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Van Sant’s ‘Elephant’ surprise winner
BBC “The Lady Vanishes” Only Strengthens Reputation of Hitchcock Original
The Unloved, Part 89: Restless
‘It’s Not Your Fault’: On Hanging Out and Healing in Good Will Hunting
Berlin 2018: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Optimism, L. Cohen
Cannes 2015: “The Sea of Trees”
Thumbnails 11/21/2013
50 greatest music films ever
TIFF 2007 Wrap: Personal best & indelible images
There Will Be Blood: Sculpting in time
WALL-E scrunches Love Guru inVillage Voice/LA Weekly crix poll
TIFF: Suicide isn’t painless
Films that are not for the dying so much
The 20 Best Films of 2026 So Far
Poetry in the Abyss: Béla Tarr (1955-2026)
Palm Springs Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
Swan Song: Udo Kier (1944-2025)
TIFF 2025: The Christophers, &Sons, Dead Man’s Wire, Tuner
Big Blocks of Fun: A Minecraft Movie
February 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Wicked,” “Nosferatu,” “Here,” “Heretic,” More
“Megalopolis” and “Joker: Folie à Deux”; or, The Virtue of Burning Money
Home Entertainment Guide: September 2024
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2024
Tribeca 2023: Fresh Kills, The Graduates, The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ten Years of Presence: In Honor of Roger Ebert and the Empathy Machine
The Rewards are Endless: Scott Ryan on His New Book, Lost Highway: The Fist of Love
Call Me Crazy: Anne Heche (1969-2022)
The American Dream, Period: Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022)
It’s Not My Swan Song: Udo Kier on His Latest Drama and How Much He Has Left to Give
Send It Back: How Roadrunner Fails Anthony Bourdain
Cannes 2021: The Restless, Nitram, Casablanca Beats, France
Buck Henry: 1930-2020
The Lost Souls of Joaquin Phoenix
Acclaimed Producer Effie T. Brown Salutes Project Involve on its 25th Anniversary
Sundance 2018 Announces Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
Cannes 2017: Palme d’Or predictions
Hot Docs Interview 2017: Alexandre O. Philippe on “78/52”
ABC’s Gay Civil Rights Epic Mini-series “When We Rise” a Revolution Itself
Everyone is Fragile: The Power of “Dark Night”
A Different Rail: The Artists of “Author” and “Catfish”
Thumbnails 8/9/16
Chicago French Film Festival 2016 Preview
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2016 Preview
Roger’s Favorites: Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender
Berlin 2016: “Midnight Special”
Sundance 2016 Interview: Tim Sutton on “Dark Night”
Sundance 2016: “Dark Night”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 8, 2015
Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival 2015 Preview
Making John Lasseter Cry: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera on “Inside Out”
Barbara Cannes 2015
The Cannes Blues
Video: Chaz Ebert Reports on Enticing Films at Cannes
Cannes 2015: “Mia Madre”
Alterna-Cannes 2015
Welcome to Cannes 2015
They’re All Gonna Laugh At You: The “Carrie” Remake
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 6, 2014
TV Review: “Gracepoint,” “Stalker” Define Problems with Network Television
NYFF 2014: Conflicted Artists Stand Apart in “Saint Laurent,” “Pasolini”
NYFF 2014: Films Help Define a Cinematic World in Flux
Thumbnails 9/18/14
Thumbnails 8/14/14
A constant quality: Robin Williams, 1951-2014
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: May 2014
Highlights of the Second Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
Labor of Love: Author Joyce Maynard discusses the film adaptation of her novel “Labor Day”
“Dark Blood”: Death and the Maiden
New York Film Festival: “Real” and “Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa”
Book Excerpt: Rainer on Film, Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
A couple too frail to last?
A carbon copy Dragon Tattoo
The Newtown killings
NY Crix add kudos to ‘Hurt Locker’
DGA hails “Slumdog Millionaire,” Ebert made a lifetime member
A haunted vet, a garbage robot and a happy-go-lucky charmer
Ebert’s Best 10 Movies of 2005
Best 10 Movies of 2003
Hitchcock is still on top of film world
The Best 10 Movies of 1991
