The imbalance of power in Jeanne's relationship with Louis was not weird at the time, but there is a distinct lack of curiosity about it. The bond is not explained. We are meant just to take it on faith.

Roger Ebert

04.05.2024

Unfrosted movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Handsomely produced. Completely empty. Barely a laugh in sight.

Roger Ebert

04.05.2024

The Roundup: Punishment movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The makers of The Roundup: Punishment don’t seem to care enough to make their latest procedural seem personal.

Roger Ebert

04.05.2024

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The actress-artist-icon's story has been filtered through eyes that only see her as mess or muse, not the complex, imperfect artist, mother, and woman she really was.

Roger Ebert

04.05.2024

Prom Dates movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

An industry standard raunchy teen film with heart, brought to life by a cast full of future stars.

Roger Ebert

04.05.2024

Slow movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

A quietly affecting work, one of the more engaging romantic dramas to come along in a while.

Roger Ebert

03.05.2024

The Idea of You movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

If they gave Oscars for bringing underwritten characters to life, Hathaway and Galitzine would be contenders.

Roger Ebert

03.05.2024

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Made the Multiplex Safe for ‘The Fall Guy’ | Features | Roger Ebert

The directors of 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie masterminded the sort of hip, irreverent satirical action-comedy that paved the way for the hit Ryan Gosling film

Roger Ebert

03.05.2024

Initially Promising Dark Matter Sinks Under Weight of Prestige TV Bloat | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Blake Crouch's Dark Matter gets the Apple TV+ treatment with big stars, big budget, big idea, and too-big runtime.

Roger Ebert

03.05.2024

Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema | Features | Roger Ebert

A preview of Film Forum's upcoming retrospective on the pioneer of early Black cinema, whose influence can be seen in the careers of Tyler Perry and Spike Lee.

Roger Ebert

03.05.2024

Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather: A Preview of NYC's Upcoming Hiroshi Shimizu Retrospective | Features | Roger Ebert

The upcoming retrospective at MOMI and the Japan Society shines a light on the Japanese filmmaker's prolific, contemplative works.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

The Unloved, Part 125: Mother Night | MZS | Roger Ebert

On what could be the best Kurt Vonnegut film adaptation.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

A Man in Full movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Despite the efforts of Daniels and a few other performers, A Man in Full is a rather middling miniseries.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

It's Time To Give a FECK: Book Tour Dates Announced | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert

Chaz Ebert is touring with her new book, It's Time to Give a FECK. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see her in a city near you.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

Turtles All the Way Down movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Turtles All the Way Down is the opposite of tired, certain to find an audience in its targeted teens and tweens as well as delight the minds and hearts of those who may suspect themselves too old for it.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

AMC's Interview with the Vampire Has a Different Flavor in Season Two | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

With a new Parisian locale and a recast Claudia, the show continues to deliver vibrant characters and addictively volatile storytelling.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Marija Kavtaradzė on Slow | Features | Roger Ebert

An interview with the director of the intimate and desire-filled Lithuanian film Slow about presenting a complex portrayal of asexuality.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

I Saw the TV Glow movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The earworm original soundtrack, exciting practical effects, intoxicating photography and risky editing—blending together conscious and imagined worlds—are the big, adventurous swings of an undaunted filmmaker.

Roger Ebert

02.05.2024

The Contestant movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Director Clair Titely attempts to make sense of this bizarre entry in TV history by exploring it as a harbinger of things to come.

Roger Ebert

01.05.2024

Facets to Honor Academy Museum President Jacqueline Stewart at the 2024 Screen Gems Benefit | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert

An article detailing FACETS Chicago's upcoming Screen Gems Benefit honoring the Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Jacqueline Stewart, who will be in conversation with previous honoree Chaz Ebert.

Roger Ebert

01.05.2024

No Therapy: The Primordial Commitment of The Northman | MZS | Roger Ebert

Robert Eggers' third film answers the question, "What would Conan the Barbarian look like if Conan himself directed it?"

Roger Ebert

01.05.2024

How The Phantom Menace Predicted Hollywood’s Prequel Future | Features | Roger Ebert

In honor of its 25th anniversary re-release, we look at the George Lucas movie’s greatest legacy: paving the way for studios to extend their aging franchises by telling origin stories.

Roger Ebert

01.05.2024

No Easy Answers: On the Power of The Teachers' Lounge | Far Flungers | Roger Ebert

A Far-Flung Correspondent looks at the recent Oscar nominee and Ebertfest film.

Roger Ebert

30.04.2024

Max’s Award-Winning Hacks Returns with Its Best Season to Date | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Hacks finally returns this week and the Emmy-winning show has never been better.

Roger Ebert

30.04.2024

Death Feels Very Close: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist | Interviews | Roger Ebert

An interview with the wildly talented writer/director of Drive My Car and this week's Evil Does Not Exist.

Roger Ebert

30.04.2024

Home Entertainment Guide: April 2024 | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes Lisa Frankenstein, The Beekeeper, and Criterion editions of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Dogfight.

Roger Ebert

30.04.2024

Evil Does Not Exist movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Hamaguchi is a fluent filmmaker who’s capable of being very tricky.

Roger Ebert

30.04.2024

The Tattooist of Auschwitz movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

For all its period detail and unflinching depiction of the Holocaust's horrors, The Tattooist of Auschwitz lumbers more than it inspires.

Roger Ebert

27.04.2024

Speed Kills: On the 25th Anniversary of Go | MZS | Roger Ebert

Many beloved films will be celebrating their 25th anniversary this year as one of the best years ever unfolded in 1999. Don't forget Go.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Humane movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The film’s micro approach to a macro crisis never connects because we’re never given a reason to care about these specific people.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The title of the film accurately reflects the sense of floating, frustrated inertia that envelops Ann, a feeling of being suspended between phases of life without any clarity on what, if anything, is coming next.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Unsung Hero movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

A blandly well-intentioned tale of triumph over adversity, and an earnest celebration of the importance of family.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spinoff Stuck In Limbo | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Despite its faults, Dead Boy Detectives seems dead set on providing passable, spectral entertainment.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Omen movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Omen is a visually enthralling piece of magical realism proposing ideas on pariahs, culture, and individuality in a world with constantly changing rules.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Joanna Arnow Made Her BDSM Comedy for You | Interviews | Roger Ebert

The writer-director-star of The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed talks about sexism, deadpan comedy, casual nudity and resisting the fairytale nature of most movie love stories.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Boy Kills World movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The makers of Boy Kills World don’t trust their audience enough to let us just feel a feeling, nor do they encourage their enthusiastic cast members enough to deliver fully-developed performances.

Roger Ebert

26.04.2024

Infested movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

As wonderful as it felt to leave Infested, it’s not helped my fear of its eight-legged villains.

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The Weight of Smoke (and Blue in the Face): The Magic of Paul Auster | MZS | Roger Ebert

Wildcat movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century | Features | Roger Ebert

Jeanne du Barry movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Unfrosted movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The Roundup: Punishment movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Prom Dates movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Slow movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The Idea of You movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Made the Multiplex Safe for ‘The Fall Guy’ | Features | Roger Ebert

Initially Promising Dark Matter Sinks Under Weight of Prestige TV Bloat | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Retrospective: Oscar Micheaux and the Birth of Black Independent Cinema | Features | Roger Ebert

Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather: A Preview of NYC's Upcoming Hiroshi Shimizu Retrospective | Features | Roger Ebert

The Unloved, Part 125: Mother Night | MZS | Roger Ebert

A Man in Full movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

It's Time To Give a FECK: Book Tour Dates Announced | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert

Turtles All the Way Down movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

AMC's Interview with the Vampire Has a Different Flavor in Season Two | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Marija Kavtaradzė on Slow | Features | Roger Ebert

I Saw the TV Glow movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The Contestant movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Facets to Honor Academy Museum President Jacqueline Stewart at the 2024 Screen Gems Benefit | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert

No Therapy: The Primordial Commitment of The Northman | MZS | Roger Ebert

How The Phantom Menace Predicted Hollywood’s Prequel Future | Features | Roger Ebert

No Easy Answers: On the Power of The Teachers' Lounge | Far Flungers | Roger Ebert

Max’s Award-Winning Hacks Returns with Its Best Season to Date | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Death Feels Very Close: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Home Entertainment Guide: April 2024 | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Evil Does Not Exist movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

The Tattooist of Auschwitz movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Speed Kills: On the 25th Anniversary of Go | MZS | Roger Ebert

Humane movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert

Unsung Hero movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spinoff Stuck In Limbo | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Omen movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Joanna Arnow Made Her BDSM Comedy for You | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Boy Kills World movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

Infested movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

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