Movies

It’s tough out there for comedy fans. As any aging comedian will tell you, it’s difficult to get theatrical laughers made, as more and more people go to theaters solely for event movies, cinematic babysitters, or buzzy horror. Making...

It happens often enough to seem inevitable. Time passes, and old friends we adore fall out of touch. Nobody plans it. The feelings haven’t changed. Yet life moves in different directions, and fond memories become more frequent than phone...

Danish-Congolese actor and Maria Sten has some big shoes to fill (literally). Granted, she’s spent three seasons on Prime Video’s hit action series “Reacher” playing no-nonsense private investigator Frances Neagley, frequent ringer and closest companion to Alan Ritchson’s itinerant...

This was my first year covering the Venice Film Festival for RogerEbert.com. It was also my first year participating in the Biennale College Panel, which convenes a small group of critics and historians at the Venice Film Festival to...

Every year, Chicago’s preeminent queer film festival—the second-longest-running in the world—gears up at the height of festival season to highlight the best in queer independent cinema. For its 44th edition, the Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival is set...

This year’s Centerpiece and Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival featured a striking postwar drama from Danish-Egyptian director May el-Toukhy, a tender narrative debut from documentarian Kim Bartley, and the follow-up film from last year’s breakout...

Three of our best working filmmakers have new films on the fest circuit, and they all made the journey north to Canada this year to premiere them in Toronto. The very good news is that they all work, to...

Superheroes really are back in 2026. As if they ever left. The record-breaking success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” segues nicely into next week’s long-awaited release of Insomniac’s “Marvel’s Wolverine,” a game with structural echoes of the company’s beloved...