Roger Ebert

Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spinoff Stuck In Limbo
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Like its ghostly protagonists, Netflix's "Dead Boy Detectives" is caught between two worlds—or rather, IPs. Initially conceived as a spinoff of then-HBO Max's cult DC anti-hero series "Doom Patrol" (in which the characters, all played by different actors than here,...
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Art College 1994
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It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of “Art College 1994,” an animated Chinese college dorm rom-com about young people and their greatest loves, themselves. You could easily imagine this feature-length cartoon taking place in another...
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Preview of Tributes at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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As we enter the warmth of spring, we are one step closer to the return of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) — this year celebrating its 58th edition. As one of Europe’s oldest film festivals, nestled in a...
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Pioneering Actor-Producer Terry Carter Dies
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Actor and producer Terry Carter has died in New York City. The former co-star of TV's “McCloud” and “Battlestar Galactica” was 95. Carter's death follows on the heels of Black male stars Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, Carl Weathers, Lou Gossett,...
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Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Preview
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The sixth annual Cinema Femme Short Film Festival will celebrate its second year of in-person events and screenings from April 25th to May 2nd. The festival’s ethos centers on uplifting up-and-coming female and non-binary filmmakers by platforming their work and...
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25 Years Later, Alexander Payne’s Election Remains as Relevant as Ever
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There’s an ongoing theme in Alexander Payne’s films -- the people we think are the antagonists aren’t actually bad people; we simply force ourselves into the corner of seeing them that way. From the simple-minded and unfortunately coiffed future in-laws in...
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Sharp Writing, Excellent Cast Keep Spy Thriller The Veil Engaging
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By now, we’re all aware that Elisabeth Moss can do anything. She’s proven it again and again in film and television. However, seeing the star of “Mad Men” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” play a suave super-spy with a British accent...
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Nowhere Special
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There are windows throughout “Nowhere Special,” real and symbolic. Over the opening credits, we view windows, giving us glimpses of the outside and a couple of interiors in a rural Irish town. One of those windows is being carefully soaped...
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Take Another Trip to the End of the World with Sony’s Stellar Blade
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A weak year for video games so far should get a little bit of a jolt from Sony and Shift Up’s “Stellar Blade,” available this week exclusively on the PS5. Inspired by all kinds of post-apocalyptic gaming, it sometimes feels...
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He’s Got Something Going On: David Proval on Mean Streets, and Acting for Martin Scorsese
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David Proval, now 81, is a native New Yorker who has collected a diverse array of screen credits over the past half-century, including the terrifying New Jersey hoodlum Richie Aprile on "The Sopranos," Toby Ziegler's rabbi on the NBC series "The West...
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