Cannes 2024: The Substance, Visiting Hours
“The Substance,” a body-horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, hit Cannes at just the right time.
Festivals & Awards
Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest Honored By Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation’s Toast of Tourism
The award honors her work with Ebertfest and its impact on the broader community of Champaign-Urbana.
Cannes 2024: Emilia Pérez, Three Kilometers to the End of the World, Caught by the Tides
Jacques Audiard is one of the last directors you’d expect to make an original musical starring Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez.
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious, long-awaited opus is his “Chi-raq.”
Cannes 2024: Kinds of Kindness; Oh, Canada; Scénarios
Anyone who sees “Kind of Kindness” expecting “Poor Things 2” is in for a nasty shock.
Cannes 2024: Megalopolis, Bird, The Damned, Meeting with Pol Pot
Francis Ford Coppola’s ridiculously long-in-the-making opus is unwieldy but hardly unwatchable.
The Ebert Fellows Go to Ebertfest 2024
A report from this year’s Ebertfest from the Ebert Fellows.
Two More Weeks in the Midday Sun
Reflecting on Roger’s 1987 book about his travails at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes 2024: The Girl with the Needle, Wild Diamond
The first two competition films had a lot in common, despite being set a century apart.
Cannes 2024: The Second Act, Abel Gance’s Napoleon
This year’s Cannes Film Festival opened with a restoration of a silent classic and a meta farce about moviemaking.
Meanwhile in France…Cannes to Be Specific
A French reporter chimes in on the eve of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The Red Carpets of the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Conversations with KiKi Layne, Greg Kwedar, Kelly O’Sullivan, Pamela Adlon, and more from this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival.
A Preview of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Chaz offers a video preview of the most exciting titles passing through this year’s festival.
The 10 Most Anticipated Films of Cannes 2024
From a Donald Trump origin story to the return of Furiosa, here’s a look at the movies everyone’s excited to see at the world’s most prestigious film festival.
Saving Film History One Frame at a Time: A Preview of Restored & Rediscovered Series at the Jacob Burns Film Center
A preview of New York’s Restored & Rediscovered Festival, unfolding next week at the Jacob Burns Film Center.
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Preview
A preview of a local Chicago event that celebrates female and non-binary filmmakers.
New 2025 Oscar Rules Specify New Composer Eligibility, Inclusion Requirements, No More Drive-In Eligibility
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the 97th Academy Awards.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History
A recap of what happened in San Franscisco last week at the silent film festival, a major event for film lovers.
The 2024 Chicago Palestine Film Festival Highlights
A preview of the 23rd Chicago Palestine Film Festival.
The Overlook Film Festival Highlights, Part 2: The Hands of Orlac, Kill Your Lover, Dead Mail, Red Rooms
On more highlights from this year’s horror-centric Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans.
