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It’s rare for a film to sweep the Chicago Film Critics Association as thoroughly as Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” did tonight, named as the best in seven of nineteen categories voted on by...

Yesterday, we released the RogerEbert.com consensus Top Ten Films of 2021, led by Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” Today, we dig deeper, presenting you with all submitted lists from our brilliant critics and independent...

The following list features RogerEbert.com Chaz Ebert’s personal picks for the Top 10 Films of 2021… 1. “Passing” Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch 2. “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”...

Roger and I bonded over our love of opera. In fact, our first date was at the Lyric Opera… The Lyric Opera’s recent production of Wolfgang Mozart Amadeus’ “The Magic Flute,” which ran last month, was...

Anne Rice, the novelist who wrote everything from historical novels to erotica to her enormously popular and influential “Vampire Chronicles” saga, passed away on December 11th at the age of 80 due to complications from a...

What a year. Once again, the conversation around cinema in 2021 seemed as dominated by how we watch movies as much as the quality of the films themselves. And yet as people argued about theater safety and...

The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their nominations for the best films and performances of 2021 this morning and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” led the way with a record-setting 11 nominations. Right behind it was Jane Campion’s...

Several directors this Oscar season have been nominated previously for the Academy Award for their chosen profession but never won, but they will have to compete with veterans like Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro, who...

“Saturday Morning All-Star Hits!” finally gives comedian Kyle Mooney the power he has long deserved, from back in his YouTube days, to his work on “Saturday Night Live,” to his underrated film “Brigsby Bear.” The fact...

Beloved. Dreaded. Derided. Worshipped. Hopefully never forgotten. Lina Wertmüller was a thorn in the side of the art house establishment, a riposte to the stateliness of modernism, a woman unafraid of men and their violence and...