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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Roger Ebert

Pumpkin

Snow Falling On Cedars (2000)
Roger Ebert

Hatsue Miyamoto

Picture Bride (1995)
Roger Ebert

Riyo

Mystery Train (1989)
Roger Ebert

Mitzuko

Blog Posts

Far Flungers

The Tale of Two Cetis

Omer M. Mozaffar  |  2012-10-06

We know that "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982) is the best of all of the "Star Trek" movies. I am not stating anything new here. The rest of the series of films struggled to repeat the mastery of this film, and the reboot has also fallen short, thus far. I did, however, watch Star Trek 2 recently to see if the overlooked "Star Trek: First Contact" was able to take the helm as the Best of the Treks. In the process, however, I realized that Star Trek 2 is a much better movie than I remembered. I invite everyone to watch this movie again to appreciate how great it really is. This is a great movie. It is exciting. It is complex. It is emotional and philosophical. It is one of the great adventure movies.

Festivals & Awards

Brand new film heavies

Roger Ebert  |  1999-09-13

TORONTO You hurry between theaters, barely enough time between curtains, and one gift after another comes from the screen. Your only regret is that for every good film you see, the people next to you are describing three you missed. This is the payoff after a slow summer at the movies, when it sometimes seemed directors were no longer swinging for the fences, but just happy to get on base.

Festivals & Awards

Class of '94 gets their due at Cannes

Roger Ebert  |  1994-06-05

CANNES, France -- Every year they come here to the Riviera, the new class of young American filmmakers, hoping for lightning to strike. Ever since Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" arrived at Cannes in 1967 as a motorcycle film and returned to the United States as an art film, Cannes has provided a sort of festival within a festival, of first and early films by young Yankee hopefuls.