Roger Ebert Reviews

“Astonish me!” was the directive that the great dance impresario Serge Diaghilev gave to those who hoped to work with him. It is also what we demand of our best filmmakers. The Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who’s now, to the best of our knowledge, in a prison serving a six-year sentence on charges that don’t […]

The real-life facts are beyond horrifying. Between 2005 and 2009, 150 women and young girls were drugged and then raped by men in their secluded Mennonite community in Bolivia. The women would wake up having no idea what happened, but seeing blood on their sheets and legs, or noticing their underwear was missing. The age

One of our favorite features every year gives the regular writers and extended team of contributors here a chance to praise one of their favorite performances of the year. Much like the Sight & Sound poll refused to define “greatest” films to its participants, we simply ask our staff to pick a “great” performance. It

Writer/director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig are back for the sequel to “Knives Out,” and so is editor Bob Ducsay. In an interview with RogerEbert.com, Ducsay talked about some of the challenges of editing a film to leave in enough clues so on the second time through audiences will say, “Ah, that’s what I should

“Entertainment Tonight” hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner will become the first Black co-hosts of the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards, which returns in person on Thursday, January 5th, 2023 at the Palm Springs Convention Center “The Palm Springs International Film Awards has partnered with Entertainment Tonight since 2004, and over those 18 years, Mary Hart has done an amazing job as host

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists and Whistler Film Festival announced the winners of the AWFJ EDA Awards for Best Female-Directed Feature and Best Female-Directed Short at this year’s Whistler Film Festival. The winners were revealed during a virtual awards ceremony on December 13th. This year marks the tenth consecutive partnership between AWFJ and WFF to recognize

In “Living,” Bill Nighy delivers a performance that ranks among the finest in his 50-year career on stage and screen.  As Mr. Williams, a dedicated civil servant in 1950s London, the beloved British actor conveys a level of emotional repression and socially ingrained stoicism that long ago calcified into paralysis. But when this career bureaucrat

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the December 2022 edition of the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their theme this month is “Romance Comedies,” and along with this Fran Hoepfner essay about “Design for Living,” also includes pieces on “A Woman is a Woman,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Decision to Leave,” and more. You can read our previous excerpts from the

Talking about the healing power of animals is more than New Age gibberish. Dogs are currently being trained to monitor the blood sugar levels of diabetic owners, and scientists are cautiously beginning to explore the claim that they can sniff out some cancers, too. Cats lie on their people and purr in an attempt to

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is as spry and light on its feet as its titular feline. The inherently alluring paradox of the swashbuckling kitty from the “Shrek” universe remains firmly in place 11 years after his first solo feature. He’s a dashing adventurer, a charmer with the ladies, feared and renowned throughout the