Roger Ebert Reviews

The Unloved is nine years old today. My creation is old enough to do basic math and bother people with limited knowledge of the world.  I remember bugging everyone I knew when I was that age with hastily written lists of my favorite films of all time (having seen a very impressive 300 or so of them […]

For all the (justified) acclaim Disney+’s “Andor” has brought to the streaming service, it’s easy to forget just how much blood the Walt Disney Corporation is trying to squeeze out of the stones of its existing properties. Sure, it makes sense to flesh out the sprawling, IP-friendly worlds of Star Wars or the Marvel Cinematic

10 NEW TO HBO MAX “The Craft““Don’t Worry Darling““Fruitvale Station““The LEGO Movie”“Predator““Raging Bull““Seven““Stargate““Unforgiven““You’ve Got Mail“ 10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Addams Family”“The Bad Guys““The Boxtrolls““Captain Phillips““The Interview““Moneyball““Notting Hill““Southpaw““Training Day““Where the Crawdads Sing“ 12 NEW BLU-RAY/DVDS “Bros“ Much was made of the relative box office disappointment of this romantic comedy, a movie meant to provide some

Filmmaker Joanna Hogg mesmerized critics and audiences alike with her duo of semi-autobiographical films 2019’s “The Souvenir” and 2021’s “The Souvenir Part II.” In filming these raw coming-of-auteur dramas, Hogg reunited with Tilda Swinton, her childhood friend and the star of her thesis film “Caprice.” During quarantine the two worked together again on “The Eternal

Not for nothing did Quentin Tarantino dedicate his “Reservoir Dogs” script, in part, to the late Lawrence Tierney. Along with influences from Timothy Carey, Roger Corman, Andre de Toth, Chow Yun Fat, John Woo, Jean-Luc Godard, and Jean-Pierre Melville, Tarantino infused his debut film with the spirit of Tierney, who made his bones onscreen with his

Long beloved by Indian moviegoers for his uninhibited, maximalist style and awe-inspiring command of film craft, Telugu director S. S. Rajamouli found himself catapulted to greater global prominence earlier this year, thanks to the crossover success of “RRR.” A bombastically heightened action epic set in Delhi during the early 1920s, “RRR”—or “Rise, Roar, Revolt”—follows two

The provocateur label that Lars von Trier has proudly worn his entire career has given way to something more melancholic in “The Kingdom: Exodus,” the five-part conclusion of his now-13-part mini-series that premieres on Mubi on Sunday, November 27th. Controversies and allegations have dogged the filmmaker with increasing regularity over the last decade or so,

A handful of filmmakers have paid tribute this year to the transporting, even life-altering potential of the movies through their love letters to cinematographers. Yet none can dream of rivaling the endlessly imaginative delight that Filipina writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar confected with her Sundance-awarded debut feature “Leonor Will Never Die.” Far from her glory days

Florian Zeller’s “The Father” was a searing portrait of a man struggling with dementia. It took us inside his increasingly shaky perception of the world with profound empathy, and Sir Anthony Hopkins’ performance won an Oscar. He returns to Zeller’s disappointing “The Son” for a brief, bracing scene to let us know that the title

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the September 2022 edition of the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their theme this month is “Recovery,” and also includes new words on “After Yang,” “Children of Men,” “Sound of Metal,” “The Wire,” “Talk to Her,” “Top FIve,” “Hush,” “8 Million Ways to Die,” and more.  You can read our previous excerpts from the magazine by clicking here. To