Roger Ebert Reviews

“The English,” a new six-part mini-series on Prime Video, is a Western about outsiders made by an outsider. There’s always a bit of a different flavor when someone not from the United States tackles the most homegrown of genres, the Western. And one can feel the influence of Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western all […]

The center of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”—the sequel to the hugely popular “Black Panther,” and a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman—is sincere, even if the overall film feels manufactured. It begins with a funeral for the recently deceased King T’Challa. Shuri (Letitia Wright) and Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) are dressed in white, following the

For its first four seasons, “The Crown” was a near-flawless prestige drama series. Part of the series’ magic was its ability to craft a sense of urgency; it was the first time the audience visualized intense crises—like the aftermath of King Edward VIII’s abdication, the relationship between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend, the

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 film “Cure,” whose 4K restoration version was released in South Korean theaters this July and distributed by the Criterion Collection several months later, is an unnerving, creepy masterwork that will haunt you in more than one way. “Cure” gradually immerses you into its subtle but undeniably ominous atmosphere once you go along with

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from the new book about “The Northman” by our very own Simon Abrams. Read the official description below, followed by the excerpt, and get your own copy here. The Northman: A Call to the Gods is the official look at how this epic Viking revenge thriller was conceived, written,

Aisha Amin’s “Simone” is one of those efficient short films that tells you a lot about a person just by showing you a few minutes into a day in their life. Simone (Cree McCellan) is presumably a single mother to an infant. She has two needs at the moment we meet her: To land a

I first saw Věra Chytilová’s “Daisies” almost exactly ten years ago to the day when the previous restoration was making the rounds of art house theaters. I’ll never forget arriving at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and seeing a huge line of young men waiting to get it. I thought how cool it was

Nora Twomey describes herself as a “hands-on” director of animated films. Her latest, “My Father’s Dragon,” follows her acclaimed films “The Secret of Kells” and “The Breadwinner,” all created through traditional hand-drawn animation. In an interview, she talked about why hand-drawn animation is so important to her and what moment early in the story made

The warm and engaging “Good Night Oppy” isn’t a Disney or Pixar movie, but a lot of times it feels like one. Directed by Ryan White (“The Keepers,” “The Case Against 8“), it’s a documentary about the mission to explore the surface of Mars with remote-controlled, unmanned robots, named Spirit and Opportunity. The mission started in 2003 and continued all