Avengers: Infinity War
A good movie that buckles beneath the weight of its responsibilities to the franchise.
Sheila O'Malley
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Our writers pick the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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New Voices: Ebert Young Writers Program for the Arts Covers HIFF 2016
A report from the Hawaii International Film Festival on the second annual Ebert Young Writers Program for the Arts, mentored by our resident critic Sheila O'Malley.
#279 June 28, 2016
#277 May 31, 2016
Sheila writes: Slate reached out to more than 20 prominent film-makers, film critics, scholars, for their favorite movies by black film-makers. The result of that survey is an indispensable list of films, some iconic, some underground hits or cult favorites, and some criminally underseen: The Black Film Canon. There's a fantastic accompanying the video: The Black Film Canon Supercut.
