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You Do Not Encourage a Dodo to Fly: Harris Yulin (1937-2025)
Michael Douglas to Present Newly Restored “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Syfy’s “Revival” Resurrects the Small-Town Zombie Craze In Suitably Morbid Fashion
I Love You For Who You Are: Sly Stone (1943-2025)
A Great Businessman in the Persona of a Wonderful Entertainer: Todd Purdum on Desi Arnaz
What to Watch on Netflix: June 2025
How to Be Human: A Personal Response to John Carpenter’s “Starman,” Now in 4K
Excellent Cast Struggles to Hold Together Plodding “Dept. Q”
Cannes 2025: Sentimental Value, Romería, The History of Sound
Cannes 2025 Video #2: Isaac Feldberg on Eddington, Chronology of Water, Left-Handed Girl, and More
Apple TV+’s “Murderbot” Functions Along Mission Parameters, But Needs To Work Out Some Bugs
Restored and Rediscovered Festival Spotlights Organizations at the Forefront of Film Restoration
Cannes 2025: Two Prosecutors, Adam’s Sake, Promised Sky
Tom Segura’s Got “Bad Thoughts” to Share, But Only a Few Are Worth Hearing
What to Watch on Netflix: May 2025
Book Excerpt: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony & the Life of a Legend by Jason Bailey
Your Guide to Ebertfest 2025: Day 4, April 26th
Your Guide to Ebertfest 2025: Day 3, April 25th
Your Guide to Ebertfest 2025: Day 2, April 24th
Prime’s Magnetic “Étoile” Is Guaranteed To Be Your Spring TV Obsession
Your Guide to Ebertfest 2025: Day 1, April 23rd
The CW’s “Sherlock & Daughter” Appears to be Made for No One
Prime Video’s “#1 Happy Family USA” Gives Ramy Youssef the Freedom to Laugh at Post-9/11 Paranoia
In Season 2 of HBO’s “The Rehearsal,” Nathan Fielder Tries to Save Lives
“Black Mirror” is Back to Bum You Out with One of Its Stronger Seasons
Total Fidelity: Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza on “Warfare”
He Communicated with Forces that Were Not in the Norm: Oliver Stone on Directing Val Kilmer
Prime Video’s “The Bondsman” Takes Kevin Bacon on a Drab Trip to Hell and Back
What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
Join Chaz Ebert and Sasha-Ann Simons at the University Club of Chicago on April 8, to Discuss “The Death of Empathy”
Tom Hardy Carries Promising Double-Episode Premiere of Paramount+’s “MobLand”
How Ken Burns’ “Shadow Ball” Connects Baseball’s Past to Our Uncertain Future
Netflix’s “The Residence” Spins White House Chaos into Cozy Mystery
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Fu*cktoys, $Positions, Idiotka
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
Can’t Stop the Vilanch: Legendary Comedy Writer Spills on the Creation of His Career’s Guiltiest Pleasures
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Are We Good?, I’m Carl Lewis!, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Brian Tyree Henry Does His Best to Carry Apple TV’s Explosive “Dope Thief”
Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time” Finally Comes Into Its Own With Season Three
“Out of My Mind” Director Amber Sealey on Casting Authenticity and Breaking Barriers
Karen Jankel, Daughter of Author Michael Bond, Tells Stories of London’s Lovable Paddington Bear
HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” Return for Its Darkest Season Yet
Will I Ever Take My Kids to the Movies?
Intro to Women Writers Week
From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins
Anora’s Real-Life Fairytale: Five-Oscar Victory for Indie Film
True/False 2025: WTO/99, Family Album, Land With No Rider
What to Watch on Netflix: March 2025
A Goodbye to Two Legends: Roberta Flack and Jerry Butler
A Mathematical Explanation of What is Going to Win Best Picture This Year
Netflix’s “Running Point” is Pretty Funny if You Don’t Think About it Too Hard
A Salute to the Movies That Got Overlooked During Oscar Season
Movies to Watch if You Love Bad Bunny
Talkin’ About His Generation: New Book Chronicles the Making of Millennial Touchstone “Superbad”
NBC’s “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” Fails to Grow Much of Interest
Brenda Robinson, Acting President of Film Independent, Set to Preside Over 40th Spirit Awards; Aidy Bryant Cheerfully Returns as Host
Scott Derrickson Dives Deep into “The Gorge”
“Avowed” Brings Personal Characters To An Exciting World
Life, the Movie: Why Documentary Filmmaking Should Return to, You Know, Documenting Stuff
“El Norte” Screening Commemorates Sundance Institute History at Pivotal Moment
Ebertfest 2025 Adds “Desperately Seeking Susan,” “Touch,” “His Three Daughters”
What to Watch on Netflix: February 2025
Sundance 2025: The Dating Game, Prime Minister, How to Build a Library
Sundance 2025: The Librarians, Middletown, Speak.
Sundance: Dead Lover, Touch Me
Sundance 2025: Mad Bills to Pay, Rains Over Babel, Serious People
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” Brings Marvel’s Web-Slinger Down to Street Level
Hulu’s “Paradise” Blends Murder Mystery with High-Concept Storytelling
Sundance 2025: Rebuilding, Together, Peter Hujar’s Day
Sundance 2025: 2000 Meters from Andriivka, Cutting Through Rocks, Khartoum
Sundance 2025: Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake), Plainclothes
Sundance Film Festival 2025: Predators, The Stringer, FOLKTALES
Sundance Film Festival 2025 Preview: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
Book Excerpt: Foreword to The Wes Anderson Collection: Asteroid City by David Bordwell
Starz’s “The Couple Next Door” Stops Itself From Reaching Great Heights
Not Everything Needs to be for Sale: on the Integrity of the Watch Duty App
Peter Berg Shows the Ugly Side of American History With the Frustrating “American Primeval”
Frustrating Second Season of “Severance” Gets Off to a Rocky Start
The Wicked Witch Is Dead: The Double-Bind of the Villainess’s Backstory
10 Holiday Movies That Roger Ebert Loved (and Where to Watch Them)
It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness (book by Chaz Ebert, with Foreword by Tamron Hall)
Peacock Turns the Rom-Com Into a Game of Death in the Charming “Laid”
Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2024
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” is the Antidote to Modern Big-Budget Game Fatigue
“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” Takes Aim at Younger Viewers
The Unloved, Part 132: Anatomy of Hell
Sharp, Propulsive “The Agency” Should Appeal to Fans of Spy Fiction
Appreciating the Brushstrokes: Pre-Computer Animation and the Human Touch
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Daihachi Yoshida on Prize-Winning “Teki Cometh”
Jimmy O. Yang Shines in Excellent “Interior Chinatown”
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: “Apollon by Day, Athena by Night,” “Underground,” “Emmanuelle”
J-Horror Lives: Introducing “Missing Child Videotape” Director Ryota Kondo
Return to the World of “Horizon” with Two New Releases
A Voice from the Great Unconscious: Tony Todd (1954-2024)
“Arcane” Makes Triumphant Return to Netflix
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Godzilla Turns 70
Max’s “Dune: Prophecy” Fails to Capture the Magic of Villeneuve’s Films, Herbert’s Novels
Nothing Left to Prove: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Orang Ikan, Missing Child Videotape, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
