Thumbnails 4/3/14
Two visions of Metropolis; Movies with women in main roles make more money; Domestic violence in The Long Goodbye; An interview with Thelma Schoonmaker; Dissecting male violence and beginning a conversation that needs to be had.
Features
Videos from Roger’s Memorial and from Two of Our Far Flung Correspondents
Video footage of the memorial for Roger Ebert.
Still Present: Memories of Roger Ebert a Year After His Passing
A year after the death of Roger Ebert, our critics and contributors on the site that bears his name were asked to share a memory of the man.
Dragons, Politicians, and Dorks: The New Sunday Nights on HBO
Brian Tallerico reviews the new seasons of Game of Thrones, Veep, and Silicon Valley on HBO.
Thumbnails 4/2/14
A blind critic shows us the light; The Wire and Juice; Death in television; Mac DeMarco and Salad Days; Teenage sexual promiscuity.
Thumbnails 4/1/14
Spike Lee writes an open letter to A.O. Scott, A The Shining producer calls Room 237 “idiotic”; Facebook’s latest money-grabbing ploy; Introducing The Critical Press; Archie Bunker and Norman Lear.
Book Excerpt: It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls
An excerpt from Adam Nayman’s new book “It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls”.
My Colleague, My Friend: Robert Feder on Roger Ebert
Robert Feder recalls knowing Roger as aSun-Times colleague and as a dear friend.
Thumbnails 3/31/14
Understanding consciousness; Inside Llewyn Davis and Mad Men; Canceling the Colbert Show; John Wayne biography; Amtrak’s shoddy writer’s program.
Thumbnails 3/28/14
Entertainment Weekly pays writers in non-existent prestige; The pleasure of Masters of Sex; The Rock and prewar cinema; A brilliant (also illegal) streaming service; Forming opinions.
Thumbnails 3/27/14
Nymphomaic explains the career of Lars von Trier; Nolan rejects 3D; Critics should write about form, except when they don’t want to; A 1970s mother blogs; HBO challenges Netflix.
Mindy Kaling, Amy Schumer Continue Renaissance of Female-Driven TV Comedy
TV comedy has never been more about its female comedians and two of the best return next week in Amy Schumer and Mindy Kaling.
Thumbnails 3/26/14
Beauty shaped by evolution; A tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman; Onslaught of YA adaptations; Facebook purchases Oculus; Chris Evans retires from acting.
The Art of Controlled Chaos with Gareth Evans & Iko Uwais of “The Raid 2: Berandal”
Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais on the action crime epic, The Raid 2.
Launching Our New Facebook Page, EbertVoices
RogerEbert.com has a Facebook page. Please like it.
Thumbnails 3/25/14
A study on when a joke is too soon; Jim Rebhorn writes his own obituary; Disney makes an acquisition; Sudden death in The Good Wife; An Iranian cinema podcast begins.
Thumbnails 3/24/14
A career-view of the Coen brothers; Movie app shuts down; Nymphomaniac is not pornography; Cyberpunk renaissance forming; Negative take on No Country for Old Men.
