Roger Ebert Reviews

South Korea’s “The Hill of Secrets” is a seemingly simple coming-of-age tale that turns out to be more complex than it first appears. Set in a small city near Seoul in 1996, the film revolves around Myeong-eun (Lee Ji-eun), an 11-year-old elementary school girl who is very sensitive about how she is regarded by her […]

The new body horror film “The Substance” from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat is not for the squeamish. A satire about the tolls of toxic beauty culture, the film is set in a fairytale-like Hollywood. Demi Moore, in a career-best performance, stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister who lives in a fancy apartment in the

Sometimes, when I watch a short film, particularly a documentary, I come away feeling that it could have gone on another thirty minutes or so, and I still would’ve been hooked. Lydia Cornett’s film “Fleshwork” is roughly six and a half minutes, and when it ended, I initially felt it was too short. For some

It’s impossible to talk about New Queer Cinema without talking about Gregg Araki, whose low-fi, erotic, playfully surreal style still feels one of a kind. He is perhaps most known for his ‘Teen Apocalypse’ trilogy: “Totally F**ked Up” (1993), “The Doom Generation” (1995) and “Nowhere” (1997). Each of these films stars James Duval in a

In 1994, right before Quentin Tarantino was about to blow up with his Oscar/Palme d’Or-winning sophomore feature “Pulp Fiction,” he had a profile in the September issue of Details. The profile also included a list of 15 “must-see films” from him. I’ve always been fascinated by this list. Back then, I was a budding cinephile,

Going into “The Last Days of the Space Age,” I admit I didn’t know much about 1970s Australia. But honestly, great TV doesn’t require a deep understanding of its setting, historical or not, to work. I knew far less about feudal Japan when I started “Shōgun,” and it completely transported me. In fact, part of

10 NEW TO NETFLIX “3:10 to Yuma““American Gangster““Black Mass““Edge of Tomorrow““Evil Dead Rise““Field of Dreams““Funny People““The Garfield Movie““Grave of the Fireflies““Midnight Run“ 10 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “All of Us Strangers” (Criterion) One of the best films of 2023 has continued to build appreciation since the fall fest circuit roughly a year ago. Andrew Haigh’s character