The streaming platform’s selection of Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper and Certain Women pinpoints the crucial moment the Twilight star became a formidable indie force.
Deemed a commercial disappointment at the time, Christopher Nolan’s time-bending 2020 thriller isn’t as well-regarded as many of his other films. Four years later, with a splashy re-release on the horizon, we talk to five diehard fans who expressed their passion for Tenet loud and clear on the internet.
Our writers highlight favorite tech elements of film from 2022.
Matt writes: The College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently announced that the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies will officially launch this year, with programming to begin in Fall 2022.
An article about the TIFF Tribute Awards being presented this year on television with Chloé Zhao being awarded the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
Chaz Ebert reports on "The Beguiled," "Good Time," "In the Fade" and more in her fifth video dispatch from Cannes 2017.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes Joker and The Lighthouse.
An article about New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi receiving the Ebert Director Award at the annual Toronto International Film Festival during the TIFF Tribute Gala Awards.
The Witch director Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse is the first movie at Cannes 2019 that actually looks like a classic. Plus: Gaspar Noé's mystery midnight movie, Lux Aeterna.
Matt writes: The 21st annual edition of Roger Ebert's Film Festival (a.k.a. Ebertfest), concluded last Saturday, and you can find all the onstage Q&As embedded in our festival coverage. Brian Tallerico covered the opening night screening of "Amazing Grace," while Nick Allen covered the Day 2 panels ("Challenging Stigma Through the Arts" and "Women in Cinema") and screenings ("Coeur Fidele," "Rachel Getting Married" and "Bound," culminating in an unforgettable Q&A with Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon). Peter Sobczynski covered Day 3 of the festival ("Sebastian," "Cold War," "Cane River," "A Year of the Quiet Sun" and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"), and Nick did the write-up for Day 4 ("Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise," "Won't You Be My Neighbor?", "Almost Famous" and "Sideways"). The 2018-19 University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows, Curtis Cook, Pari Apostolakos and Eunice Alpasan, also contributed their own dispatches.
An article about Claire Denis, the latest recipient of the Golden Thumb at our annual TIFF Ebert Tribute luncheon.
The 20 films world premiering at the Toronto Film Festival that you can expect to find covered here over the next week, among many others.
A dispatch from the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, featuring coverage of closing night, a conversation with Barry Levinson, and reviews of "Putin's Witnesses," "Museum," "Climax" and "Cold War."
A preview of the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running June 29th through July 7th.
An interview with the writer/director duo behind Damsel, a subversive Western starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska.
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