Passes for the 21st annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” will go on sale Nov. 1. The festival schedule will run four days instead of five, but with the same number of films. The festival will open on the evening...
A few years ago, I found myself writing an article for this very website in which I did an overview of the films of Brian De Palma. Initially, I wrote about the films in a straightforward chronological order but towards its completion, it was...
“A Private War” is the story of Marie Colvin, a war correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times who placed herself deep into world’s worst conflicts, including strife in Chechnya, Kosovo, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Syria....
In the eighth episode of the Amazon Prime thriller “Homecoming,” a character says, “Let’s be really careful how we unpack this whole thing.” It’s an intentionally meta line in that the show, stylishly directed by...
Part rap musical, part social satire, with elements of Westerns and kung fu pictures, “Bodied” is one of the funniest, freest movies of the year. It's so consistently audacious that when you get towards the end of its overstuffed...
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Kevin Williamson’s career has been fascinating, having been a major film and TV influencer in the ‘90s with his script for “Scream” and his creation of “Dawson’s Creek.” And while he hasn’t been as...
Steven Yeun is having a hell of a year. He co-starred in one of the most highly-buzzed films from Sundance, Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You,” and then topped that by appearing in the Cannes Grand Jury prize-winning...
A place of limitless character and opportunity for adventure, New Orleans remains one of the best cities in America precisely because it can’t be anything but itself. It operates entirely on its own rhythms, choosing at every moment to...
There's a scene in "Bohemian Rhapsody" I keep coming back to, because it's symbolic of the film's problems, not just with its presentation of Queen, but of Freddie Mercury, the legendary lead singer and the greatest frontman of all time. (I'd say...