Roger Ebert Reviews

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from the new book about “The Northman” by our very own Simon Abrams. Read the official description below, followed by the excerpt, and get your own copy here. The Northman: A Call to the Gods is the official look at how this epic Viking revenge thriller was conceived, written, […]

Aisha Amin’s “Simone” is one of those efficient short films that tells you a lot about a person just by showing you a few minutes into a day in their life. Simone (Cree McCellan) is presumably a single mother to an infant. She has two needs at the moment we meet her: To land a

I first saw Věra Chytilová’s “Daisies” almost exactly ten years ago to the day when the previous restoration was making the rounds of art house theaters. I’ll never forget arriving at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and seeing a huge line of young men waiting to get it. I thought how cool it was

Nora Twomey describes herself as a “hands-on” director of animated films. Her latest, “My Father’s Dragon,” follows her acclaimed films “The Secret of Kells” and “The Breadwinner,” all created through traditional hand-drawn animation. In an interview, she talked about why hand-drawn animation is so important to her and what moment early in the story made

The warm and engaging “Good Night Oppy” isn’t a Disney or Pixar movie, but a lot of times it feels like one. Directed by Ryan White (“The Keepers,” “The Case Against 8“), it’s a documentary about the mission to explore the surface of Mars with remote-controlled, unmanned robots, named Spirit and Opportunity. The mission started in 2003 and continued all

With “Dangerous Liaisons,” Starz continues its doubling or tripling down on the bawdy, “Bridgerton”-y period costume dramas it’s made its stock in trade over the last few years. And for what it’s worth, the source material seems prime fodder for the network’s penchant for slightly modernized, bodice-ripping tales of powerful women surviving in worlds of

The 2022 Black Harvest Film Festival has been dedicated to my friend and colleague, Sergio Mims, who passed away last month. The co-founder of the annual Chicago event would be overjoyed to see what’s about to unfold at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting today and running through November 20th (before a virtual component launches

With “Causeway,” Jennifer Lawrence returns to the kind of raw, understated performance that put her on the map and earned her the first of her many Academy Award nominations when she was only 20 years old. All the naturalism and authenticity she exhibited in Debra Granik’s excellent, 2010 indie drama “Winter’s Bone” are on display

There’s no saving some movies from themselves, even if they come loaded with a fool-proof idea and a parade of talented actors who should be able to sell even a much lesser premise. Unfortunately, “Death at a Funeral” writer Dean Craig’s fumbling “The Estate” is one of those movies. On paper, its “let’s swindle our