Pulitzer Prize-winner Wesley Morris to receive Roger Ebert Award from AAFCA
An article about this year’s special achievement honorees spotlighted by the African American Film Critics Association.
Festivals & Awards
Roma
It’s a masterful achievement in filmmaking as an empathy machine, a way for us to spend time in a place, in an era, and with characters that we never would otherwise.
A Look Back at the 2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival
A report from last week’s 21st Indie Memphis Film Festival, which included new and old favorites.
AFI FEST 2018: Mary Queen of Scots
An AFI FEST review of Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.
AFI Fest 2018: Breaking the Frame: A Conversation About Craft and Career
A report from a special panel at AFI FEST that featured three female directors.
AFI Fest 2018: Bird Box
A review from AFI FEST of the new Netflix film Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock and directed by Susanne Bier.
AFI Fest 2018: Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin in Netflix’s The Kominsky Method
A sneak peek from AFI FEST 2018 of Chuck Lorre’s new Netflix series about Hollywood has-beens and wannabes, starring Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas.
AFI Fest 2018: On the Basis of Sex
A review of Mimi Leder’s On the Basis of Sex, after its world premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles.
Video: Ebertfest 2019 Passes On Sale November 1st
An announcement of Ebertfest 2019 passes going on sale Thursday, November 1st, along with a video of the festival’s 20th anniversary.
Three Highlights from the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival
A look back at the New Orleans Film Festival, with reviews of Buckjumping, Jaddoland, and The True Don Quixote.
Little Tickles Wins the Roger Ebert Award at the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival
A look at the winners of this year’s Chicago International Film Festival, including the recipient of this year’s Roger Ebert Award.
Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC
An article about the 4K restoration of Horace Jenkins’ “Cane River” premiering October 22nd at the New Orleans Film Festival and October 25th at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, made possible by IndieCollect and the Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation
CIFF 2018: Friedkin Uncut, The Great Buster
A review of two films that played at CIFF on William Friedkin and Buster Keaton.
Wildlife
One never senses judgment from Dano, Kazan, Gyllenhaal, or Mulligan—they recognize that there’s beauty even in the mistakes we make in life. It’s what makes us human.
NYFF 2018: Roma, Her Smell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, At Eternity’s Gate
Reviews from the New York Film Festival of the latest by Alfonso Cuaron, Alex Ross Perry, the Coen brothers and Julian Schnabel.
NYFF 2018: La Flor
A report from the 2018 New York Film Festival on Mariano Llinás’ 808-minute film, La Flor.
NYFF 2018: The Times of Bill Cunningham, Cold War, Detour
A report from the New York Film Festival on two new films and a classic.
CIFF 2018: Transit, Non-Fiction
A review of two films making their Chicago debuts at CIFF this year from Christian Petzold and Olivier Assayas.
CIFF 2018: Films We Covered at Other Festivals
Links to our reviews of films playing the Chicago International Film Festival.
45 Movies to see at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
An in-depth look at what’s playing this month at the Chicago International Film Festival.
