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Our friends at Kartemquin Films, the wonderful people behind "Hoop Dreams", "The Interrupters", and "Life Itself" sent over the brand new preview for their latest effort, "Hard Earned", which premieres on Al Jazeera America on Sunday May 3rd at 10pm...

1."In Explanation, Roger Ebert is Why I'm Here": A lovely tribute from veteran film critic Patrick McDonald at Film Autonomy. “When I first walked into the Chicago film critic’s screening room in January of 2008, Film Critic...

A couple of months ago I got a brief and curious e-mail from an old friend, a fellow media professional who shall here remain nameless. “I’ve got a car and I’m thinking of heading out to Chiller this year, you wanna come...

Critical Press released a book this week on the legendary Orson Welles and we're proud to present an excerpt. You can pick up a copy of the full book here.Synopsis: This incisive introduction to the life and work of Orson Welles is an essential...

"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," the latest documentary from Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Riders," "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple," "The Murder of Emmett Till"), has met its Kickstarter goal of $50,000. With a week...

Contrary to its lack of dramatic prestige and blitzkrieg of CGI, the summer movie season is not that different from any big-time film festival. Seeing every title on their respective schedules is both impossible and not recommended, for sake of not...

Thirty years have passed since the release of the 14th James Bond film “A View to a Kill”, and it remains uncontested as the worst entry in the series. It’s not that the picture is devoid of any interest. On the contrary, it...

Few documentaries match subject and filmmaker as perfectly as “Iris.” Fashion icon Iris Apfel and documentarian Albert Maysles were well on in life when he set out to make a verité portrait of her: she in her early 90s, he in his...

Sheila writes: With panels, special guests, golden thumb statues, and a lineup of fantastic films, Ebertfest 2015 was an amazing experience! The weather was beautiful, the flowers burst into bloom over the course of the festival, and, as always,...

It was early 2004, and I was sitting with some fellow graduate students at an outdoor table at the Market Street Pub in Gainesville, Florida (one of the glories of Gainesville was that you could sit at an outdoor table in January or February)....