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The Great Performances of 2023
On some of our favorite performances of the last year in film.
On some of our favorite performances of the last year in film.
Matt writes: On October 7th, the world lost one of its greatest filmmakers when Terence Davies passed away at age 77.
A feature on the major question in each of the big categories after what we learned from TIFF, Venice, and Telluride.
Matt writes: Last week, RogerEbert.com held its third annual Black Writers Week in honor of Juneteenth.
An interview with director/co-writer Jamie Dack and actors Lily McInerny and Jonathan Tucker about their prize-winning film, "Palm Trees and Power Lines."
A report on the 2022 Telluride Film Festival, including thoughts on Women Talking, Bardo, TAR, and much more.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes The Bob's Burgers Movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Criterion editions of Devil in a Blue Dress, Raging Bull, and The Virgin Suicides.
Susan Wloszczyna predicts who will be named when Tuesday morning's 2022 Oscar nominations are announced.
Matt writes: "The first time I saw 'The Straight Story,' I focused on the foreground and liked it. The second time I focused on the background, too, and loved it. The movie isn't just about the old Alvin Straight's odyssey through the sleepy towns and rural districts of the Midwest, but about the people he finds to listen and care for him. You'd think it was a fantasy, this kindness of strangers, if the movie weren't based on a true story." These are the opening lines of Roger Ebert's four-star review of David Lynch's 1999 masterpiece, "The Straight Story," which was recently given a moving new analysis from our contributor Abby Olcese.
A look at who could be nominated for Best Director at the upcoming Oscars.
