Roger Ebert

“Hysteria!” isn’t frightening enough to be a horror series, nor wacky enough to be funny.

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.