Roger Ebert

“Landman” Might Be the Dumbest Fracking Show on TV
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The show struggles to find new reserves to plumb and veers off in some crazy directions to do it.
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It’s Important for a Film to Wake an Audience Up: Ira Sachs on “Peter Hujar’s Day”
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An interview with the writer/director of the new film about Peter Hujar.
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Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing” is One of the Best Action Shows of the Year
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One of the best action TV dramas of this year.
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No Other Land: Surviving a Crushing Machine
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A personal essay about the journey of No Other Land and what's happened since its release and Oscar win.
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“My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow” Announced as Winner of the 2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award
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We are proud to be a part of a network of sites that has awarded Julia Loktev’s stunning “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow” with the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. Other films cited as essential ones...
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Tokyo Film Festival 2025: “Sato and Sato,” “Blue Boy Trial,” “Poca Pon,” “Blonde”
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It’s easy to get lost in Tokyo if you don’t know where you’re going. Street addresses are approximate, and buildings extend vertically both up and downwards, so the place you’re looking for is probably not visible from the sidewalk. This...
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Season Two of “Palm Royale” Succeeds by Embracing its Funny Side
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Like its central characters, “Palm Royale” has matured in all the best ways.
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A Duo Unlike Any Other: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of “Siskel & Ebert”
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A former editor at the site and expert on the history of Roger Ebert looks back on the 50th anniversary of Siskel & Ebert.
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ROG Xbox Ally X Takes High-Powered Gaming on the Go
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A look at the incredible new handheld gaming system from Microsoft.
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Tokyo Film Festival 2025: “Mother Bhumi,” “Morte Cucina,” “We Are the Fruits of the First,” “Tunnels: Sun in the Dark”
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In my first dispatch from the 2025 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, “Journey into Sato Tadao” director Terasaki Mizuho describes movies as “greetings,” small, friendly gestures that introduce something essential about a place and its people to the...
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