Roger Ebert Reviews

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

There’s a lot of talk lately about what companies like A24 and Neon have done for the film industry, but it feels like Sony Pictures Classics has never gotten the love it deserves. A stunning new 11-film box set to mark the company’s 30th anniversary makes it clear how important the company run by Tom

“Echo 3” is a significant example of not judging a series by its first couple of episodes, whether one loves what it’s doing or not. It initially seems like it’s cut from a familiar cloth about military men using their decorated skills to protect their deepest bonds. In the first episode, it’s about a messy

I spoke to Ryan White the morning after his film, “Good Night Oppy” won the top Critics Choice documentary award for the story of the intrepid Mars Rovers that won the hearts of people all over the world by outlasting their expected 90-days and continuing to explore the red planet for more than 14 years.

When you meet Anna Diop, the ebullient star of writer/director Nikyatu Jusu’s “Nanny,” you notice how closely her fearlessness as an actor aligns with the film’s potent protagonist. In Jusu’s debut feature, Diop plays the determined, hardworking Aisha. Living in New York City as an undocumented Senegalese emigrant, Aisha takes a high-paying job as a

Sounds of flesh being ravenously devoured permeate an early scene in “Bones and All.” Sparing us most of the visual horror, director Luca Guadagnino instructs the audience to look away from the grisly feeding. By pointing the camera at photographs of the victim, an elderly woman, on vacation or with her loved ones, he preserves

All the basic elements of “Strange World,” Disney’s latest sci-fi/fantasy flick, are familiar. There’s a family of adventurers, a dire mission to save the planet from a mysterious ecological crisis, an absent father, three generations of insecure men, and a bunch of under-developed female supporting characters whose placeholder personalities range from strong to loving. It’s