Roger Ebert Reviews

When writer, actor, and director Issa Rae’s sophomore Max show “Rapsh!t” first premiered last summer, it was quickly, and correctly, branded a triumph for the multihyphenate creator. The new series shared some DNA with Rae’s brilliant first TV project “Insecure”—a focus on black female friendship, career struggles, social awkwardness, and the joys and pains of […]

It brings me absolutely no joy to report that “The Marvels” is terrible, and the worst film yet in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Thor: The Dark World” was merely a forgettable drag. “Eternals” was an overlong slog but always gorgeous to watch. “Thor: Love & Thunder” was disjointed tonally but featured a terrifying Christian Bale

In many ways, “The Killer” is exactly what you’d expect from a David Fincher movie centered on a hired assassin: a detail-rich procedural about what a hitman is forced to do as his calculated world implodes. And by telling this story of a deadly perfectionist who repeats phrases like “Forbid Empathy” to keep himself centered,

In his new book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work, Jesse David Fox recalls moderating an interview with Jerry Seinfeld and asking the comedian about his joke-writing process. Seinfeld responded, “This is my favorite thing to talk about, but I really think [the audience] is going to be so

“The Buccaneers,” the latest period piece series from Apple TV+, knows how to be an intoxicating fantasy, but its real kick comes from its calibrated reality check. Yes, it has period storytelling delights in droves: swooning shots of cliffsides gently kissed by waves, showstopping ball gowns, proposals that are fired off before first kisses, walks

We’ve all had that one neighbor you can hear through the walls of your apartment. The one who makes no apologies for their loudness or their peculiar habits. The one where you have to muster up the courage to knock on their door and ask, “Are you okay? Can you please take it down a notch?

While the film and TV industry is nowhere near lacking murder mystery stories, we are in desperate need of one that reinvents the genre. Just this year, “A Haunting in Venice” made nearly double its budget back at the box office, and it feels like every week, various production companies greenlight a new miniseries adapted

Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli isn’t afraid to push buttons with his work, but he’d also be the first to tell you that it’s always with sincere and hilarious purpose. From his disturbing short films to his 2022 feature, “Sick of Myself,” which features its protagonist mutilating her own body for attention, he often uses the

Sylvester Stallone has always been known for his physicality, but Thom Zimny’s documentary “Sly” confirms that it was his voice that made him a star.  Actually, as the movie makes clear, there are two voices, intertwined. One is the New York-accented baritone croak that Stallone speaks with, slurred by an accident during delivery that paralyzed parts of his face. The other voice

Oscar-winning filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry will receive the CICFF Inspire Award at FACETS’ 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival’s opening night party held at 6pm tonight, November 3rd, at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark Street. The CICFF, which is the world’s first Oscar-qualifying international festival devoted to children’s films, kicks off today and runs through