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Kevin Costner: The Last of the Cornball American Directors
The three previous movies the Oscar-winner directed suggest a filmmaker whose unabashed earnestness is his greatest weakness and secret superpower.
The three previous movies the Oscar-winner directed suggest a filmmaker whose unabashed earnestness is his greatest weakness and secret superpower.
From a Donald Trump origin story to the return of Furiosa, here’s a look at the movies everyone’s excited to see at the world’s most prestigious film festival.
The author of Smart Baseball spends his downtime writing film reviews. In honor of Opening Day, he explains why everyone needs to watch Sugar, why Trouble With the Curve is so terrible, and what makes for a good baseball movie.
From Raging Bull to Killers of the Flower Moon, we salute a murderers’ row of award-worthy films.
A tribute to the great comedy director.
An interview with actors Dante Basco, Caroline Goodall and Charlie Korsmo, screenwriters James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo and Hart’s son Jake about the thirtieth anniversary of Steven Spielberg's Hook.
The best film ever set in Texas, with the deepest understanding of Texas.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Freaky, Let Him Go, Greenland, and Criterion editions of The Parallax View, Smooth Talk, and two films by Ramin Bahrani.
Matt writes: The third and final panel of the 2020 Ebert Symposium Series premiered last Thursday on the YouTube and Facebook pages of Ebertfest. Entitled "Representation in Media," the panel explored inclusion and equity in film and media, and was moderated by media scholar Angharad Valdivia, a professor of Media and Cinema studies in the University of Illinois' Institute of Communications Research. Among the panelists were Christine Simmons, the chief operating officer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, along with other esteemed members of the industry: Keri Carpenter, Samantha Chatman and Troy Pryor.
A great movie star and versatile actor, the once and future Bond was also an icon of primordial masculinity, for better and worse.
The experts sound off on what films to watch in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
A preview of the 2019 DOC10 Film Festival (April 11-14) in Chicago, featuring reviews of "Hail Satan?", "Mike Wallace Is Here," "Midnight Family," "The Infiltrators," "Knock Down the House," "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch," "The Biggest Little Farm," "The Distant Barking of Dogs" and "One Child Nation."
What's new on Blu-ray and streaming services, including A Quiet Place, Rampage, You Were Never Really Here, and Lean on Pete.
A review of Paramount Network's new series Yellowstone, co-created by writer/director Taylor Sheridan.
