A Great Movie Year Deserved a Better Oscars
Despite some flashes of inspiration, protest and pizzazz, the 96th Academy Awards were too routine to capture the spirit of 2023’s brilliant films and the uncertain world outside the multiplex.
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2024: Babes, My Dead Friend Zoe, Y2K
On three world premieres from SXSW this year, including new films by Pamela Adlon and Kyle Mooney.
True/False 2024: Coming Home Again
A recap of one of the essential documentary film festivals of the year.
True/False 2024: Ibelin, Alien Island, Yintah
On three docs from this year’s True/False.
True/False 2024: A Photographic Memory, There Was There Was Not, Three Promises
On three films from this year’s True/False Film Festival.
You’re Naked Without Us: A Report from the Costume Designers Guild
A report on the state of the Costume Designer industry, including winners from the recent awards and comments from Poor Things’ Holly Waddingham.
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
Our expert’s picks for this year’s winners.
Nobody Else Is Doing What Emma Stone Is Doing Right Now
Poor Things would be achievement enough. But between that, The Curse and her recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, the actor-producer is operating on a different level than everyone else.
Ebertfest Film Festival Over the Years
A compilation of articles spotlighting memorable screenings at Ebertfest over the years.
Japanese Horror Comes to the Film Forum
An awesome horror film festival is about to start in NYC.
All 10 of Martin Scorsese’s Directing Oscar Nominations, Ranked
From Raging Bull to Killers of the Flower Moon, we salute a murderers’ row of award-worthy films.
The 25th Anniversary of Ebertfest to Open with Star 80, With The Best Man As Its Centerpiece
An article announcing the lineup for the 25th Anniversary of the Ebertfest Film Festival 2024.
A Preview of the 2024 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
A preview of the biggest event of the year for French film fans.
The 2nd Annual CU International Film Festival to be Held on March 2nd
An article about the 2nd Annual CU International Film Festival, which will be held on Saturday, March 2nd.
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Who Do I Belong To, Memories Of A Burning Body, Sons
Three films from the Main Competition and Panorama section of Berlin.
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Demba, The Strangers’ Case, Black Tea
On three films from Berlinale, including the first film from Abderrahmane Sissako since “Timbuktu.”
Berlin Film Festival 2024: The Roundup: Punishment, Last Swim, Through The Rocks And Clouds
On three films from Berlinale, including the latest installment in The Roundup franchise.
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Honoree Martin Scorsese Honors Powell and Pressburger
Martin Scorsese, who received an honorary Golden Bear, pays tribute to the Archers in a new documentary.
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Abiding Nowhere, Pepe, No Other Land
A dispatch from Berlin on three films from around the world, including the latest from the masterful Tsai Ming-liang.
Berlin Film Festival 2024: Dahomey, My Favorite Cake, A Traveler’s Needs
On three films from Berlinale, including Mati Diop’s first work since Atlantics.
