Roger Ebert Reviews

Are we still in the era of Peak TV? Critics pointed to the prime of shows like “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Wire,” and “Mad Men” as the apotheosis of the form, and we’re pretty clearly not in that kind of a creative boom, but you know what? We also pretty clearly haven’t fallen too […]

The cast of “Women Talking,” written and directed by Sarah Polley, faced several challenges when adapting the book by Miriam Toews. First, it takes place almost entirely in one setting, with a varied group of characters trying to decide on behalf of all of the community’s women whether they will do nothing and continue to accept the

Matt writes: In this final Ebert Club newsletter of 2022, we are pleased to present our RogerEbert.com writers’ composite list for the Top Ten Films of 2022, led by Martin McDonagh’s latest masterwork, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell in a career-best performance (the film also won the Best Picture prize from the Chicago

Damien Chazelle is obsessed with the punishing pursuit of perfection. Whether it’s finding an immaculate tempo, hurtling into space, or making it big in Hollywood, his films feature characters who are willing to endure physical and emotional torture to reach the finish line. If “La La Land” was his wide-eyed, sentimental look at the movie

Oscar-winning writer/director Damien Chazelle’s latest film is both a crowd-pleasing comedy and a dense text filled with innumerable homages to the films, filmmakers and stars of the time. Vibrant and frenetic, hilarious and melancholic, “Babylon” is an ode to a bygone era, an exploration of an industry in transition, and study of the volatility of

With all respect to the actual pencil pushers and desk jockeys at Langley, I’m sure that working at the CIA isn’t inherently the Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne, or Bryan Mills-like action bonanza that it’s cracked up to be. Of course, someone has to do the paperwork and the bureaucratic acrobatics to protect assets, vet threats, and

Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto makes movies that embrace the absurd potential of filmmaking. I remember being a kid and hearing someone say that the best action movies show you something you’ve never seen before and you’re not sure is even possible. Tjahjanto believes in a chaotic, comedic approach to action filmmaking, which reached its career

Steve “Spaz” Williams is not a name that’s in the front of most movie lovers’ minds, but he’s a famous name to veterans of the special effects industry: a pioneer in motion-capture and realistic computer rendering who helped make the current era of cinema possible, for better and worse. The documentary “Jurassic Punk” explains why his name

It’s astonishing to see the grip Taylor Sheridan has on a specific subset of the American public, and I can’t say I blame them. His hit series, “Yellowstone,” is the backbone of Paramount’s TV network, rivaled only by the ever-expanding galaxy of “Star Trek” spinoffs that come out every other month. But where “Trek” appeals

Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux is known for her blending of memory with historical and sociological context. In unearthing home movies shot by her ex-husband Phillipe during the last decade of their marriage from roughly 1972 until 1981, Ernaux and her son David Ernaux-Briot have crafted a visual odyssey in much the same vein with