Roger Ebert

Critics Week at Cannes, of course, is where new rising filmmakers are often found, mostly presenting their first feature. Sometimes there’s an obvious theme to be sussed out, but mostly the spiritual theme is the energy of young filmmakers plying...

In 1974, film producer Bert Schneider – the producer behind such industry shifting New Hollywood hits as "Easy Rider, "Five Easy Pieces, and "The Last Picture Show" – put together a fake film production in order to help Huey P....

I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and apparently, the people who made this couldn't, either. It reminds me of the legendary comment about “Nancy,” which, like “Garfield,” was originally a comic strip known for the...

With so many films playing in Cannes, from the competition to the sidebars like UCR and Fortnight, right through to the special presentations and other premieres, it’s often a point of amazement to ponder the sheer diversity that you get...

At this point in Cannes, exactly half the competition titles have premiered, which means that audiences are now primed to engage in a classic festival ritual. If you subject viewers to six days of some of the most demanding cinema...

It takes a lot of courage to play a buffoon, and Dabney Coleman, who passed on May 16 at the age of 92,  had it in spades. Not many character actors of his constitution in 1980 -- white, male, middle-aged, thick...

The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In this video, critic Isaac Feldberg joins Chaz to briefly discuss Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," Yorgos Lanthimos' "Kinds of Kindness," Paul Schrader's "Oh Canada," Andrea...

Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall joined forces to tell the story of America’s push toward the pacific. “How The West Was Won” was a tremendous undertaking. Produced through the three-strip Cinerama process, it...

On Monday, May 20th at 2:00PM CEST Chaz Ebert will be moderating a panel at Roger Ebert Conference Center in the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. Entitled "Purpose-Driven Filmmaking: Empathy and the Movies," panelists will discuss the trend...

On Monday, May 20th at 2:00PM CEST Chaz Ebert will be moderating a panel at Roger Ebert Conference Center in the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. Entitled "Purpose-Driven Filmmaking: Empathy and the Movies," panelists will discuss the trend...