Roger Ebert

Call it the “Drunk History” effect—from Hulu’s “The Great” to Max’s “Our Flag Means Death,” television has been smack dab in the middle of an irreverent historical renaissance the last few years. Slap a frock or two on a few...

The CU International Film Festival (“CUIFF”) is hosting its second annual festival on Saturday, March 2nd, in the evening at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures in Urbana, Illinois. The festival showcases short films from around the globe that it believes have...

Hollywood Movie Corp. CEO Mikel Ravenscroft and Jerry Greenberg of Mirage Records announce that they have hired Lou Weisbach to exclusively represent the major global motion picture, "The Jerry Greenberg Story: Man Behind the Music." Jerry Greenberg is the American music...

When Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Director for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” he entered rarified air, becoming the living director with the most nods in that category. In all, the revered filmmaker has an impressive 10 nominations—to go...

The first season of “The Tourist” was a clever little thriller over on Max, but that company continued its cavalcade of confusing choices and dumped the second outing, allowing the show to travel to Netflix, where it has been consistently...

“Dune” is a sandworm for would-be adapters. Many have summoned it, but until now, none have been able to ride it. Alexander Jodorowsky tried and failed to adapt Frank Herbert’s 1965 bestseller in the early seventies. David Lynch made a...

Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan's anti-police sci-fi action film "Code 8," produced and starring brothers Robbie and Stephen Amell, flew mostly under the radar, despite its timely themes. Although a sequel series fell apart with the collapse...

For those who have had their appetite for Gallic cinema whetted by the success of Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema” is returning to New York’s Walter Reade Theater for its 29th year to provide American...

There's a wonderful scene in Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater's sprightly comic docudrama "Bernie," about a murder in the town of Carthage, Texas, where a man in a diner explains that Texas is actually five states, then pithily summarizes each one. A version...

in less than two weeks, Robert Downey Jr. is probably going to win an Academy Award. He’s already taken home the Golden Globe and the SAG Award for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss, the man who decides to get revenge...