Roger Ebert Reviews

Some dispatches out of Sundance are built themes, premiere dates, or even locations. Sometimes it’s just three good movies. This is one of those. An undeniable standout of this year’s Sundance is Max Walker-Silverman’s (“A Love Song”) excellent “Rebuilding,” a timely story of hope and community in the face of unimaginable loss. It’s a film […]

The worst feeling is when you have high hopes for a few films, only to see them be varyingly disappointing. The three films here remind you how important a good script is, one that develops itself beyond being simply an interesting concept into a form that invites interpretation. It’s all worth noting that sometimes a

Dan Fogelman became one of the most successful creators of his era with the wildly popular “This is Us,” and his latest project reunites him with the star of that NBC hit, the wildly talented Sterling K. Brown. “Paradise,” now launched on Hulu, is a hybrid that doesn’t always connect its different elements, attempting to

This year’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition features three films all about characters on spiritual, physical, and sexual journeys toward new versions of themselves. Nadia Fall’s “Brides” follows two girls as they travel from the U.K. to Syria in order to join an extremist group they think will offer them freedom from religious persecution and a

The true discovery of this year’s Sundance so far for this viewer has been Sierra Falconer’s lovely and delicate “Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake),” a series of connected vignettes around a Western Michigan body of water that gives it a title. Knowing almost nothing about movies in Park City other than title, location,

The Premieres section is often where ticket buyers look for star power at the Sundance Film Festival, and the section included world premieres of new projects starring Rose Byrne, Dev Patel, and Benedict Cumberbatch, of varying quality about people with varying insanity. Let’s just jump into it. A24 brought a few films to Sundance this

Sundance has long been a launchpad for the best documentaries in the world. Just this year, “Black Box Diaries,” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” and “Sugarcane” worked that year-long gauntlet from Sundance bow to Oscar nominations. Don’t be surprised if at least one of these films joins that club in 12 months. Honestly, I’d be

There’s a unique energy in the air in Park City this year. It’s a bit harsh to call it somber, but something feels a little muted, which is understandable given how many attendees are coming from the fire-ravaged city of Los Angeles. I spotted a celebrity at her world premiere yesterday and she looked notably

I wish I could say Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, but it’s actually had a slow start. Two days in and there’s been very few standouts, which made the cobbling together of a dispatch a challenge. And I know, I know, this is the world’s smallest violin. In the end, we’re getting to

As John Lithgow & Olivia Colman broke hearts across town in “Jimpa” and theatregoers bounced to Questlove’s sophomore doc about Sly Stone, the Library theater in Park City got weird. Increasingly the location that the festival employs when they want to show Sundance attendees something a bit off the beaten path, the Park City Library