Roger Ebert

Japanese Horror Comes to the Film Forum
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March arrives chilly and haunted at Film Forum in the shambling, wraithlike form of a two-week celebration of over 90 years of masterpieces of Japanese Horror. Exquisitely-curated and shepherded in collaboration with the Japanese Foundation, these screenings, many on 35mm...
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Apple TV+ Gets A Bit Too Silly With The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
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Call it the “Drunk History” effect—from Hulu’s “The Great” to Max’s “Our Flag Means Death,” television has been smack dab in the middle of an irreverent historical renaissance the last few years. Slap a frock or two on a few...
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The 2nd Annual CU International Film Festival to be Held on March 2nd
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The CU International Film Festival (“CUIFF”) is hosting its second annual festival on Saturday, March 2nd, in the evening at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures in Urbana, Illinois. The festival showcases short films from around the globe that it believes have...
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Lou Weisbach Hired by Hollywood Movie Corp. to Exclusively Represent Upcoming Film, The Jerry Greenberg Story
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Hollywood Movie Corp. CEO Mikel Ravenscroft and Jerry Greenberg of Mirage Records announce that they have hired Lou Weisbach to exclusively represent the major global motion picture, "The Jerry Greenberg Story: Man Behind the Music." Jerry Greenberg is the American music...
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All 10 of Martin Scorsese’s Directing Oscar Nominations, Ranked
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When Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Director for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” he entered rarified air, becoming the living director with the most nods in that category. In all, the revered filmmaker has an impressive 10 nominations—to go...
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The Tourist Returns for Tumultuous Second Season on Netflix
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The first season of “The Tourist” was a clever little thriller over on Max, but that company continued its cavalcade of confusing choices and dumped the second outing, allowing the show to travel to Netflix, where it has been consistently...
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30 Minutes On: Dune Part One
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“Dune” is a sandworm for would-be adapters. Many have summoned it, but until now, none have been able to ride it. Alexander Jodorowsky tried and failed to adapt Frank Herbert’s 1965 bestseller in the early seventies. David Lynch made a...
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Code 8 Part II
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Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan's anti-police sci-fi action film "Code 8," produced and starring brothers Robbie and Stephen Amell, flew mostly under the radar, despite its timely themes. Although a sequel series fell apart with the collapse...
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A Preview of the 2024 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
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For those who have had their appetite for Gallic cinema whetted by the success of Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema” is returning to New York’s Walter Reade Theater for its 29th year to provide American...
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God Save Texas
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There's a wonderful scene in Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater's sprightly comic docudrama "Bernie," about a murder in the town of Carthage, Texas, where a man in a diner explains that Texas is actually five states, then pithily summarizes each one. A version...
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