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The Actors Rumored to Star in the Beatles Biopics Look Nothing Like Them. Good.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
As he proves again with Challengers, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker is uniquely attuned to the joy, pain and sexiness of modern romance.
Our writers pick some of their favorite 2022 performances.
A report on the 2022 Telluride Film Festival, including thoughts on Women Talking, Bardo, TAR, and much more.
A report on our correspondent's first full day at Venice, including new films by Frederick Wiseman, Luca Guadagnino, and Paul Schrader.
An essay about Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, as excerpted from the latest issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room.
A preview of the movies that skipped the fall festivals that could still win the next Best Picture Oscar.
Matt writes: Since last month marked the fortieth anniversary of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, RogerEbert.com presented a special edition of Thumbnails featuring priceless articles penned by Roger Ebert, including the one he wrote about his first experience at the Institute in July of 1981.
Ben Kenigsberg delivers a dispatch from France on The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson's latest, and on JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone's latest examination of the Kennedy assassination.
Greta Gerwig is as much a great chronicler of the friend romance as she is of the friend breakup.
A review of Luca Guadagnino's glorious limited series, "We Are Who We Are," which premieres on Monday, September 14th.
Sarah Knight Adamson reports from Santa Monica, CA on the winners and speeches at last weekend's Critics' Choice Awards.
A disorganized but affecting study of how addiction tears apart a family.
Matt writes: The 54th Chicago International Film Festival runs from Wednesday, October 10th, through Sunday, October 21st, and includes a slew of enticing titles, such as its opening night selection, Felix Van Groeningen's "Beautiful Boy," starring Oscar nominees Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.
An essay about James Ivory's "A Room with a View," as excerpted from the latest edition of the online magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room.
