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Singer/actor Danielle Brooks says ‘gratitude should always lead the way’
Brooks grew up in a church where her mom was a minister and her dad a deacon. She went on to play Taystee in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Now she co-stars If I Go Will...
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TIFF 2026: Trash Mountain, Babies, Everybody Wants to F*ck Me
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...
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“Neagley” Can’t Reach The Heights of “Reacher,” But It Punches Above Its Weight
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...
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A Dog with a Bone: Maria Sten on “Neagley”
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...
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Venice 2026: The Biennale College
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...
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10 Queer Titles to Look Out For At the 2026 Reeling International Film Festival
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...
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TIFF 2026: Woman Unknown, Lemonade, The Julia 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...
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TIFF 2026: Tender Loving Care, Bucking Fastard, A Long Winter
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...
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Vouliagmeni beach: Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece
An 82-year-old man has died after getting into a fight with a man in his 70s over a sunlounger...