Fans of RogerEbert.com know that we’re about to enter a fun phase of the year as the SXSW Film Festival gets underway, starting tonight with the world premiere of Boots Riley’s “I Love Boosters,” the ...
The director and star of A24's atmospheric horror film talk fear, faith, and turning the filmmaker's family home into a haunted house.
What feels like the longest awards season ever will come to an end this Sunday, March 15 th, when the 98 th Academy Awards ...
It's goofy, knowingly strange, and wears its heart on its sentimental sleeve, and that's enough to put some wind in its sails ...
I’d be willing to make the time investment, but the payoffs should start coming early and often.
It’s 1977, a “time of great mischief” in Brazil, and in the opening minutes of Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s “The Secret Agent,” ...
Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost ...
With these flaws comes a depth unlike the characters in any other genre, yet “Scarpetta” plays it too safe, sheltering its protagonist and stifling any sense of intrigue she could offer. With the ...
However, unlike the Medusa-reclaimed inspired by Ovid and expanded by Gray, Linda loses us by murdering innocents. Thus, she ...
But there are still four Oscar categories that have never been won by a Black person: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. (Note: This ignores the new Best ...
Since we’re in awards season, here are my informal superlative awards in the realm of murder mysteries (and where to watch ...
Isabella Rossellini’s legacy is primarily tied to her role as Dorothy Vallens in “Blue Velvet.” Vallens is deliciously ...