Roger Ebert

CIFF 2025: The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin, The Holy Boy, Anything That Moves
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On three films from this year's After Dark program in Chicago.
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CIFF 2025: True North, Pasa Faho, Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
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On three films from Chicago's Black Perspectives program.
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CIFF 2025: The Beauty of the Donkey, The Eyes of Ghana, Below the Clouds
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On three ambitious documentaries from this year's Chicago film festival.
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CIFF 2025: “Wind, Talk to Me,” “Brand New Landscape,” “The Girl in the Snow”
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On three projects from new directors at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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The Breadth of Humanity: Yorgos Lanthimos & Will Tracy on “Bugonia”
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A conversation with director Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Will Tracy on their new film, Bugonia.
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Season 2 of Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” Keeps the Formula With Some Improvements
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There’s a reason so many love stories are about the initial courtship—it makes for good drama in a way the work of making relationships function just doesn’t.
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CIFF 2025: Silent Friend, Calle Malaga, Belén 
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On three of this year's international dramas from the Chicago International Film Festival.
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HBO’s “IT: Welcome to Derry” Feels too Much Like a Sideshow in the Stephen King Circus
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This vision of Derry too often feels like one of those Hollywood backlots: all the facades look right, but there’s nothing behind them.
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CIFF 2025: The Stranger, Franz, Kontinental ’25
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On new films from three international masters: Ozon, Holland, and Jude.
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How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda”
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An interview with the writer/director of this week's Hedda.
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