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Chicago International Film Festival 2026 Preview

As is often the case with CIFF, the team here at RogerEbert.com has seen and covered many of the films playing at the event. An increasingly impressive programming team does a stellar job of scouting events like Cannes for...

“The Lowdown” Darkens and Deepens in a Terrific Second Season

One would hope that, after the push-and-pull of trying to do the right thing, Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) would have learned a thing or two.The prickly protagonist of “The Lowdown” strutted down Tulsa’s streets during the Season One...

Jason Voorhees Gets Stuck in the Mud of Atrocious “Crystal Lake”

It’s hard to say whether the tumultuous production is to blame, but something went very wrong as seemingly talented people made Peacock’s “Crystal Lake,” a disastrous reboot in almost every way. The director of the wildly influential original film,...

There is Always a Different Story to Discover: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Curator Ryan Linkof

The new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a dazzling collection of art that tells stories, featuring iconic images like Norman Rockwell’s painting of a runaway boy sharing a soda with a sympathetic cop at a diner. It hangs...

“Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse” Whips Landmark Franchise Back into Shape

Here’s what fans of the legendary “Castlevania” series want to know: “Belmont’s Curse” is as good as you hoped, maybe even better. It is a rollicking throwback to the side-scrollers that were so formative they helped launch a genre—the...

In “VisionQuest,” Identities Might Change, but Family Is Forever

The trilogy that started with “WandaVision” and continued in “Agatha All Along” culminates in Marvel Television’s “VisionQuest.” And that title is more than wordplay. Like the previous seasons, this final chapter in the “WandaVision” Trilogy explores a different side...

Devotion is Deeply Human: Bassam Tariq and John Cho on “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother”

Far from excessive, and not a copy-and-paste error, each “Your Mother” in director Bassam Tariq’s “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” carries pointed weight. It references the Islamic hadiths that recall the Prophet Muhammad’s answer to the question, “Who...

“Cupertino” is a Smart Big Tech Procedural

Movie theaters are currently inundated with major motion pictures that examine and/or indict the behavior of wealthy Silicon Valley leaders, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg (“The Social Reckoning”), Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes (“You Can See Everything”), Elon Musk (Alex Gibney’s...
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FBI raids California home tied to former Congressman Eric Swalwell – US media

FBI officers raided a California home in connection with the investigation into former US Congressman Eric Swalwell, US media...
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