do the Right Thing
Mookie
School Daze
Half-Pint
Highest 2 Lowest
Director
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Director
Da 5 Bloods
Director
BlacKkKlansman
Director
Pass Over
Director
Rodney King
Director
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Director
Chi-Raq
Writer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Director
Oldboy
Director
Passing Strange
Directed by
Blog Posts That Mention Spike Lee
Features
A Home Away from Home: Goodbye to the Lake Street Screening Room
Interviews
He’s Just That Guy: Jeffrey Wright on “Basquiat”
Roger Ebert
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
Black Writers Week
Hard Knocks and Rebirth in the Bayou: Alfre Woodard in “Passion Fish”
Black Writers Week
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Baby Boy” at 25
Black Writers Week
Uncomfortable Truths: “Set It Off,” “Girl 6,” and “Naked Acts” at 30
Black Writers Week
Radical Whimsy: Exploring the Creative Mind of Boots Riley
Black Writers Week
Through My Lens: The Accidental Archivist of ‘90s Howard University
Black Writers Week
To Make People Aware of Something is Great: A Conversation with Maya Cade
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026 Video #5: Festival Dispatch with Ben Kenigsberg
Chaz's Journal
The Night I Danced On Stage With Michael Jackson
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide April 2026: Send Help, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Highest 2 Lowest, More
DVD/Blu-Ray
Criterion Venerates Three Essential Works of ’90s Black Cinema with “John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy”
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Announces 2026 Program with New Films by Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi, More
Black Writers Week
Celebrating Black Cinema: Shawn Edwards on the Black Movie Hall of Fame
Features
Highlights of Roger Ebert on Black Filmmakers for Black History Month
Books
Book Excerpt: The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films by Ashley Clark
Interviews
Remote-Droppers and Jeff Bridges: Nick Digilio on His Book About 40 Years Reviewing Movies
Tributes
A Brilliant Actor and Even Better Person: Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954-2025)
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide December 2025: “Black Phone 2,” “Bugonia,” “Good Fortune,” More
Features
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Tributes
What I Know is What I Am: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
Roger Ebert
From Chicago to the World: On the 50th Anniversary of Siskel & Ebert
Roger Ebert
A Duo Unlike Any Other: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of “Siskel & Ebert”
Interviews
The Most Movie Moment: Aiyana-Lee on Getting a Surprise DM from Spike Lee and Filming Her First-Ever Movie Scene with Denzel Washington
Tributes
11 Times That D’Angelo Made a Movie Better with his Music
DVD/Blu-Ray
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
Features
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Highest 2 Lowest”
MZS
“When the World Broke Open: Katrina and its Afterlives” Launches at MOMA
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Prejudice Across the Pond in “Pool of London” and “The Story of a Three-Day Pass”
Chaz's Journal
Guillermo del Toro to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2025 TIFF Tribute Awards
Features
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Features
The Glorious Year of Morgan Freeman
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025: Second Takes on a Few Fest Darlings
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2025 Video #5: Chaz Ebert on “Nouvelle Vague” and “Highest 2 Lowest”; Interviews with Elizabeth Guest and Filmmakers of “Average White Band”; Nicole Kidman on Women in Motion Award
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2025 Video #4: Brian Tallerico on Mission Impossible, The Phoenician Scheme, My Father’s Shadow, Secret Agent
Festivals & Awards
Movies without Tariffs: A Preview of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025 Announces Lineup with New Films by Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson and More
Roger Ebert
13 Reviews by Roger Ebert for the 2025 Day4Empathy
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
Festivals & Awards
If We Picked the Winners: The 97th Academy Awards
Interviews
30 Years of “Hoop Dreams”: Steve James on Roger Ebert, Oscar Snubs, and Documentary Filmmaking
MZS
The Atlas of Cinema: In Praise of Adam Driver
Festivals & Awards
A Look Back at MUBI FEST CHICAGO
Festivals & Awards
Mike Leigh to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Interviews
Looking Into My Soul: Colman Domingo on Sing Sing
Black Writers Week
It’s About Reshaping: David Kirkman on Underneath: The Children of the Sun
Black Writers Week
58th KVIFF Welcomes Viggo Mortensen, Steven Soderbergh, Clive Owen, And More
Black Writers Week
The LightReel Film Festival Finishes Strong
Features
Neon’s Five Palme d’Or Winners, Ranked
MZS
The Legacy of David Bordwell; or, The Memorial Service as Network Narrative
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis
Festivals & Awards
Two More Weeks in the Midday Sun
Features
Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema
MZS
On Luca, Tenet, The Invisible Man and Other Films from the Early Pandemic Era that Deserve More Big-Screen Time
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
Festivals & Awards
The 25th Anniversary of Ebertfest to Open with Star 80, With The Best Man As Its Centerpiece
Interviews
Bill Bradley is Ready to Tell His Own Story
Chaz's Journal
Spirit Awards 2024: A Platform for Essential Independent Films
Chaz's Journal
The Alliance for Downtown Manhattan Invites Filmmakers to Apply for $50,000 Grant to Make a Film in New York City
Features
The Return of 70MM
Chaz's Journal
Seasons Greetings from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com
Tributes
A Grounding Presence: Andre Braugher (1962-2023)
Interviews
Staying Connected: Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz on Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Features
Streetcorner Symphony: The Music of Mean Streets
Features
It’s OK, Boomer: The Big Chill Turns 40
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2023 Interview: Minhal Baig on Chicago Drama We Grown Now
Festivals & Awards
Chaz Ebert Celebrates 25 Years of Ebertfest While Honored at University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala
Interviews
Creating an Atmosphere: Justin Simien on Haunted Mansion
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: A Canadian Looks Back at a Tumultuous Fest
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023 Video: Festival Highlights Including Spike Lee Receiving the TIFF Ebert Director Award
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: Stop Making Sense, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: Table of Contents
Features
Film Forum’s Ousmane Sembène Retrospective Honors the Senegalese Master
Festivals & Awards
Oscar-winner Spike Lee to Receive the 2023 TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sunday, September 10th
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fran Rubel Kuzui on Tokyo Pop
Black Writers Week
When Angela Bassett Found Her Inner Tina Turner
Black Writers Week
Sweet Home Chicago Series for Juneteenth: Video Interview with Filmmaker Mark Harris
Black Writers Week
Rise of the Beats: On Hip-Hop and Hollywood
Chaz at Cannes
Cannes 2023: DePaul University/CHA Youth Resident Filmmakers Isis Gullette, Unique Moore and Christal Westmoreland Arrive in the Riviera
Chaz's Journal
Martin Scorsese was Roger Ebert’s Favorite Director
Tributes
A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Features
A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50
Festivals & Awards
23rd Annual Black Reel Awards to Celebrate its 2023 Honorees on February 6th
TV/Streaming
