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Matt writes: With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, this year's awards season is already in full swing, with various titles vying for Oscar consideration. At RogerEbert.com, we recently reported on the nominees for the Film Independent Spirit...

They say there is power in numbers. That is certainly true when it comes to Hollywood’s awards season. Few things demonstrate that better than when there is a stellar ensemble cast in a movie. Yes, a lineup of A-list stars taking turns...

Few actors deserve their own talk show more than Michael Shannon. The legendary actor has the rock star presence of someone like Elvis (who he portrayed in last year’s “Elvis & Nixon”), the ideological transparency of a...

As part of the awards campaign, before and after the AFI screening, Guillermo del Toro and his cast for "The Shape of Water" have been giving panel presentations. If you heard del Toro talk at Ebertfest, you'll know he's a hoot, and at the Ahrya...

What was happening outside the movie theaters at this year's AFI FEST 2017 was more provocative than the movies screened inside. The traditional programming contained Oscar-worthy movies as always, but the withdrawal of the festival's only world...

Luca Guadagnino's acclaimed gay romance, "Call Me by Your Name," emerged as the frontrunner at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards when nominations were announced yesterday. It received six nods for Best Feature, Best...

It’s very possible that when Spike Lee offered Netflix the idea of a series adaptation of “She’s Gotta Have It,” his pitch was simply a presentation of the 1986 film. The bare bones for the story is there in his...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved of all holiday traditions, with dozens of movie adaptations. Scrooge, the miser transformed by the visit of three ghosts into a man of compassion and generosity, has been played by...

I’ve been trying to think when there was a historical drama I found as electrifying as Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour.” It may have been Steven Spielberg’s “Munich,” which topped my 10-best list a dozen years...

Small towns live and die according to what seem like whims of fate. But just as every great fortune has its origin in a great crime, every small town that survives has a particular economic motor. Some are more interesting than others. The Mexican...