Roger Ebert Reviews

Defining punk isn’t easy. It never has been. At its core, it is more than music. It is an identity that flourishes in free expression. Still, if you ask anyone on the scene (the colloquial term for the punk community) they will tell you: We know it when we see it. Punk’s expressions are legion. […]

Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) still dreams of opening a restaurant. Having discovered the money his deceased brother Mikey (Jon Bernthal) stashed in tomato cans, he now has enough cash, or nearly enough, to follow through on his plans for building a high-end establishment. With sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at his side, he will

When one hears a film being billed as a cannibalistic love story, it’s fair to picture something akin to Claire Denis’ “Trouble Every Day,” a movie marred with gore and entrails despite the almost tender relationship at the film’s center. In Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” however, the gore takes a backseat to the story,

“The Journey of a Black Film Critic: Breaking Barriers, Inspiring Change” is a personal narrative that delves into my experiences and challenges as a Black film critic. It acknowledges the existing barriers within the industry but primarily focuses on individual responsibility and proposes strategies to elevate the profile of Black critics. This article aims to

Growing up as a big fan of animation, I gravitated toward projects featuring Black people from different walks of life in leading roles across multiple genres. During my youth, there was a brief time—emphasis on brief—when Black animation representation had variety and quality. Some of my fondest childhood memories were coming home after a long

One of my father’s biggest hobbies was playing music. He owned a vast collection of vinyl records that he would play and mix on his two turntables, and as a child, I would sit in the basement with him seemingly for hours, listening to the latest funk, disco, and R&B records of the ’70s and

Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker’s “The Stroll” is a riveting documentary about transgender women of color during the 1990s and early 2000s engaging in sex work in an area known as The Stroll in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan. It is a story of despair, sisterhood, and triumph. From the start, this film reveals

Ready, Set, Go! Imagine you are playing “Super Mario Kart”! Who do you picture playing alongside you, or even better, who do you picture building those games? If you were to tell five-year-old Jewel that she’d be producing a video game at a Black-owned game studio, she’d scream! I grew up an avid gamer and

The following table of contents features all articles published during Black Writers Week 2023 (June 19th through June 25th), arranged in the following categories: intros, features, interviews, reviews, TV reviews, republished features, republished interviews and republished reviews. —The Editors INTROS An Introduction to Black Writers Week 2023 by Chaz Ebert Meet the Writers of Black Writers Week 2023 by

My word of wisdom to other students would be to stay focused and consistent. There are so many influences around us it is hard to remain focused on our goals. But if we put in the work great things will come. One change I wish to see in the world is people becoming kinder and not having their