Ebertfest 2018 Guests: Critical Mass
Our full slate of critics scheduled to attend Ebertfest 2018.
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2018 Guests: Part II
Part II of our round-up featuring filmmaker guests scheduled to attend Ebertfest 2018.
Ebertfest 2018 Guests: Part I
Part I of our round-up featuring filmmaker guests scheduled to attend Ebertfest 2018. We will include the film critics in a separate round-up.
A Quiet Place
It is a tight thrill ride—the kind of movie that quickens the heart rate and plays with the expectations of the audience, while never treating them like idiots. In other words, it’s a really good horror movie.
Blockers
It’s the kind of comedy one could stumble upon late at night on HBO and thoroughly enjoy, but it strains under the weight of its tonal inconsistencies in a movie theater.
Lean on Pete
I marveled at the humanist depth of the world Haigh creates, one that can only be rendered by a truly great writer and director, working near the top of his game.
Bursting Through Border Walls: The 34th Chicago Latino Film Festival
A preview of the Latino Film Festival in Chicago.
Minding the Gap, The King, Devil’s Freedom Among Highlights at DOC10 2018
A preview of the 2018 DOC10 Film Festival in Chicago.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: The World Before Your Feet, Alt-Right: Age of Rage, First Light
A review of three films that had their world premiere at SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: The Dawn Wall, They Live Here, Now
A review of two invigorating docs that premiered at SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Friday’s Child, Sadie, Prospect, Write When You Get Work
A report on four more films from SXSW, including a breakout starring Tye Sheridan and Imogen Poots.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Elizabeth Harvest, Don’t Leave Home
On two unique films from SXSW, both inspired by classic European horror.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Thunder Road, Brothers’ Nest, Boundaries
On three films from SXSW, including one of this year’s best.
Three Queens of Cinema to Grace Ebertfest 2018
A partial preview of films and guests scheduled for Ebertfest 2018.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Support the Girls, Family, All Square
A report on three more movies from SXSW, including the latest from Andrew Bujalski.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Ready Player One
A review of Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” from the SXSW Film Festival.
Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema Starts Sixth Season
The latest Asian Pop-Up Cinema will run March 13 – May 16 and present nine new films, covering U.S., Midwest and Chicago premieres.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: What Keeps You Alive, Unfriended: Dark Web, Upgrade, Wildling
A review of four horror movies from SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Fast Color, A Vigilante, Galveston
A report on three films from SXSW and an historic day.
