CIFF 2023: Family Portrait, Club Zero, The Bride
A dispatch on three films directed by women from this year’s CIFF.
Festivals & Awards
Chaz Ebert Celebrates 25 Years of Ebertfest While Honored at University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala
An article about RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert being honored at the University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala and looking forward to the 25th anniversary of the Roger Ebert Film Festival (Ebertfest).
CIFF 2023: All Happy Families, Bike Vessel, Departing Seniors, Memorial
On four Chicago productions that launched the opening weekend of the city’s film festival.
NYFF 2023: AGGRO DR1FT, The Sweet East, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
On three films from NYFF, including the latest experiment from Harmony Korine.
Silver Dollar Road
A complex, intense document of the persistence of Black existence in a world hell-bent on erasure.
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall builds to a series of scenes that hit like a punch. Or when a fight with a partner goes a little too far.
NYFF 2023: May December, Kidnapped, Close Your Eyes
A report from NYFF on three major films.
A Look Inside Sofia Coppola’s New 488-Page Retrospective, Archive
Sofia Coppola surveys her career in this massive new collection from Mack Books.
Dicks: The Musical
It’s half a movie, but it’s so committed to its rebellious tone that it makes for a hell of a half.
The Burial
Betts’ crowd-pleasing story of unlikely partners turned friends is undeniably entertaining.
Fantastic Fest 2023 Highlights: The Devil You Know
A recap of the 2023 genre fest that everyone loves.
Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s Documentary Series, Warning Signs, Wins Emmy
An article about the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s documentary series, “Warning Signs”, winning an Emmy.
Foe
Foe stumbles rather spectacularly by leaning more on melodrama than logic and choosing cliche over originality.
NYFF 2023: Highlights of the First Week of the Fest Include New Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A curtain raiser for a very promising NYFF.
Reptile
Del Toro always brings it, and this is actually one of his more intriguing performances in a long time, but one consistently wishes that it was in a movie that knew what to do with it.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
It’s disarming, and lovely, to see what’s essentially a spiritual growth parable rendered in Anderson’s jewel-box style.
TIFF 2023: A Canadian Looks Back at a Tumultuous Fest
A final word on TIFF 2023 from someone who knows the festival very well.
TIFF 2023 Video: Festival Highlights Including Spike Lee Receiving the TIFF Ebert Director Award
A brief video dispatch from Chaz Ebert at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race: The Fall Festivals Leave Burning Questions
A feature on the major question in each of the big categories after what we learned from TIFF, Venice, and Telluride.
