Roger Ebert

Throughout the Berlin International Film Festival there has been a glaring juxtaposition between the beauty within the festival and the terror happening around it. In this festival’s resplendent theaters, gorgeous movie houses that I briefly outlined in a prior dispatch,...

Ewan McGregor’s new film is personal for him. The story of a father and daughter on a road trip, “Bleeding Love” examines these characters’ frayed relationship as they try to heal old wounds. But while the drama isn’t strictly autobiographical,...

There is a singular image that beautifully sums up the theme of Nenad Cicin-Sain’s “Kiss the Future” as well as the siege in Sarajevo itself. I have seen this image many times: as a CD cover, a poster, a heavily...

We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary of the release of “The Phantom Menace,” the biggest disappointment of my moviegoing life.  I didn’t know how good I had it back then.  Let me explain. I wasn’t expecting an intellectually stimulating...

If I have another dispatch with three films of this quality, then Berlin will have been an incredible success. Each selection here is an intimate, at moments, meditative interrogation of memory and the brutal passage of time composed through a...

Matt writes: Our Editor at Large Matt Zoller Seitz recently posted a very well-received essay entitled, "Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like 'Coyote vs Acme' Should Be a Crime." You can read the article in its entirety here, and...

Colman Domingo burst onto the screen as civil rights leader Rustin Bayard in "Rustin," and his performance was so strong that I cannot stop thinking about it.  Domingo nailed Rustin's vaguely mid-Atlantic accent, his ferocious drive and aching vulnerability. When he finds himself overcome with...

The procedural is back and ABC’s “Will Trent” is a prime example of its charm and potential for success. The first season was a breakthrough hit, with its premiere attracting 18.1 million viewers. It even got some award nominations, mostly...

The best part about attending most major film festivals, apart from the films and the people, is visiting their theaters — local jewels that recall the magic inherent in the phrase “movie house.” This is my first Berlinale, and for...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet excuses himself in the midst of our interview. “Give me one second,” the 70-year-old French filmmaker says over Zoom from Provence. “My dogs are knocking at the door.” It’s nighttime in France, and his pets mean the world...