Roger Ebert

The 60th Karlovy Vary International Film is still in its early stages, but it’s already showing a wealth of wonderful films. In this dispatch, you’ll find three films of differing origins. One is a world premiere in the festival’s main...

In Czech director Jana Hojdová’s raw, brazenly honest documentary, “Robert Richardson: The White Devil,” the legendary director of photography finds himself in a curious position. After decades capturing a plethora of towering films: “Platoon,” “Born on the Fourth of July,”...

Fifty years after the bicentennial and New Hollywood, there's still hope for the future of movies.

It’s the 60th edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a cinematic event, running from July 3-11, that combines world premieres from across Eastern Europe, with festival highlights from Sundance, Berlinale, and Cannes, along with rare restorations and the major...

10 films by foreign-born directors about the country celebrating its 250th birthday this weekend.

For America's 250th birthday, we look back on Roger's thoughts about some of the most significant movies about the American experience, for good or ill.

Some thoughts on the 2026 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

“Silo” has been one of the best shows on TV during its first two season; it’s just barely good enough in is third to keep viewers excited to see how it all ends.

The future Harvard Law graduate Elle Woods gets her own high-school-set prequel on Prime Video.

An interview with the filmmaker behind Angelina Jolie's emotive cancer drama.