Mention Quincy Jones to a bunch of people and I’m sure each person will highlight a different achievement. There are so many milestones that naming them...
Note: This piece was filed in conjunction with the Telluride Film Festival and run this week with the theatrical release of Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson.” I...
At first, I thought maybe the audience didn’t like it. The world premiere of “Orang Ikan” at the Tokyo International Film Festival was scheduled to begin...
Who is the Jackal? Is he a multimillionaire with a lavish estate who travels around the world? Is he a custodian who quite literally cleans up...
HBO’s new “Like Water for Chocolate” is sumptuously shot. And it’s not just the costumes or the sets, although they are both clearly rendered with care....
Before I was hired a decade ago by Chaz Ebert to work for her at RogerEbert.com, I had never met anyone as busy as my grandma,...
Dan Gilroy’s directorial debut “Nightcrawler” was released ten years ago this Halloween. While not conventionally a horror film, the incisive story of Lou Bloom’s (Jake Gyllenhaal)...
Contrary to the laurels ensconcing every independent movie poster and advertisement, not every film festival presentation is going to be a winner. Once you cut through...
This month, we’re paying tribute to an artist and a movie beloved by our site’s founder, the great and dearly missed Roger Ebert. If not for Roger’s...
In its 28th year of showcasing films at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Black Perspectives Program has put archival classics back on the big screen,...
