December 2015
Only Yesterday
By Entertainer2014’s U.S. release of Isao Takahata’s amazing animated swan song “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” was a gift and a miracle in and of itself, but it’s also yielding some dividends. The first great movie of 2016, as far...The RogerEbert.com Interviews of 2015
By EntertainerIn 2015, we reviewed a huge batch of movies (and chose over 200 titles total in individual top ten lists), but any interview provides an opportunity to take full advantage of a primary reason for why people make art: art, and its ideas, are to be...Book Review: "Maggie Smith: A Biography" by Michael Coveney
By EntertainerWhen theater critic Michael Coveney asked Maggie Smith if he could write her biography, she replied, “Ooh, how absolutely ghastly. How absolutely awful. I can’t think of anything worse.” But the reclusive Smith, one of our greatest...He's No Vader: Why Kylo Ren Works
By EntertainerI love bad people—in movies, of course [clears throat]. It’s not because they’re bad. It’s because I love the exercise of exploring the deeply mysterious inner workings of people who do bad things. Who is this baddie?...Anomalisa
By EntertainerThere's everything else happening in America cinema, and then there's whatever Charlie Kaufman is up to. Ever since 1999's "Being John Malkovich," he has been on a short list of American screenwriters whose work is so original that he must be...Exploring Things: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson on “Anomalisa”
By EntertainerCatching co-directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson at the tail-end of a whirlwind festival tour that included premiere screenings at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, the two writer/directors were still playful and engaged in discussing their...Once More Into The Breach: Some Overseas Blu-ray Action
By Entertainer“Watching TV is more complicated than ever,” I remember, in the early ‘80s, some pitchman averring on a spot advertising, what else, the magazine TV Guide, then the biggest periodical publication IN THE WORLD. Man, if that guy were...Indiegogo Campaign: "New Flower"
By EntertainerBeginning in January 2016, filmmakers Mia-Kim T. Dang and Steven Boone will travel to Ethiopia to shoot footage for their upcoming film, an autobiographical black-and-white romance entitled, "New Flower." For Dang, an African-American of...It's Real: A Few Words with Haskell Wexler
By EntertainerEditor's Note: Haskell Wexler, who died yesterday at age 93, was a great and groundbreaking filmmaker, as well as a social activist; when he wasn't shooting commercials and lavishly funded Hollywood features for other directors, he directed his own...RogerEbert.com Writers & Filmmakers Remember Haskell Wexler
By EntertainerA note from Chaz Ebert, Publisher: My heart aches that we have lost one of our most legendary filmmakers, the Oscar-winning cinematographer and documentarian Haskell Wexler. My heart goes out to his wife, actress Rita Taggart; his children, Mark...
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