Roger Ebert

Following the release of his groundbreaking dark comedy “Dr. Strangelove” in 1964, the subsequent films made by the late Stanley Kubrick would all undergo similar fates regarding their initial and ultimate critical receptions. Upon their initial releases, they would receive...

In the summer of 2021, U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, 20 long years after the War on Terror began. By that point, though, most American had stopped thinking about that invasion, and as a result many never knew...

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns home to New Zealand for a look at a fraught chapter in the country’s history. Bringing his action movie bonafides from the James Bond entry "Die Another Day"...

I don’t remember a time in my life where I wasn’t aware of who Richard Simmons was. As a child of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the flamboyant fitness guru, who seemed to be an endless fount of energy and joy,...

[Ominous announcer voice:]  "This is a video about the 1974 motion picture 'The Parallax View,' featuring a discussion of the film by Matt Zoller Seitz and 'Mr. Robot' creator Sam Esmail, edited by Nelson Carvajal. This video analyzes the entire movie, its script, editing...

If he’d only ever been a cinematographer, Jan de Bont would have had an impressive career. Working with Paul Verhoeven, Richard Donner and Ridley Scott, the Dutch cameraman helped lens some of the most memorable action films and thrillers of...

Chicago (July 11, 2024) – Entertainment industry leader and philanthropist Chaz Ebert today announced a bold initiative aimed at restoring civility in political discourse across the United States. Ebert is calling on members of Congress and all candidates seeking elected...

If you read the synopsis of "Sing Sing," you might mistake it for a movie you've seen before. It's a drama starring Colman Domingo as one of a group men in serving time in prison whose participation in a theater arts...

What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably relaxing, a common setting on white noise machines. But there’s something slightly menacing about it as well. Something coming. Something moving. A storm on the horizon. A pathogen...

Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days, but emotionally, inserts us so deeply into its lead’s mind that it feels like we’ve traversed an entire consciousness. Dandelion (Kiki Layne) is unfulfilled. She’s an aspiring musician...