Roger Ebert Reviews

There’s nothing quite like the Nathan Fielder stare. Those cold, dead eyes, the expressionless face, his tall, lanky body standing motionless in frame as he watches with fascination the strange, sometimes cruel experiments he inflicts on people. In “Nathan For You,” it was used to delightfully pranky effect; in “The Rehearsal,” it’s practically his deadliest […]

The latest film by David Cronenberg is his most personal in decades. Written after the death of his wife of 43 years, it’s about the unending nature of grief, the strange ways that people suffer, and what truth constitutes in a world of endless, meaningless possibilities.  In “The Shrouds” (in theaters April 18), an entrepreneur

Apple TV’s new comedy-drama “Government Cheese” boasts a talented cast. The story is witty, filled with religious references and commentary on 1960s culture. The sprightly soundtrack features well-chosen soul, krautrock, and pop. Why, then, does this series not rank amongst the best things to air on TV this year? The problem isn’t lead actor (and

Presenting interdisciplinary research and sharing concerns about their discipline, members of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies met in Chicago April 3-6, 2025.  This annual international conference always intrigues with its imaginative POV on film and film-like phenomenon in world culture. Subjects included cop body cameras, podcasts, AI-generated jokes and AI-generated fake faces to

A case can be made that the recent announcement of Amazon gaining creative control of the James Bond series from producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, its caretakers of the last thirty years, should be welcome news. After all, there hasn’t been a new film since “No Time to Die” opened in 2021, and

What role does a show about a depressing, tech-addicted future play in a depressing, tech-addicted 2025? It’s been fascinating to watch as some of the “what if” scenarios of Charlie Brooker’s influential sci-fi anthology series became reality, arguably making it harder to find escapism in a show that’s often about the questionable morality around modern

Ramy Youssef once said that the more specific something is, the more universal it becomes. His eponymous series, about the lives of Egyptian immigrants in post-9/11 America, is deeply relatable to folks whose families hail from Jamaica, Greece, India (including this writer), and beyond. “North of North,” Netflix’s newest series, is set in Nunavut’s Ice

CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL Announces Full Program Lineup, Special Guests and Recipients of 2025 Emerging Critics Grant 12th Annual Festival Opens with THE BALTIMORONS, with filmmaker Jay Duplass attending; Angus MacLachlan’s A LITTLE PRAYER to close, featuring stars David Strathairn and Jane Levy in person; centerpiece is A24’s SORRY, BABY, filmmaker and star Eva Victor