Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
While the original Harry Potter saga achieved a magnificent balance between the heart-pounding and the thought-provoking, the Fantastic Beasts spin-off universe still struggles to find…
Stanley Kramer
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Oklahoma Crude (1973)
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Bless the Beasts and the Children (1971)
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1968)
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Roger Ebert
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Inclusion Rider: Backstage at the 90th Academy Awards
A report from the Oscar press room at the 90th Academy Awards.
Venice Film Festival 2017: “Suburbicon,” “The Private Life of a Modern Woman”
A report on the premieres of the George Clooney's Suburbicon and James Toback's The Private Life of a Modern Woman from Venice.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Meets in Chicago to Think & Talk Screens
A report from the 2017 SCMS conference in Chicago.
True to Life: An Interview with Gena Rowlands
An interview with actress Gena Rowlands on the occasion of a John Cassavetes/Rowlands retrospective at NYC's Metrograph.
Roger's Favorites: Faye Dunaway
Roger's Favorites: actress Faye Dunaway.
"70mm Film Festival: The Ultimate Edition" Arrives at Chicago's Music Box Theater
An in-depth preview of the upcoming 70mm film festival occurring at Chicago's Music Box Theatre from February 19 to March 10.
Cannes 2015: "The Treasure"
A Cannes report on the newest from Corneliu Porumboiu.
Beyond Narrative: The Future of the Feature Film
Roger Ebert's essay on film in the 1978 edition of the Britannica publication, "The Great Ideas Today."
"Life Itself" Named Best Documentary by Producer's Guild of America
"Life Itself" won the 2015 Best Documentary award from the Producer's Guild of America.
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.
Thumbnails 5/1/2014
Oliver Stone will never give up. "Under the Skin" star on stigmas; Ron Howard reflects on his career; "Breaking the Waves" arrives on Blu-ray; A look back at "National Velvet."
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Gets the Deluxe Treatment from Criterion
An epic essay on an epic comedy of the 1960s, now given deluxe treatment on Blu-ray and DVD by Criterion.
Andrew Sarris, 1928-2012: In Memoriam
Andrew Sarris, who loved movies, is dead at 83. He was the most influential American film critic of his time, and one of the jolliest. More than anyone else, he was responsible for introducing Americans to the Auteur Theory, the belief that the true author of a film is its director. Largely because of him, many moviegoers today think of films in terms of their directors.
#97 January 11, 2012
Marie writes: I have no words. Beyond the obvious, that is. And while I'm okay looking at photos, the video.... that was another story. I actually found myself turning away at times, the suspense too much to bear - despite knowing in advance that he's alive and well and there was nothing to worry about. The bottom of my stomach still fell out...
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Interview with Erich Segal
Calling yourself the author of the year's biggest novel,'' Erich Segal said, "is like calling yourself the world's greatest newspaper. It makes it sound like nobody else will say it for you, so you gotta say it for yourself . . . "
Interview with Michelangelo Antonioni
HOLLYWOOD - There is nobody who can tell you what Michelangelo Antonioni's new film is about, not even Antonioni. On a quiet Saturday morning, he sits curled at one end of a sofa and talks about the futility of it all.
Interview with Anne Heywood & Raymond Stross
Fourteen months we were trying to get someone to believe in that picture," Raymond Stross said. "We had our own money in it. All of our money. Everything except the house. And all the time people were telling us, make a Hollywood picture. Make a commercial picture. 'The Fox' will never make a dime."
Interview with Russ Meyer
"Directing really turns me on," Russ Meyer was saying.
David Newman & Jack Valenti on campus
When Bonnie and Clyde get killed, a girl in the third row asked, what should we feel - relief or sympathy? "Yeah, sure," David Newman said.
"The Directors"
Andrew Sarris tells the story of a Sam Goldwyn press conference at which a reporter incautiously began: "When William Wyler made 'Wuthering Heights'..." Goldwyn interrupted angrily: "I made 'Wuthering Heights.' Wyler only directed it."
Interview with Stanley Kramer
The first thing that happened to Stanley Kramer after he walked through the door of the Old Town Saloon was that a young lady said: "You Stanley Kramer? I hated your movie."
George Cukor on stage
For an hour the screen was filled with clips from the movies of 37 years. Garbo in "Camille." Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story" and again with Spencer Tracy in "Adam's Rib." Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight." Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." And, of course, Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born."
