Roger Ebert

There are many to choose from, but the indelible moment in the both quaffable and transcendent “Sideways“—Alexander Payne’s now 20-year-old bummer masterpiece adaptation of Rex Pickett’s novel about wine, middle age, and a distinctly American flavor of masculine failure and...

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the October 2024 issue of the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their theme for October is Screwballs, and they’re devoting the entire month to screwball comedies, past and present. In addition to Olympia’s piece on...

A look back at one of Brian De Palma's most erotically-charged '80s thrillers.

Links to our reviews of the six films playing at CIFF this year in a retrospective tribute to the masterful Hirokazu Kore-eda.

This is the year in which the Jason Segel dramedy really finds its voice, confidently balancing its comedic and emotional currents in a way that’s entertaining and moving.

On the work of Val Lewton, on the heels of a Criterion double feature of his work.

An interview with the filmmakers behind this year's absurdist comedy starring Cate Blanchett.

A preview of the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival and links to our coverage of the many films playing there that we've reviewed.

On one of Oliver Stone's most underrated movies.

“Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” is the finest the character has been realized in an adaptation.