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McQueen’s masterful film is the kind that works on multiple levels simultaneously—as pure pulp entertainment but also as a commentary on how often it feels…
Sheila O'Malley
Recent Reviews
The Long Dumb Road
Postcards from London
Bohemian Rhapsody
Burning
The Long Dumb Road
(2018)
Postcards from London
(2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)
Burning
(2018)
The Sentence
(2018)
The Happy Prince
(2018)
All About Nina
(2018)
Nappily Ever After
(2018)
A Simple Favor
(2018)
Lizzie
(2018)
City of Joy
(2018)
Blue Iguana
(2018)
We the Animals
(2018)
Elizabeth Harvest
(2018)
Cocote
(2018)
Hot Summer Nights
(2018)
Eighth Grade
(2018)
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
(2018)
Leave No Trace
(2018)
The King
(2018)
Hearts Beat Loud
(2018)
En el Séptimo Dia
(2018)
Adrift
(2018)
The Tale
(2018)
If We Picked the Winners 2018: Best Foreign Language Film
Our writers pick the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Harry Dean Stanton: 1926-2017
A tribute to the legendary Harry Dean Stanton.
Charles Taylor on His New Book, "Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You"
An interview with author Charles Taylor about his new book.
World-Class Acting: On Joan Crawford and “Sudden Fear”
Sheila O'Malley on the art of Joan Crawford, as displayed in a new restoration of 1952's "Sudden Fear."
Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances: Sam Schacht on Method Acting
An interview with the legendary Sam Schacht about the art of Method Acting.
Book Review: "Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936"
A book review of Edward Sorel's "Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936."
Carrie Fisher 1956-2016
A tribute to the late Carrie Fisher.
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.
