An interview with Dr. Marty Goldstein about Cindy Meehl's The Dog Doc. | Continue reading
A tribute to the legendary composer. | Continue reading
A review of the new miniseries Unorthodox, now playing on Netflix. | Continue reading
Jakubowicz handles these threads with coherence and vigor. | Continue reading
There may be no March Madness this year but there’s something truly insane related to college basketball this Tuesday. | Continue reading
Vivarium isn’t a fun watch, and not just because it’s generally claustrophobic and insistently bleak. | Continue reading
The film looks beautiful, using natural locations and available light, all of which creates a real sense of the environment. | Continue reading
In the days where we’re all cooped up at home, there are certainly worse things you could do than settling in front of this pleasant film and its upbeat musical tracks (original music by Hit Boy) with a positive attitude and a smooth bottle of wine. It will go down easy. | Continue reading
There’s Something in the Water also serves as a stark reminder that not all governments have their citizens’ best interests at heart. | Continue reading
An interview with star/co-writer Hannah Marks of Banana Split. | Continue reading
A look at the early short films made by Barry Jenkins, Lulu Wang, Taika Waititi, and Mati Diop. | Continue reading
All the new titles dropping early because of COVID on VOD with our reviews. | Continue reading
Tape isn’t just a movie. It is a rallying cry. | Continue reading
A review of the fourth season of One Day at a Time, canceled by Netflix and picked up by Pop. | Continue reading
Where to find Roger's Great Movies on streaming and cable on demand services. | Continue reading
A correspondent offers her advice on stuff to binge during the quarantine. | Continue reading
A review of the Netflix series The Letter for the King. | Continue reading
A dispatch from the True/False festival about three features, including Khalik Allah's IWOW: I Walk on Water. | Continue reading
A relatively unknown story told in a very familiar way. | Continue reading
Tiger King immerses viewers in a lifestyle and series of scandals that are truly unbelievable, and yet the term true-crime doesn’t do justice to its greatness. | Continue reading
A funhouse mirror reflection of our world that doesn’t feel like it’s distorting as much as it was not that long ago. | Continue reading
A time-shifting drama about the cold indifference of capitalist America, impeccably acted by a cast that the film doesn't quite know what to do with | Continue reading
Blow The Man Down isn’t an earth-shaker, but it’s a small pleasure that makes you wish for more from its filmmakers, and soon. | Continue reading
An eccentric "nothing happens'" comedy with a lot of charm and not enough magic. | Continue reading
What makes the film persuasive, first and foremost, is Adrianne herself, as we see her eyes shine with a newfound clarity once the haze of heroin has lifted. | Continue reading
The overall irony is that this is a movie about the need for magic that could have used a little more of the stuff itself. | Continue reading
The latest on streaming on Blu-ray and DVD. | Continue reading
On some of the best films that had their premiere delayed after SXSW was canceled. | Continue reading
The staff offers some shows and movies to fill the time while we're all stuck at home. | Continue reading
An essay about The Last Temptation of Christ, as excerpted from the latest issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room. | Continue reading
A report on three films from the 2020 True/False documentary film festival. | Continue reading
An essay on the art of choosing a favorite film. | Continue reading
A review of a new book by the legendary director, Brian De Palma. | Continue reading
Chaz Ebert essay about the cancellation of Ebertfest 2020 and presenting an exclusive video of Ebertfest 2019. | Continue reading
Self-Made is equal parts an entertaining account of the first woman millionaire and a sharp critique of the margins along which Black people have and continue to survive an enduring history of systemic racism and gender-based oppression. | Continue reading
Grace Vanderwaal is opaque to the extreme here, and doesn't ignite the character at all. | Continue reading
HBO’s excellent mini-series The Plot Against America is the kind of nuanced, detailed storytelling we should expect from David Simon, Ed Burns, and Philip Roth. | Continue reading
The action sequences look like they were edited by a Cuisinart. | Continue reading
Potter can’t seem to connect the dots between these evocative yet clumsily edited viewpoints | Continue reading
While Theo and Hannah’s codependent relationship is believable, it’s not revealing or well-represented enough to be compelling. | Continue reading
Much of the movie is dedicated to the hard science behind the discovery of CRISPRs that has opened a whole new Pandora’s Box of possibilities both terrible and great, but I wish there were more of the human element in Human Nature. | Continue reading
Even when the movie starts to become ordinary, it always has a freshness from its on-screen talent, and from the promise of Orley’s directorial eye. | Continue reading
A whimsical ode to the comic book character She-Hulk, who will be receiving her own Disney+ series. | Continue reading
An article about what led businesswoman Jen Shelby to become a producer in the film industry. | Continue reading
An article about Mary Mazzio's upcoming documentary, "A Most Beautiful Thing." | Continue reading
An article about Wendy Wolverton's movie, "Stagecoach Mary and Mother Amadeus." | Continue reading
A chat with the Ross brothers about their incredible new film. | Continue reading