Roger Ebert

Ebertfest Announces Remaining Films and Special Guests Attending the 2025 Festival
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CHAMPAIGN, IL (April 1, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the final three films screening at this year’s festival, to be held April 23-26 at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign: Coppola will participate in...
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Prime Video’s “The Bondsman” Takes Kevin Bacon on a Drab Trip to Hell and Back
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"The Bondsman" has a hard time making its demon fights seem, well, fun.
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The Unloved, Part 135: Adoration
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We look back at an underserved Atom Egoyan film as his latest, "Seven Veils," hits theaters.
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What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
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Films new to Netflix this month include Bonnie and Clyde, Psycho, The Age of Innocence, American Sniper, and many more.
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What Are Your Favorite Roger Ebert Reviews About Empathy?
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This Friday, April 4th, we will mark the 2025 Day4Empathy, 11 years since the passing of Roger Ebert. Roger famously said that movies were an “empathy machine,” and that was something he weaved into the way he appreciated the art...
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Divisive “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” Works if You Let It
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Ignore the haters. The new Assassin's Creed game is a good one.
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Join Chaz Ebert and Sasha-Ann Simons at the University Club of Chicago on April 8, to Discuss “The Death of Empathy”
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Chaz Ebert asks whether her campaign to spread the principles of empathy and compassion has hit a brick wall. This and other issues will be debated Tuesday, April 8th, at the University Club of Chicago, with WBEZ host Sasha-Ann Simons...
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March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
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The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including some of the biggest family hits of 2024 and Criterion editions of Choose Me, Night Moves, and The Wages of Fear.
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Creating a Meta-Rom-Com: Karen Morey and Terence Chen on “Meet Cute in Manhattan”
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An interview with the director and co-writers of "Meet Cute in Manhattan."
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