2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would produce a series when it was released. But…
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Whatever impulse prompted Francis Ford Coppola to combine elements of Virgil, Livy, Shakespeare, “Vertigo,” “The Fountainhead,” the career of Robert…
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Far out in the west passage of a Wyoming cattle ranch, dark and looming and as elusive as Brigadoon, lies…
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Editor’s note: Every spring we say farewell to the latest trio of University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert…
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The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development, including the…
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I was fortunate enough to meet Roger and Chaz Ebert in 2010 as they interviewed directors to pilot their upcoming…
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Of the 22 films in this year’s Cannes competition, the first two to screen have a lot in common. Both…
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“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it epic,” says an undaunted Chris Hemsworth. It’s a…
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Roger Corman, who died last week at 98, was so important and influential that a thorough account of his impact…
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What makes the Chicago Critics Film Festival so special (besides the fact that it’s the only festival curated by critics)…
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