Roger Ebert Reviews

“Being Black is valuable.”  Of the amalgam of Black-led film and television projects of the last 10 years, Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” has cemented itself as one of the most singular, iconic contributions to the culture. Continually keeping its finger on the pulse of Black identity and the state of America, no other show has delivered […]

He was one of the great cataloguers, so let’s catalogue his career: Jean-Luc Godard was a combative film critic in the 1950s, and he made five shorts in his mid-twenties. At nearly 30 he broke ground with “Breathless” (1959), beginning a run of 15 rules-defying features and six shorts that established him as a major

Kevin Smith movies can sometimes read as un-reviewable. Take in point “Clerks III,” which more often has the feel of a behind-the-scenes feature, a home movie, or a commemorative issue than a film that should be taken on its own and judged for creativity and intent. It’s good with its minimal creative aspirations, and it

Mathieu Amalric is a poet who composes in lost moments and dreams we wish were real. His characters say the things they’ve always longed to, they live a waking life and another, harder to reach life, caught in images between what we see and what we only feel. His movies as a director are less

Matt writes: The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on September 8th and runs through Sunday, September 18th. Check out our official table of contents for daily updates to our list of essential dispatches penned by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates and Soren Hough, who are providing their thoughts on some of the

The following table of contents includes our complete coverage of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as written by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates and Soren Hough.  Roger Ebert’s Reviews of Oscar-winner Sam Mendes, Who Will Receive the 2022 TIFF Ebert Director Award by The Editors 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See in Toronto

One of the true joys of TIFF is being able to catch up on the films that originally premiered at Cannes, like “Moonage Daydream,” “Decision to Leave,” and “Triangle of Sadness.” Those were (or will be) covered in full here, but I wanted to share some thoughts on a pair of very different dramas that

Everything seems to tick in “Unrest,” the latest effort from Zurich-born writer/director Cyril Schäublin. “Unrest” depicts the working lives of 19th century anarchist watchmakers in the Swiss mountains, laying bare the absurdities of the wage system. Schäublin follows workers as they navigate their working hours across four different time zones in one town—factory time, train

Portraits of complex women are a strong theme of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Three films in particular aim to explore the depths of womanhood through complicated familial relationships. Frances O’Connor’s “Emily” takes liberal creative license with the life of Emily Brontë and her complicated relationship with her sister Charlotte; Lila Neugebauer’s “Causeway” follows

While red-carpet galas dominate headlines and social media out of TIFF, the programmers are always careful to program smaller films from all over the world around these events. Sometimes these counter-programmed screenings can produce vastly superior films to the potential blockbusters unfolding at venues like the Princess of Wales Theatre or this year’s newest venue,