Roger Ebert

Tim Robinson Sits in a World of Paranoid Conspiracies in HBO’s “The Chair Company”
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It’s a show that alternately plays like a mystery and a study of a man going insane. It might be both.
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Netflix’s “Boots” is a Trite Coming-of-Age Tale with a Hollow Corps
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In trying to play both sides, “Boots” falls flat tonally.
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NYFF 2025: Late Fame, What Does That Nature Say to You, Barrio Trieste
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On three films out of the New York Film Festival.
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Your Life Matters: Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
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An ode to the acclaimed primatologist and conservationist, whose lifelong work was captured beautifully on film for decades.
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Short Films in Focus: “Stooper” (with Bennett Watanabe)
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An interview with the director of a new short about fathers, sons, and gambling.
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What Really Matters is What You Like: “High Fidelity” at 25
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On an excellent Chicago movie and how it holds up 25 years after its release.
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Criterion’s “The Wes Anderson Archive” is the Blu-ray Box Set of the Year
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On an amazing 10-film Criterion box set of the films of Wes Anderson.
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Apple TV+’s “The Sisters Grimm” is a Fractured, Frustrating Animated Fairy Tale
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Falls under the same frustrating spell as so many other animated shows.
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The Unloved, Part 141: The Grudge & Wolf Man
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On two gory, widescreen odysseys about desperate people pushed into extranatural mysteries, breaking the chains of torment.
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