Roger Ebert Reviews

“Revenge is like a river,” a woman says in voiceover at the beginning of the movie. Her next words give more detail to the simile, but it’s not until the very end of this unsettling, absorbing thriller that her thought is completed, so to speak—over a very convincing visual depiction. Written and directed by Congolese filmmaker […]

In Henry James’ 1897 novel What Maisie Knew, the child Maisie is an innocent bystander and victim of the dissolution of her narcissistic parents’ marriage. What makes What Maisie Knew a “modernist” novel (before Modernism as a literary concept came along), is its point of view. Told only from Maisie’s perspective, we experience her six-year-old

A Hollywood Hills housewarming party eventually turns deadly in “Who Invited Them,” a staid home invasion thriller about a timid married couple who are bullied by two flirtatious strangers. More experienced—or funnier, or more exploitation-adept—filmmakers might have at least hit the mark for shock value in this ostensibly psycho-satirical button-pusher.  Writer/director Duncan Birmingham does not

A moment of silence for the American erotic thriller.  For years now the faithful have prayed for its return and when a good faith effort finally reared its head, it was laughed off screens, and we may not get another shot. And it’s not like it was some weirdly uncomfortable pretender to the throne, some

It’s rare to accuse a Netflix thriller of being too ambitious but that’s kind of the case with Babak Anvari’s “I Came By,” a mostly effective potboiler that has the opposite problem of so many mini-series on the streaming service in that it has a TV season worth of ideas crammed into its runtime. Thrillers

The era of next-gen consoles has led to a market of remastered games, titles that initially released on the PS3 or PS4, for example, given a visual polish for the PS5. Some fans see this as a cheap cash grab, a way to milk a fan base to basically buy a game they already have

Given the massive, barn-burning success of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, it can seem like a fool (of a Took!)’s errand to try to replicate that success, much less on the small screen. (Hell, Jackson himself tried to adapt The Hobbit into a similarly sprawling trio of films, to much less success.)

Today marks the launch of the Indie Film Site Network (IFSN), a collaboration between well-respected media outlets covering the most essential developments in independent and international cinema. IFSN, which represents The Film Stage, Hammer to Nail, IONCINEMA.com, RogerEbert.com, and Screen Anarchy, was created with a mission to support film criticism and foster an ever-growing community of

Ahead of the Predator prequel’s Hulu premiere, we chatted with the cast and crew of the film to learn what we can expect, from its franchise connections to its Indigenous representation and potential future direction. ​Ahead of the Predator prequel’s Hulu premiere, we chatted with the cast and crew of the film to learn what

The fantasy series’ cast also reveals which part of Dream’s elaborate and magical realm they would like to inhabit. ​The fantasy series’ cast also reveals which part of Dream’s elaborate and magical realm they would like to inhabit. Read More