Movies

Travis Knight’s “Wildwood,” the latest stop-motion film from the Portland studio Laika, foTravis Knight’s “Wildwood,” the latest stop-motion film from Portland studio Laika (formerly Will Vinton Studios), is, in many ways, the culmination of his career in the form....

October 10th was Mental Health Awareness Day, which got us thinking about how the issue has been presented in filmmaking over the years. From the direct commentary in projects like “A Beautiful Mind” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s...

The Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Its phenomenal curation is under the new guidance of Chicago-based artist and scholar jada-amina, who selected the feature narrative and documentary films. Through her lens,...

Theater owners are clamoring to book You Can See Everything in additional locations after a very successful opening weekend. It's had the second best opening ever for a non-music documentary. ...

A documentary about a Kentucky miner's strike endures 50 years later. Harlan County USA's message still resonates today....

Over the last decade, many television shows have explored the intricacies of familial bonds. From the incestuous Targaryen family in “House of the Dragon” to the fracturing relationship between the Roys in “Succession,” modern television has increasingly shown that...

Of the universe of Taylor Sheridan AARP-for-aging-’80s-guys dramas aimed squarely at the silent majority, “Tulsa King” is by far the most charming. Flitting somewhere between “Yellowstone” and “Get Shorty” in its tale of a New York goombah (Sylvester Stallone)...

Netflix’s “The Diplomat” is not a show for the faint of heart. Its once fairly straightforward narrative premise—Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is unexpectedly reassigned to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom after a potential terrorist attack...

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...